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Bangkok, for example, has been called the Paris of the Orient;

is not, like Venice, exclusively wet. She has her streets and railways, her automobiles and her trolley-cars: but she still feels unmistakably subject to the Senior Lord River, and her very name means "Water-Flower Village".

Bangkok is not, like Venice, exclusively wet - bob. She has her streets and ra ilways, her automobi les and her trolley - cars: but she still fee ls unmistakably subject to the Sen ior Lord River, and her very name means 'Water - Flower Village.' Ibid.

is, above all, sustained by the serene genius of Buddhism, colouring her architecture with grace, style and delicacy, and making of her a city that few visitors can remember without affection and respect.

Like London, she has never been conquered. Like Peking, she is the heart of a civ il ization. Like Stockholm, she does not care for brute strength. Like Paris, she is a lways fun. And like Rome, she is a city of religion . Above a ll it is the serene genius of Buddhism that susta ins Bangkok, colouring her architecture with grace, style and delicacy, and making of her a city that few visitors can remember without affect ion and respect. It is not an awful or oppressive fai th , the Buddhism of Bangkok. Ib id.

is, like London, a city who has never been conquered. Like Peking, she is the heart of a civilization. Like Stockholm, she does not care for brute strength. Like Paris, she is always fun. And like Rome, she is a city of religion.

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