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Dedication explained

The author dedicates his memoirs to his devoted sons, Morrison Brown and Bartlett Golden Yung.

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The author dedicates his memoirs to his devoted sons, Morrison Brown and Bartlett Golden Yung.

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Yung Wing’s emotional peak is the collision between his personal honor—the joint ministership to Washington—an…

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