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In the 19th century the Qing rulers faced a new legion of invaders, not from the north (as in the past) but from the West, and they were unable to resist the tide.
Such a "point," once made, could not resist the tendency to instill feelings of "envy" and ressentiment on the part of an author perhaps better compensated and perhaps more "popular," but in the view of the critical intelligence--if any such fitful and discredited light may still be conceived as being within our sphere--not really as good as mine.
"I can resist everything except temptation."
No self-respecting cultural critic could resist a potshot at Time and Newsweek for putting The Blair Witch Project on their covers--even though it is the best movie showing at the moment.
The greatest pitfall in the exploratory study is prematurity: that is, the findings may seem so convincing that it can be difficult to resist pressures to report on these as if they had the strength of the larger study.