But, if further proofs were wanting to establish the insensible and Incompassionate character of the Chinese, the horrid practice of infanticide, tolerated by custom and encouraged by the government, can leave no doubt on this subject.
"Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton"
John Barrow
The impish invention-malignant purpose in its Incompassionate metallic heart-furiously pursued Christmas twenty feet at a bound, discs whirling, every bearing squeaking with spite and fury.
"My Tropic Isle"
E J Banfield