Are our teachings, then, in vain? (American cartoon, 1900)

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Text: Are our teachings, then, in vain?

Year: 1900.

Publisher: Puck magazine.

Artist: NA.

Additional information: Confucius and Jesus looking down in disapproval at Chinese Boxer rebels and Christians battling during the Boxer rebellion. The Boxer at the bottom left holds a flag reading “Do not do unto others what you would not that others should do unto you – Confucius” while the Christian holds a banner reading “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them – Jesus”.