"By holding up one or two in such a prominent light before the public, an insidious comparison is implied, which cannot but be observed by those especially who, however worthy, do not chance to be the idols of public delight, and mutual jealousies in course arise in little bands of Missionaries formerly laboring in perfect harmony and peace. It excites undue expectations in the public mind, from men who, however meritorious, are yet but "men of like passions with others," and compassed about by like infirmities."
— William Milne
Source: A Retrospect of the First Ten Years of the Protestant Mission to China (1820), Appendix