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4-B Peking Road， SHANGHAI，24th January， 1912.
Sir，
I desire to apply to you for an Administrative Post under the Chinese Government.I have as you will see from the enclosed Articles written and spoken for a long time in favour of Chinese Republican ideas.In fact my article in the China Press appeared three weeks before the Revolution.
My father was a gentleman of independent means, and on my mother's side two of my relatives Sir Benjamin Faudel Philips and Sir George Faudel Philips have been Lord Mayors of London， one relative Lord Pirbright was a Cabinet Minister and another is Lord Burnham the present proprietor of the Daily Telegraph in London.
I was educated at Harrow School in England and at Christ Church， Oxford， where I graduated in 1898， I read Honour History and Classics.I have been educated also in France and speak French as well as English and was at the German university of Heidelberg and can speak fluent German.I can speak Malay as fluently as English and a certain amount of Japanese.I think that with a further six months in Japan I could talk fluent Japanese.
I am a Barrister at Law of the Inner Temple and my proposer as member of the Barwas Mr.Justice Bray one of the Judges at the present time presiding over the Supreme Court in England.
I have written several articles on the Chinese Law which appeared in the Mercury newspaper on the 25th and 29th June 1910 and on the 5th， 12th and 19th July.
I am in no way connected with missionaries nor with the commercial interests of the place so that I am entirely without religious prejudices and am not at all likely to be made a tool of financial cliquess.
If you can see your way to appoint me to some post under the Government, I think you will find me as useful as Dr.John Fergussen or Dr.Gilbert Reid, the latter of whom is not inaptly known as the “High priest of the Teapot” and is the moving genius of the celebrated Ladies Teacup Club.
If you will consent to see me I shall be very much honored to call upon you.I have followed your career with interest from the day when you were arrested in London and taken to the Chinese Legation and you may rely that if you appoint me to any post near your person I will support you in good times and bad with unswerving fidelity.
I am， Sir，Your humble & obedient servant，
Montagu Harris
Barrista-at-Lan
Dr.Sun Yat Sen，President of the Republic of China.
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上海，北京路4号B，1912年1月24日
先生：
我直接向您申请一个中国政府的行政职位。如同您在随函寄去的文章中所看到的，我在相当长的时间内写过、说过赞同中国共和主义者的思想。事实上，我的文章在革命前三周就出现在《大陆报》。
我的父亲是一个有独立主见的绅士。在我母亲这边，其中两位亲戚本杰明·福迪尔·菲利浦斯爵士和乔治·福迪尔·菲利浦斯爵士曾任伦敦市长，一位亲戚皮尔布莱特勋爵是内阁部长，另一位本哈姆勋爵，现在是伦敦《每日电讯报》业主。
我在英国牛津圣基督教堂的哈罗公学接受教育，毕业于1898年。我学习过古希腊罗马史和古典文学。我还在法国接受过教育，会说法语和英语。我也曾在德国海德堡大学待过，能说一口流利的德语。我能像讲英语一样流利地讲马来语，会一点儿日语。我相信如在日本呆半年，我的日语就能很流利了。
我是一名由内殿法学院授权的律师。推荐我作为其成员的是布雷法官，他是目前主持伦敦高级法庭的法官之一。
我曾就中国法律问题写过一些文章，分别于1910年6月25日和29日、7月5日、12日、19日《信使》报上发表。
我与传教士们或与此地的商业势力毫无联系，所以我毫无宗教偏见，也不会被作为金融派系的工具。
如果您能够任命我担任政府中的某个职位，您会发现我会像约翰·福本森或李佳白一样能干。后者以“茶壶界大祭司”著称，他是妇女茶杯俱乐部的活跃天才。
如果您同意见我的话，我将非常荣幸地去拜访您。自从您在伦敦被捕并被关在中国公使馆时起我就一直关注着您的事业。您应相信如您能就近安排我，我将在无论好或坏的情况下都忠实地支持您。
蒙塔古·哈里斯 谨上
致中华民国总统孙逸仙博士。