Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, Band 7Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, 1908 |
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Seite 65 - It is the very nature of compassion or sympathy, as the word implies, to "rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Seite 323 - Rather than allow this, as we are not the equals of foreigners in the mechanical arts, let us have intercourse with foreign countries, learn their drill and tactics, and when we have made the nation as united as one family, we shall be able to go abroad and give lands in foreign countries to those who have distinguished themselves in battle...
Seite 193 - When a young student goes to Europe to pursue his studies, when a soldier sets out on a campaign, when an official is sent abroad on some government service, or when a merchant undertakes a long journey on business, he invariably visits the graves of his ancestors in order to take leave of them.
Seite 380 - On scanning the mountain, we saw no man could climb its slopes, so steep were they, and we wandered about the foot thereof, where grew trees bearing blooms the world cannot show the like of. There we found a stream flowing down from the mountain, the waters whereof were rainbow-hued, yellow as gold, white as silver, blue as precious...
Seite 379 - So resolved we sculled further and further over the heaving waters, until far behind us lay the shores of our own land. And as we wandered thus, now deep in the trough of the sea we saw its very bottom, now blown by the gale we came to strange lands, where creatures like demons fell upon us and were like to have slain us. Now, knowing neither whence we had come nor whither we tended, we were almost swallowed up by the sea; now, failing of food we were driven to live upon roots; now, again, indescribably...
Seite 322 - At first they will give us philosophical instruments, " machinery and other curiosities, will take ignorant "people in, and trade being their chief object, will "manage bit by bit to impoverish the country; after " which they will treat us just as they like ; perhaps " behave with the greatest rudeness and insult us, and "end by swallowing up Japan. If we don't drive them " away now we shall never have another opportunity.
Seite 200 - Japanese subjects are of the elements that make up the Japanese Empire. They are to protect the existence, the independence, and the glory of the country. . . . Every male adult in the whole country shall be compelled, without distinction of class or family, to fulfil, in accordance with the provisions of law, his duty of serving in the army, that he may be incited to valour while his body undergoes physical training, and that in this way the martial spirit of the country shall be maintained and...
Seite 184 - Arthur will take its place in history as the fact which has demonstrated, beyond the power of argument, the fallacy of the artificial barriers between races and between continents. No longer can the white races of Europe sit above the salt while the nations of Asia sit below. Japan, a brown race, a nation of Asia, has demonstrated her right to sit above the salt, and as she has done so by the force of arms, Western civilization acknowledges her right.
Seite 379 - ... Lofty it was and fair of form, and doubting not it was the mountain we were seeking, our hearts were filled with awe. We plied the oar, and coasted it for two days or three, and then we saw a woman, arrayed like an angel, come forth out of the hills, bearing a silver vessel which she filled with water. So we landed and accosted her, saying : ' How call men this mountain ? ' and she said, ' 'Tis Mount Horai,' whereat our hearts were filled with joy.
Seite 323 - If we try to drive them away, they will immediately commence hostilities, and then we shall be obliged to fight. If we once get into a dispute, we shall have an enemy to fight who will not be easily disposed of. He does not care how long he will have to spend over it, but he will come with...