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Page ix
... certain of the writers on the old Japan have added , in the recent editions of their books , chapters touching on the more modern as- pects of the country . But the alterations in Japan- ese methods have been so marked that it is impos ...
... certain of the writers on the old Japan have added , in the recent editions of their books , chapters touching on the more modern as- pects of the country . But the alterations in Japan- ese methods have been so marked that it is impos ...
Page x
... certain people may take exception ; for if a particular point of view should meet with the approval of one sec- tion of the community , another section will certain- ly disapprove of it . I have adopted the latter alternative in writing ...
... certain people may take exception ; for if a particular point of view should meet with the approval of one sec- tion of the community , another section will certain- ly disapprove of it . I have adopted the latter alternative in writing ...
Page xiii
... certain photographs - notably those representing the Yokosuka Dock - yard , a group of students , and the Educational Buildings of the Imperial University - which served to illustrate cer- tain of my articles in that journal . Το my ...
... certain photographs - notably those representing the Yokosuka Dock - yard , a group of students , and the Educational Buildings of the Imperial University - which served to illustrate cer- tain of my articles in that journal . Το my ...
Page xiv
... certain failings , pointed out in due course in this book , the politicians of Japan , generally speaking , and particularly those who are at the head of affairs , keep their hands cleaner than do their confrères in many of the coun ...
... certain failings , pointed out in due course in this book , the politicians of Japan , generally speaking , and particularly those who are at the head of affairs , keep their hands cleaner than do their confrères in many of the coun ...
Page xv
... Certain writers , presumably basing their stand- point on the many mistakes made by the Japanese in the application of their modern methods , have often assumed that the Japanese are not so efficient in practice as they are in theory ...
... Certain writers , presumably basing their stand- point on the many mistakes made by the Japanese in the application of their modern methods , have often assumed that the Japanese are not so efficient in practice as they are in theory ...
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Page 64 - Japan, published in 1872, he directed that "henceforth Education shall be so diffused that there may not be a village with an ignorant family, nor a family with an ignorant member.
Page xi - Ransome, Stafford. Japan in transition: a comparative study of the progress, policy and methods of the Japanese since their war with China, 277 pp., 1899.
Page 72 - Elementary schools are designed to give children the rudiments of moral education specially adapted to make of them good members of the community, together with such general knowledge and skill as are necessary for the practical duties of life, due attention being paid to their bodily development.
Page 75 - As regards the length of the courses of study, it should be mentioned here that the course of medicine extends over four years, while in the College of Law, no definite term of study is fixed, but three examination periods are specially prescribed for each course.
Page 74 - Engineering includes the nine courses of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture, Technology of Arms, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Applied Chemistry, Technology of Explosives, and Mining and Metallurgy, with 29 professorial chairs.