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... difficult a country to write about as one can find , and that the existing conditions of that country render the task of giving a satisfactory account of it especially arduous . As the chapters in this book deal with so wide a range of ...
... difficult a country to write about as one can find , and that the existing conditions of that country render the task of giving a satisfactory account of it especially arduous . As the chapters in this book deal with so wide a range of ...
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... difficult country to analyze accu- rately , and the most easy to write about superficially . The journalist who , after a six hours ' sojourn there , has not already been able to find something which would pass muster as interesting ...
... difficult country to analyze accu- rately , and the most easy to write about superficially . The journalist who , after a six hours ' sojourn there , has not already been able to find something which would pass muster as interesting ...
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... in that category , that the searcher after knowledge is apt to find it a difficult matter to arrive at a deter- mination as to which is which . CHAPTER II TRAVELLING AND ACCOMMODATION NINE people out of ten POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS OF JAPAN.
... in that category , that the searcher after knowledge is apt to find it a difficult matter to arrive at a deter- mination as to which is which . CHAPTER II TRAVELLING AND ACCOMMODATION NINE people out of ten POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS OF JAPAN.
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... may be termed treaty - port haunts , are— firstly , that he cannot make himself understood else- where ; and , secondly , that he finds a difficulty , which is as a rule an insurmountable one , in living 18 JAPAN IN TRANSITION.
... may be termed treaty - port haunts , are— firstly , that he cannot make himself understood else- where ; and , secondly , that he finds a difficulty , which is as a rule an insurmountable one , in living 18 JAPAN IN TRANSITION.
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... difficult to speak of a community drawn from the people of every country of the earth , beginning with Euro- peans and Americans , and finishing up with China- men and mixed Asiatic breeds , and composed of every grade of society ...
... difficult to speak of a community drawn from the people of every country of the earth , beginning with Euro- peans and Americans , and finishing up with China- men and mixed Asiatic breeds , and composed of every grade of society ...
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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.