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... mind- ed . We should say at once that the criticism was unfair , and that the Japanese at Wapping were not in a position to form an accurate estimate of Eng- land and the English ; that they were basing their opinions of the former on a ...
... mind- ed . We should say at once that the criticism was unfair , and that the Japanese at Wapping were not in a position to form an accurate estimate of Eng- land and the English ; that they were basing their opinions of the former on a ...
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... minds of the Japanese of to - day , yet his veneration for old traditions is as strong now as it ever was , and he is as purely Japanese in his tastes and convictions . His thoughts - a large proportion of his thoughts , at all events ...
... minds of the Japanese of to - day , yet his veneration for old traditions is as strong now as it ever was , and he is as purely Japanese in his tastes and convictions . His thoughts - a large proportion of his thoughts , at all events ...
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... mind that the Japanese who come to England and America from time to time , while being representative of all that is best in the way of progressive Japan from the point of view of the Westernizing of their country , are as a rule picked ...
... mind that the Japanese who come to England and America from time to time , while being representative of all that is best in the way of progressive Japan from the point of view of the Westernizing of their country , are as a rule picked ...
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... ; and that one had to sit on the floor , and to walk about in one's stockinged feet . All this was true , and it conveyed to my mind the impression that such accommodation must be comfortless in the 32 JAPAN IN TRANSITION.
... ; and that one had to sit on the floor , and to walk about in one's stockinged feet . All this was true , and it conveyed to my mind the impression that such accommodation must be comfortless in the 32 JAPAN IN TRANSITION.
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... mind- ed member of a modern vigilance committee would find it a difficult matter to twist the situation into anything suggestive of vulgarity , or of a want of modesty . An eccentric situation , if you will , from our point of view ...
... mind- ed member of a modern vigilance committee would find it a difficult matter to twist the situation into anything suggestive of vulgarity , or of a want of modesty . An eccentric situation , if you will , from our point of view ...
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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.