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... . XIII . OUTLINE OF STRATEGICAL GEOGRAPHY XIV . THE QUESTION OF COLONIZATION . XV . JAPAN AS AN ALLY . • 191 205 217 238 XVI . OUR PROSPECTS UNDER THE REVISED TREATIES . 250 ILLUSTRATIONS THE OLD AND THE NEW JAPAN CONTRASTED A GEISHA.
... . XIII . OUTLINE OF STRATEGICAL GEOGRAPHY XIV . THE QUESTION OF COLONIZATION . XV . JAPAN AS AN ALLY . • 191 205 217 238 XVI . OUR PROSPECTS UNDER THE REVISED TREATIES . 250 ILLUSTRATIONS THE OLD AND THE NEW JAPAN CONTRASTED A GEISHA.
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... question from time to time , it is , perhaps , well briefly to summarize here the line of argument taken in this book . I am a firm believer in the solid nature of the modern progress made by the Japanese - politically , commercially ...
... question from time to time , it is , perhaps , well briefly to summarize here the line of argument taken in this book . I am a firm believer in the solid nature of the modern progress made by the Japanese - politically , commercially ...
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... question have been well known in other spheres of literature , their books have some- times met with a more ready sale than has been the case with many of the valuable works written by real students of Japan . Under such circumstances ...
... question have been well known in other spheres of literature , their books have some- times met with a more ready sale than has been the case with many of the valuable works written by real students of Japan . Under such circumstances ...
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... question of dimensions of the people and the things , so the " littleness of Japan " had a holiday for a time , until it was rediscovered as an astounding fact by Sir Edwin Arnold . In excusing himself for employing the word " lit tle ...
... question of dimensions of the people and the things , so the " littleness of Japan " had a holiday for a time , until it was rediscovered as an astounding fact by Sir Edwin Arnold . In excusing himself for employing the word " lit tle ...
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... question of many years of hard study . It is true that one learned author stated that he had accomplished this task ... questions for the time being . But between mastering the Japanese language , in the proper 21 TRAVELLING AND ...
... question of many years of hard study . It is true that one learned author stated that he had accomplished this task ... questions for the time being . But between mastering the Japanese language , in the proper 21 TRAVELLING AND ...
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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.
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