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Page xiv
... rule , of a lower order than the average standard of the European nations . They are , as a rule , lacking in that quality known as modern business integrity ; but I think this is large- ly due to a misconception as to the fundamental ...
... rule , of a lower order than the average standard of the European nations . They are , as a rule , lacking in that quality known as modern business integrity ; but I think this is large- ly due to a misconception as to the fundamental ...
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... rule , purely of a commercial nature , he is naturally somewhat sore when he finds that the new gener- ation of Japanese are increasingly able to carry on their trade without his assistance . For there is no doubt that the treaty - port ...
... rule , purely of a commercial nature , he is naturally somewhat sore when he finds that the new gener- ation of Japanese are increasingly able to carry on their trade without his assistance . For there is no doubt that the treaty - port ...
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... rule is by nature and instinct a stu- dent , and a very profound student . He is willing and anxious to study any subject , both with regard to its theory and its practice , not necessarily with a view of adopting the policy laid down ...
... rule is by nature and instinct a stu- dent , and a very profound student . He is willing and anxious to study any subject , both with regard to its theory and its practice , not necessarily with a view of adopting the policy laid down ...
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... rule , and especially if he had never been to Japan in his life , conscientiously ap- plied the wrong end of the telescope to his eye , firmly shut the other , and adapted as the starting - point of his thesis the axiom that everything ...
... rule , and especially if he had never been to Japan in his life , conscientiously ap- plied the wrong end of the telescope to his eye , firmly shut the other , and adapted as the starting - point of his thesis the axiom that everything ...
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... rule picked men , and are nearly always highly educated , even from the foreigner's point of view . Such men are sent abroad with a set purpose to learn something that the foreigner can teach them , and are consequently chosen on ...
... rule picked men , and are nearly always highly educated , even from the foreigner's point of view . Such men are sent abroad with a set purpose to learn something that the foreigner can teach them , and are consequently chosen on ...
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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.