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Page iii
... STANDING OF THE FOREIGNER IV . PRESENT DAY EDUCATION V. THE NEW SCHOOL OF DRAMA . VI . THE POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY . VII . THE MORAL STANDARD VIII . THE COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE JAPANESE . IX . INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ...
... STANDING OF THE FOREIGNER IV . PRESENT DAY EDUCATION V. THE NEW SCHOOL OF DRAMA . VI . THE POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY . VII . THE MORAL STANDARD VIII . THE COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE JAPANESE . IX . INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ...
Page xi
... imag- ined an ideal Englishman , an ideal Frenchman , or an ideal American , nor a combined ideal made up of the three ; I have not taken for granted an as- sumption that we all act up to our theoretical stand- xi INTRODUCTION.
... imag- ined an ideal Englishman , an ideal Frenchman , or an ideal American , nor a combined ideal made up of the three ; I have not taken for granted an as- sumption that we all act up to our theoretical stand- xi INTRODUCTION.
Page xii
... stand- ards of probity , morality , and enlightenment ; nor , in cases where Japanese methods deviate from our own , that such deviations must necessarily place the Japanese in the wrong . I have endeavored to con- trast and compare the ...
... stand- ards of probity , morality , and enlightenment ; nor , in cases where Japanese methods deviate from our own , that such deviations must necessarily place the Japanese in the wrong . I have endeavored to con- trast and compare the ...
Page xv
... 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 . This is so at the present day . I do not ...
... 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 . This is so at the present day . I do not ...
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... stand upright ; and so it would , if he were eight or nine feet high and his head were not softer than the wood - work . He laughs in inno- cent glee at it all , as he lets the rice fall from his chop - sticks on to the spotless tatami ...
... stand upright ; and so it would , if he were eight or nine feet high and his head were not softer than the wood - work . He laughs in inno- cent glee at it all , as he lets the rice fall from his chop - sticks on to the spotless tatami ...
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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.