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... thing that is British , simply because the methods of the English dock - laborers , cabmen , interpreters , and runners , who hang around their settlement for the + purpose of getting what they can out of the resi- 3 POPULAR ...
... thing that is British , simply because the methods of the English dock - laborers , cabmen , interpreters , and runners , who hang around their settlement for the + purpose of getting what they can out of the resi- 3 POPULAR ...
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... things of the past , and although modern education may have shaken the beliefs in ancient superstitions in the 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 ...
... things of the past , and although modern education may have shaken the beliefs in ancient superstitions in the 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 ...
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... thing to do . They use Western build- ings and furniture for their modern offices , as they have found it impossible to conduct modern business . under Japanese conditions . They learn to speak our language , because this is essential ...
... thing to do . They use Western build- ings and furniture for their modern offices , as they have found it impossible to conduct modern business . under Japanese conditions . They learn to speak our language , because this is essential ...
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... 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 " so often , that talented author urged as an ...
... 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 " so often , that talented author urged as an ...
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... things material were worked out on a smaller scale there than in Europe . At the present day , however , we are bound to admit that their army , navy , mercantile marine , rail- way systems , public buildings , educational , political ...
... things material were worked out on a smaller scale there than in Europe . At the present day , however , we are bound to admit that their army , navy , mercantile marine , rail- way systems , public buildings , educational , political ...
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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.