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... understand the position , let us try and imagine that there is established in England a treaty- port , say at Wapping Old Stairs , or other conven- ient locality for shipping ; and that in pursuit of their business a highly respectable ...
... understand the position , let us try and imagine that there is established in England a treaty- port , say at Wapping Old Stairs , or other conven- ient locality for shipping ; and that in pursuit of their business a highly respectable ...
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... understand that , if their laugh is genu- ine , they are laughing at him rather than with him , and that it is he in reality who is the child . Mean- while his treaty - port guide no doubt is making terms with the landlady of the " card ...
... understand that , if their laugh is genu- ine , they are laughing at him rather than with him , and that it is he in reality who is the child . Mean- while his treaty - port guide no doubt is making terms with the landlady of the " card ...
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... understand , mainly in the length of leg that the Japanese are deficient from the point of view of our European anthropometrical ideal ; and this is said to be due to their native method of sit- ting down , which tells against leg ...
... understand , mainly in the length of leg that the Japanese are deficient from the point of view of our European anthropometrical ideal ; and this is said to be due to their native method of sit- ting down , which tells against leg ...
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... understand the foreigner . They have fallen into the error - an error which is not uncom- mon in Japan just now ... understanding of Japanese etiquette , endeavors to adopt their style invariably makes himself ridiculous , so those Japan ...
... understand the foreigner . They have fallen into the error - an error which is not uncom- mon in Japan just now ... understanding of Japanese etiquette , endeavors to adopt their style invariably makes himself ridiculous , so those Japan ...
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... understand how he did it . The ordinary person finds the study not only an extremely laborious and lengthy task , but one which , when entered upon seriously , has a faculty for ab- sorbing , or rather blotting out , all other questions ...
... understand how he did it . The ordinary person finds the study not only an extremely laborious and lengthy task , but one which , when entered upon seriously , has a faculty for ab- sorbing , or rather blotting out , all other questions ...
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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.