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... social fabric of the country . Above all , we must always place the national interests before the transient interests of a political party . " Before leaving this question of political unity it is reassuring PATRIOTISM 25.
... social fabric of the country . Above all , we must always place the national interests before the transient interests of a political party . " Before leaving this question of political unity it is reassuring PATRIOTISM 25.
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... social system by means of the development of the abundance of our national wealth on the one hand and the expansion of the national power abroad . Now that the war between Japan and China has showed the dignity and power of our country ...
... social system by means of the development of the abundance of our national wealth on the one hand and the expansion of the national power abroad . Now that the war between Japan and China has showed the dignity and power of our country ...
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... social evil is far less than it was , the industry , order , steadiness of the people is far greater than it used to be . The one real drawback that Bushido does present is the non - existence of suitable text - books to enable one to ...
... social evil is far less than it was , the industry , order , steadiness of the people is far greater than it used to be . The one real drawback that Bushido does present is the non - existence of suitable text - books to enable one to ...
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... social positions ; for these latter express no plutocratic distinc- tions , but were originally distinctions for actual merit . its highest form , politeness almost approaches love . " In This teaching of politeness caused a very ...
... social positions ; for these latter express no plutocratic distinc- tions , but were originally distinctions for actual merit . its highest form , politeness almost approaches love . " In This teaching of politeness caused a very ...
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... social position demanded a loftier standard of veracity than that of the tradesmen and peasant . " Bushi - no - ichignon " —the word of a samurai — was sufficient guarantee of the truthfulness of an assertion . His word carried such ...
... social position demanded a loftier standard of veracity than that of the tradesmen and peasant . " Bushi - no - ichignon " —the word of a samurai — was sufficient guarantee of the truthfulness of an assertion . His word carried such ...
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Page 68 - Meiji, a fundamental law of State, to exhibit the principles, by which We are to be guided in Our conduct, and to point out to what Our descendants and Our subjects and their descendants are forever to conform.
Page 43 - to leave behind him the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy or turned his back on a big one.
Page 127 - 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 445 - If these self-evident truths are kept before us, and only if they are so kept before us, we shall have a clear idea of what our foreign policy in its larger aspects should be. It is our duty to remember that a nation has no more right to do injustice to another nation, strong or weak, than an individual has to do injustice to another individual; that the same moral law applies in one case as in the other. But we must also remember that it is as much the duty of the Nation to guard its own rights...
Page 9 - The rights of sovereignty of the State, We have inherited from Our Ancestors, and We shall bequeath them to Our descendants. Neither We nor they shall in future fail to wield them, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution hereby granted.
Page 68 - Having, by virtue of the glories of Our Ancestors, ascended the throne of a lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal; desiring to promote the welfare of, and to give development to, the moral and intellectual faculties of Our beloved subjects, the very same that have been...
Page 67 - X. Upon the demise of the Emperor, the Imperial heir shall ascend the Throne and shall acquire the Divine Treasures of the Imperial Ancestors.
Page 10 - The sovereign power of reigning over and governing the State is inherited by the Emperor from his ancestors, and by him bequeathed to his posterity. All the different legislative as well as executive powers of State, by means of which he reigns over the country and governs the people, are united in the Most...
Page 446 - ... their own peoples, more responsive to the general sentiment of humane and civilized mankind; and on the other hand that it should keep prepared, while scrupulously avoiding wrongdoing itself, to repel any wrong, and in exceptional cases to take action which in a more advanced stage of international relations would come under the head of the exercise of the international police. A great free people owes it to itself and to all mankind not to sink into helplessness before the powers of evil.
Page 9 - We now declare to respect and protect the security of the rights and of the property of Our people, and to secure to them the complete enjoyment of the same, within the extent of the provisions of the present Constitution and of the law.