, even as they had
already brought Mexico, South America, and large portions of India under
the same control. The words of Jesus before the Roman procurator had not
been apprehended:--"My kingdom is not of this world."
CHAPTER XII - TWO CENTURIES OF SILENCE
"The frog in the well knows not the great ocean"
--Sanskrit and Japanese Proverb.
"When the blind lead the blind, both fall into the ditch."
--Japanese Proverb.
"The little island of Deshima, well and prophetically signifying
Fore-Island, was Japan's window, through which she looked at the
whole Occident ... We are under obligation to Holland for the
arts of engineering, mining, pharmacy, astronomy, and medicine
... 'Rangaku' (i.e., Dutch learning) passed almost as a synonym
for medicine," [1615-1868].--Inazo Nitobe.
"The great peace, of which we are so proud, was more like the
stillness of stagnant pools than the calm surface of a clear
lake."--Mitsukuri.
"The ancestral policy of self-contentment must be done away
with. If it was adopted by your forefathers, because it was wise
in their time, why not adopt a new policy if it in sure to prove
wise in your time.
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