Nitobe Inazō
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Japanese agronomist, diplomat and writer (1862 to 1933); one of the Under-Secretaries General of the League of Nations from its founding in 1920; author of…
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there (opens korrents.com)
“Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living…”
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Politeness that comes only from fear of offending taste is a poor virtue; it should express regard for others' feelings (opens korrents.com)
“Politeness is a poor virtue, if it is actuated only by a fear of offending good taste, whereas it should be the outward manifestation of a sympathetic regard for the feelings of others.”
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Under feudalism, benevolence is what saved Japan from despotism of the worst kind (opens korrents.com)
“Under the régime of feudalism, which could easily be perverted into militarism, it was to Benevolence that we owed our deliverance from despotism of the worst kind.”
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Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there (opens korrents.com)