Thoughts and essays
by Nitobe, Inazo, 1862-1933
Publication date 1909
Topics Conduct of life, East Asia, Japan -- Civilization
Publisher Tokyo Teibi Pub. Co
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To
My Young Friknds
Whosp: Yearnings and Strivings
FOR
Higher Things
Have ever Won Mv Sympathy
I Dedicate
These Random Thoughts
THOUGHTS AND ESSAYS
PREFACE
Herewith, with all humbleness, do 1 offer to
the public an irregular bundle of fragmentary
thoughts and essays, which were jotted down from
time to time as " the spirit moved me."
I would not have been so bold as to put these
flitting thoughts into so permanent a form as a
book, if it were not for the fact that my friend
Mr. Sakurai had collected the Japanese transla-
tion into a volume, and if it had not been that re-
quests came from several quarters for the English
originals. I took occasion, in compiling them, to
add several pieces, long and short, which did not
appear in the translation. A great many of them
having been written with the idea of their being
perused by the young, the style may sometimes
savor of pedantry. Some of the essays were
written years ago -one in particular dates back
about thirty years, when I was myself a student.
When presenting any of my efforts in English,
I have not sufficient self-confidence to send them
into print without first submitting them to the
criticism of an English-speaking friend. In this
case I under obligation to two friends — Miss Anna
C. Hartshorne, whose suggestions I have ever found
helpful, and to the Rev. Benjamin Chapell D. D.
who has kindly and painstakingly given time with-
out stint to the supervision of the entire volume.
Last, but not least, to my wife, for her steadfast
interest and encouragement.
INAZO NiTOBE
Tokyo,
December 14, igog.
THOUGHTS AND ESSAYS
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CONTENTS
The Uine i
Martyrdom and Success 4
My Religion 5
Heart to Conscience, 5
The Sakura 6
The Three Voices on the Text-Books
Scandal 11
A Place to See Things 13
Imitation 14
The Student 17
The Student's Summer Vacation 20
Hagi . 22
The Soul's Quest of God 23
The Soul's Quest of Self. 23
Introduction to " From the Eastern Sea " 24
What Carlyle Taught 28
Flesh Prostrate 33
The Real and the Ideal 34
Glories of Japanese Art 35
In a Hagi Garden in Kyoto 36
Being and Doing 38
Special Training and General Culture 39
Logic-Chopping , 40
The Soul's Eternal Quest 41
CONTENTS
Use of Gifts 42
Self-Mastery 42
A Grateful Heart 43
Hidden Angels 43
Life's Contradictions 44
Reflections on a Christmas Eve 46
A Flash of Thought 51
The Insular Spirit 52
New Years's Greeting and Resolutions... 54
Plebeianism 58
A Defect in Our Education 59
Prepare in Peace for War and in War for
Peace... 63
Americanism in the East. . 66
Two Standards 70
Our Manners and Customs 71
Approbation and Reproach of Conscience. 74
Slav Peril Versus Yellow Peril 75
Gratitute <So
Autumn Thoughts 82
Loneliness 85
Sadder Chants 87
Beware of National Conceit 88
Weeping Willow on the River's Brink 91
Heavenly Visitations 92
The Harvest 93
Preface for the Polish Edition of Bushido... 97
The Old and the New lOi
THOUGHTS AND ESSAYS
The Past and the Present 104
Children 105
Heavenly Visions 107
A Morose Spirit 108
Manifold Moons 109
Flying thoughts 110
Bereaved Families 1 1 1
Causes for Thankfulness... 114
Analysis 115
A Piece of Nature 1 16
Post-Bellum Work. . 117
Mental Indigestion. 124
Humility with Greatness 126
Summer Flights 128
Mother Love 129
Such Peace as the World Giveth 132
Summer Caution 134
Uses of War and Peace 135
A Cross 137
Japan's New Duties and Responsibilities . 138
What O'clock Is It in Japan ? 141
New Duties of the New Year V^lJ
A Winter Thought 151
In Hiraizumi 153
Spring Thoughts i 54
Ascent of Bushido 156
The Sword and the Pen 160
A Supplication 163
CONTENTS
On the Sea 164
Ruins of an Empire 166
At the Midnight Hour 168
Is China an Answer to Confucius? 169
The Growth of Japan 171
Commercial Morality 175
Culture and Restraint ... 184
Among the Tombs 188
Duties of the Present 1 8q
Silent Hours 191
Among the Kami 193
No Hero Among Us 195
The Lasting Friendship of School Days.. . 196
Student Imigration J99
Cheerfulness 203
The Uses of Sorrow 205
A Soul of Good in Things Evil 207
I Cannot Tell 209
A Decaying Nation 210
Primitive Life and Presiding Death in
Korea
Sorrow's Dispensation :
The Sentiment of the Season
Happiness for a Year
The Months of January
Where the Real Meets the Ideal
Androlatry
A Spring Thought
THOUGHTS AND ESSAYS
Crun Grano Salis 238
Under the Cherry 240
A Lesson of the Night 241
Practical Religion 243
Courtesy 244
Words and What They Stand for 245
Rural Virtues 246
Omission and Commission 248
Universal Harmony 249
What Success is Desirable 250
Life's Contrasts Contradicted 252
Offerings 256
The Christianization of Japan 257
Naturalism 261
" From Nature up to Nature's God " 262
Pilgrimage to Dazaifu 265
Religious Impressions of America 270
On Japanese Exclusivism 278
Our Recent Chauvinism 290
Origin of American-Japanese Litercourse. . . 306
Samuraiism : The Moral Ideas of Japan .. 324
Character of the Occidentalization of Japan. 364
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