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... rank and importance and not monetarily . The Tosa farmers were as a rule neither large nor small . Mr. WIGMORE , in referring to the groups of five , ten of which made up a village guild , stated that this was a very old division dating ...
... rank and importance and not monetarily . The Tosa farmers were as a rule neither large nor small . Mr. WIGMORE , in referring to the groups of five , ten of which made up a village guild , stated that this was a very old division dating ...
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... rank and right , led an assault upon the government warehouses , took out the grain and distributed it to the people . The rising was quickly put down and Ōshio suffered death as a criminal . Another account says that en route to ...
... rank and right , led an assault upon the government warehouses , took out the grain and distributed it to the people . The rising was quickly put down and Ōshio suffered death as a criminal . Another account says that en route to ...
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... rank . " When this distinction of rank is preserved all are good . But this ideal goodness is rarely realized . " The gods are the activity of Heaven and Earth , the excellent power of the In and Yō , and of the true ' law . ' But as ...
... rank . " When this distinction of rank is preserved all are good . But this ideal goodness is rarely realized . " The gods are the activity of Heaven and Earth , the excellent power of the In and Yō , and of the true ' law . ' But as ...
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... rank and made great progress both in acquirements and in literary style . From the year 1711 until his death he was employed by the Tokugawa Government and wrote several books at its command . He received the highest honour the ...
... rank and made great progress both in acquirements and in literary style . From the year 1711 until his death he was employed by the Tokugawa Government and wrote several books at its command . He received the highest honour the ...
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... preceeding Confucius . Mayers p . 126. His writings were edited in the fourth century A.D. and take high rank among Taoist writings . 66 An old priest eighty years of age was grafting KNOX A JAPANESE PHILOSOPHER . 39.
... preceeding Confucius . Mayers p . 126. His writings were edited in the fourth century A.D. and take high rank among Taoist writings . 66 An old priest eighty years of age was grafting KNOX A JAPANESE PHILOSOPHER . 39.
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Page 196 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Page 197 - By reason, blest by faith : what we have loved, Others will love, and we will teach them how ; Instruct them how the mind of man becomes A thousand times more beautiful than the earth On which he dwells...
Page 199 - And stepping westward seemed to be A kind of heavenly destiny: I liked the greeting; 'twas a sound Of something without place or bound; And seemed to give me spiritual right To travel through that region bright.
Page 203 - Thy twofold shout I hear ; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near. Though babbling only to the vale Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours.
Page 40 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 203 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 44 - States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.
Page 194 - HARK, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise; Arise, arise. FEAR no more the heat o...
Page 194 - Hark ! hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings. And Phoebus 'gins arise. His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies ; And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their golden eyes ; With everything that pretty is — My lady sweet, arise : Arise, arise.
Page 46 - It is exceedingly great and exceedingly strong. Being nourished by rectitude, and sustaining no injury, it fills up all between heaven and earth.