A Gentleman in Prison: With the Confessions of Tokichi Ishii, Written in Tokyo Prison |
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Page 33
... look back now I realise keenly how easily a child is influenced by bad friends and surroundings . My parents soon discovered my wrongdoing , and thinking it was no longer good for me to be at home , they hired me out to a chinaware ...
... look back now I realise keenly how easily a child is influenced by bad friends and surroundings . My parents soon discovered my wrongdoing , and thinking it was no longer good for me to be at home , they hired me out to a chinaware ...
Page 37
... look on crime as our business , and so long as we get all we want for our- selves , we do not care how other people suffer . This is a terrible state of mind to reach , for one goes on from crime to crime , until , as in my own case ...
... look on crime as our business , and so long as we get all we want for our- selves , we do not care how other people suffer . This is a terrible state of mind to reach , for one goes on from crime to crime , until , as in my own case ...
Page 48
... look back and think that this man , a villain like myself , who had never been known to shed a tear , should be struck to the bottom of his heart by a mere letter from his little child ; I cannot but think that the letters received from ...
... look back and think that this man , a villain like myself , who had never been known to shed a tear , should be struck to the bottom of his heart by a mere letter from his little child ; I cannot but think that the letters received from ...
Page 52
... look back now , I think how foolish I was to be so furious at being robbed , when all the time I was robbing people myself . I should have known that others would feel the same way about me . I told Sekiguchi about my decision to go ...
... look back now , I think how foolish I was to be so furious at being robbed , when all the time I was robbing people myself . I should have known that others would feel the same way about me . I told Sekiguchi about my decision to go ...
Page 53
... got hold of me ? At any rate as I journeyed along on my way , I committed all kinds of crimes . I wonder how the true God would look on worship offered under such cir- cumstances ! XV . I GO TO KOMPIRA SHRINE . I passed [ 53 ]
... got hold of me ? At any rate as I journeyed along on my way , I committed all kinds of crimes . I wonder how the true God would look on worship offered under such cir- cumstances ! XV . I GO TO KOMPIRA SHRINE . I passed [ 53 ]
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Arima asked began Buddhist called cell chief warder child Christian City of God committed confession court crime criminal crucifixion dagger dead distress earthquake enemies escape eyes father fear feel FORTY-SEVEN LOYAL FREE friends geisha Gifu God's Hamamatsu hand heard heart Hikone Ishii San JAILORS Japan Japanese Jean Valjean Jesus Christ JOHN KELMAN judge kind knew Komori Lamb of God lawyer Les Miserables lived look Lord LOYAL FREE LANCES mercy mind Miss Macdonald Miss West morning mother murder Nagoya never night officials OHARU Okazaki once Osaka police station policemen priest prison chaplain received repented Sekiguchi sent sentence Shogun sins Sogoro soul story suffering surely Suzuki talk tell thing thought TOKICHI ISHII Tokyo prison told Toyohashi trial true TWENTY-THIRD PSALM unto Valjean wife words writing Yokohama
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Page 78 - Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Page 94 - Just as I am, without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.
Page 95 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 152 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Page 116 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 77 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 78 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 77 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 78 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Page 160 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul.