The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.
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When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.Townsend Harris
If a man use opium once he cannot stop it, and it becomes a life-long habit to use opium hence the English want to introduce it into Japan.
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By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.
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We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.
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The two nations England and France are now engaged in war with China, and what will be the result as respects China no one can conjecture.
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