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 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.Townsend Harris
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.
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Eighteen years ago a war broke out between England and China, which might have been avoided by an agent residing in the capital of China.
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We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.
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It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.
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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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