Bushido, the Soul of Japan
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If thy dagger feels anything within and thy strength fails, take courage and double thy effort to cut across.' The child looked from one to the other, and when both had ex- pired, he calmly half denuded himself and followed the example set him on either hand." The glorification of seppuku oftered, naturally enough, no small temptation to its unwarranted committal. For causes entirely incompatible with reason, or for reasons entirely undeserving of death, hot headed youths rushed into it as inse...cts fly into fire; mixed and dubious motives drove more samurai to this deed than nuns into convent gates. Life was cheap — cheap as reckoned by the popular standard of honor.
The saddest feature was that honor, which was always in the agio, so to speak, was not always solid gold, but alloyed with baser metals. No one circle in the Inferno will boast of greater density of Japanese popula- tion than the seventh, to which Dante con- signs all victims of self-destruction !
And yet, for a true samurai to hasten death or to court it, was alike cowardice.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If thy dagger feels anything within and thy strength fails, take courage and double thy effort to cut across.' The child looked from one to the other, and when both had ex- pired, he calmly half denuded himself and followed the example set him on either hand." The glorification of seppuku oftered, naturally enough, no small temptation to its unwarranted committal. For causes entirely incompatible with reason, or for reasons entirely undeserving of death, hot headed youths rushed into it as inse...cts fly into fire; mixed and dubious motives drove more samurai to this deed than nuns into convent gates. Life was cheap — cheap as reckoned by the popular standard of honor.
The saddest feature was that honor, which was always in the agio, so to speak, was not always solid gold, but alloyed with baser metals. No one circle in the Inferno will boast of greater density of Japanese popula- tion than the seventh, to which Dante con- signs all victims of self-destruction !
And yet, for a true samurai to hasten death or to court it, was alike cowardice.
What to read after Bushido, the Soul of Japan?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Nitobe, Inazō, 1862-1933 to read onlineMoreLess
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