The Days of a Man 



feudal regime of which he is the hereditary represen- 

 tative. 



Academic I was also the guest of honor at a dinner of the 

 faculty of the Imperial University, a group in which 

 I had several friends, notably lijima and Watase. 

 Another was Dr. Nitobe, distinguished as a student of 

 English Literature and author of the well-known book 

 on Japanese ideals, " Bushido" (The Warrior's Way). 

 Mrs. Nitobe is a highly cultivated American woman, 

 a member of the Society of Friends. 



A dinner was given me by President Kamada of 

 the Keio University, together with Ichitaro Fu- 

 kuzawa, son of the noted founder of the institu- 

 tion, which is a stronghold of Liberalism. This 

 was attended by about fifty of the alumni and 

 faculty, and by special request I spoke in English 

 without interpreter on 'Japanese Imitation of 

 A bad Germany/ 5 For the belief that German methods 

 exemplar j ia( j | 3een carried too far was already spreading in 

 university circles. I argued that the use of military 

 force by land or sea to gain national prestige or to 

 further foreign exploitation was opposed to the best 

 welfare of Japan. 'The state is the people's, not the 

 government's. . . . There is no national glory or 

 prosperity that does not begin with the welfare of the 

 common people. The state can have no prosperity 

 or security apart from the well-being of the whole 

 nation." I also thought that in the universities, 

 imitating those of Germany, there was far too much 

 teaching by lectures, especially in the sciences and 

 arts where proficiency is attained only through 

 actual laboratory work. 



My wife meanwhile was taking advantage of every 

 vacant hour to see what she could of museums, parks, 



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