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to persuade Youngblood to go to church and reform.1 DEVELOPMENT OF OUR OWN1SII.d.ren-n-o-[18a-a-toInterpretation of theFhe Guiding Principles By S. K. TakiihouhlKi.2.t S51toP-he-8.C-II-rrern.1810A.k.IK8.To Act In .Accordance .With God's Will.Thus, there Ih nothing to fear but God.To He True To Onnebes.Those who are not true to themselves cannot he trueto other*.To Help Ourself®* Instead ofRelying on Others.God will only Help Those who Help Themselves.To Be A Tart off Our Conaill ty and Our Country......I,ess talk, more acts and selt-sacrlftce are necessary. If a group l» to act together. By giving in v»% ftlirrby surrender..S^*1 u*t first have the §mm£~*ny of Heart, within ourselves. ‘ 'Each and every nation has itscharacteristic excellence that enters into tho mage up of thefoundation of the country. Jap pan llko-wlse has her own essence (Soul of Japan) cherished and fostered from generation to generation.One can hardly • measure tho best and dearest things in life with a yard-stick nor weigh them on a pair of scales.The greatest scientist cannot determine how* much Ih added to tho human happiness by the perfume of a rose, the beauty of the sunset or the glory of stars.Orators, poets, artists find it equally difficult to portray TheNo doubt a careful reading of this hook will lead you to the cause and origin of our guiding principles which is nothing hut the very substance of the Soul of Japan which has made the Japanese empire what it is now. Whatever Japan lias accomplished for the past few | decades, •’ o matters are all attributed to t fact that our principles have I **eu carried out faithfully by the nation. 1 came to America with the belief that what is true of the dark people of Jupan must be true of the dark people of America.If 1 am right In this belief, there Isno reason that what made Japan \H( what she is today will not make you what you should be tomorrow. Indeed, I u dllligeut effort toIntroduce ihe Soul of Japan In a moil brief form of five guidingprinciples more digest tide an discernible by your people who are so little familiar with Oriental civilization but are so much puffed up with the western psychology.oroneofsayitni«nlt;ItKi-l*t.••ft(iN*Heart of tlie Island Yamato the Soul of Japan.A Japanese poet said, “If should ask, what is the heart the Island Yamato; 1 would this, It is the mountain cherry blossom with exhales its perfumein the morning sun.”If I were to sum up this verse, I should say this: The Soul of Ja pan Is the congregation of beauty and power; reflected upon by a powerful rising sun. The beautiful mountain cherry blossom exhales Its essence.That many of the western students are Btlll inclined to the conception that the Oriental civiliza tlon is a mere imitation of the west Is due to their ignorance of its profound background which for them is hard to understand in a short duration of study. In putting up a new civilization, combining the best In the East and West, we desire to contribute to the world peace and the welfare, and happiness of humanity. Itere I suggest rending a hook entitled “The Bushlde” on the soul of Japan, written In English by Dr. Inuso Nltobe, a member of the House of Peers, former ly the Secretary of the league of Nations. This book was published In America some years pgo, and has been already translated Into more than a dozen differentlanguages, and this Is the very book that the late Theodore Roosevelt recommended the Anierl an people in rend He seemed to have been so Inspired that a number of volumes were distributedtiamong the friends at his own ex ! H(iIIelt;UsInI”C(|MtilGiII21“JSIai(’IPRaitilFwNIIpense.
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The Tribune Independent Of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sat, Mar 24, 1934
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