Edwin O. Reischauer quotes
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“The real strength of democracy is that anyone who is not specifically against it must ultimately be for it, while communism suffers from the great tactical liability that anyone who is not specifically for it is eventually forced to oppose it.”
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“Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, [the missionary William Elliot Griffis [1843-1928], the scientist Edward Sylvester Morse [1838-1925], and the writer Lafcadio Hearn], and then for the marvelous reconstruction of how Japan worked on their minds, radically changing their perceptions of the country and the whole relationship between East and West--between the barbarian and the civilized. The book is a tour de force.”
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“Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country.”
-- Edwin O. ReischauerSource : "East Asia: the Great Tradition". Book by Albert M. Craig and Edwin O. Reischauer, p. 435, 1960.
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“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.”
Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.29, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”
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“The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.”
Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”
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“I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy”
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Source : "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 64, 1980.
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