 | Sidney Lewis Gulick - Japan - 1903 - 474 pages
...quiet and composed, killed himself. No old. trained, self-possessed samurai could have excelled him. No one who saw it could speak of it for years without tears. ... I have told you this that Kujuro may be remembered. It would be shameful were it to be forgotten... | |
 | George William Knox - Japan - 1904 - 346 pages
...quiet and composed, killed himself. No old, trained, self-possessed samurai could have excelled him. No one who saw it could speak of it for years without...Kujuro commit hara-kiri he is so calm and collected that there need be no regret. Be at peace. ' But as Sugimoto read the letter he remarked: 'A child... | |
 | George William Knox - Japan - 1904 - 350 pages
...the affair I wrote to his father: ' Though Kujuro commit hara-kiri he is so calm and collected that there need be no regret. Be at peace.' But as Sugimoto...be brave enough as others encourage it before the moxa is applied, and yet burst into tears when it feels the heat. My child is so young that I cannot... | |
 | George William Knox - Japan - 1907 - 248 pages
...quiet and composed, killed himself. No old, trained, self-possessed samurai could have excelled him. No one who saw it could speak of it for years without...calm and collected there need be no regret. Be at peace.1 But as Sugimoto read the letter he remarked: 'A child often will be brave enough as others... | |
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A child often will be brave enough as others encourage it before the moxa is applied, and yet burst into tears when it feels the heat. My child is so young that I cannot be at peace until I hear that he has done the deed with bravery. 