La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 82
as supplied by the necessity of yieldingto the Christian and foreign demand of entrance, and inso far abandoning the old ways. With this proof of weakness the enemies of the Toku-gawa and those of the system began to assert themselves,circumstances aiding, and in 1868 the last of the raceresigned… … I repeat this deficient summary of the Tokugawa storyonly because of wishing to recall who they were that havetemples and tombs about us, and to recall, also, that suchhas been the end of the beginning which is buried here. The approach to the temple, to which most paths lead,is through a great…
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