The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 194
takable that the men who slew must have takengreat care not to hurt the child. Mr. R. B. Hubbard, at one time Minister of the UnitedStates to Japan, says that for the great cardinal virtues of loyaltyand parental and filial devotion no people on earth surpass theJapanese. We mean, he writes, that… … THE FRENCHMAN OF THE EAST. 175 ill by the same vows that are regarded in Western civilization,yet from the prince to the coolie they have made tlieir homesunited and happy. Sir Edwin Arnold goes into eestacies over the Japanesewomen, whom he regards as semi-angelic in their sweetness ofdisposition.…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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