Page:Insect Literature by Lafcadio Hearn.djvu/29

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Japan, who have room in their hearts for love of country — and who are they that have more room in their hearts than the Japanese have for love of country?

In that matter, Hearn must have been Hearn — sent to Japan that with his mighty pen he could acquaint your own intellectuals as well as the outside world with the virtues of the great People of that time a newly recognized member of the Family of Great Nations. Your people have long been made familiar enough with those who looked only for Japanese vices and finding, of course, some that are common to all mankind — now let