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Excerpt from Some Historical Phases of Modern Japan As Exchange Professor to the United States, during the year 1914, it was my privilege to visit many different Universities and Colleges in the East, South, and Middle West. Looking back over my sojourn in the States I feel a deep sense of gratitude to my American friends for their uniform courtesy and sympathy. Being in daily association with kind-hearted friends, old and new, it was difficult to realize that there was an important international question, the solution of which I might advantageously study, otherwise than from the standpoint of a public spirited citizen of Japan. President Wilson had indeed remarked to me, incidentally, that there were "a few sore spots" in the United States. It is my hope that these "sore spots" may be healed by the friendly intercourse of the people of the Pacific Coast with the people of the Orient at the World's Panama-Pacific Exposition. With regard to the ultimate solution of the pending agrarian and immigration problems on the Pacific Coast, I should like to say, that we can with patience wait upon the near future when they can be amicably adjusted with justice and equity. As a souvenir of my lecture tour I have desired to preserve some of my lectures in permanent form. This small volume is the outcome of this aspiration. In conclusion, I tender my hearty thanks to Rev. F. W. Heckelman, who accompanied me on my American journey, for his valuable assistance and friendship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.