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WONDERED
I AM SURE ALL OF US HAVE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER,
HOW THE JAPANESE
PEOPLE HAVE MANAGED TO DO SO
MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT SPACE OF TIME. CAN IT BE ATTRIBUTED
ΤΟ THE HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION AND OF ITS
PEOPLE AND HOW THEIR PRESENT-DAY BEHAVIOUR OF IRON-CLAD
DISCIPLINE WAS ACTUALLY FORGED,
DURING THE TUMULTUOUS CENTURIES
ERA?
BEATEN AND TEMPERED
PRECEDING THE TOKUGAWA
OR CAN IT BE ASCRIBED TO THE WIDELY HELD BELIEF
THAT IT IS ALL DUE ΤΟ EMPEROR WORSHIP, AND THEREFORE
CHIEF-EXECUTIVE-OFFICER
WORSHIP IN THE CASE OF COMPANIES
AND FACTORIES?
THEORIES.
PROBABLY,
THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN EACH OF THESE
BUT I AM OF THE VIEW THAT ONE INGREDIENT WHICH
HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE LARGEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THEIR
SUCCESS IS THEIR WILLINGNESS, IN FACT EAGERNESS, TO LEARN
FROM THEIR FELLOW BEINGS AND FROM THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
THEY WILL TAKE INTO THEIR CULTURE AND INTO THEIR
WORKSHOPS WHATEVER IS OF BENEFIT TO THE JAPANESE RACE OR
NATION.
PRAGMATIC
IN THIS RESPECT THEY ARE PERHAPS THE MOST
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. OFTEN, THOSE WHO HAVE
AGAINST THEM AND LOST, HAVE RESORTED TO DERIDING
THEM AS COPYCATS BUT, COPYCATS OR NOT, THEY ARE STEADILY
COMPETED
OUTDISTANCING THE REST OF THE WORLD.
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