Townsend Harris Quotes

• Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.

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  Children, Doors, Together

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• Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

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  Country, Hands, Invention

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• The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

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  War, Habit, Increase

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• Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

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  Intercourse, Refuse, Nations

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• When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.

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  Country, Japan, United States

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• We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

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  Country, Japan, Desire

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• The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.

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  Communication, Mean, World

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• The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.

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  Wish, President, May

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• The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

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  War, Thinking, President

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• Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

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  Country, Japan, President

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• The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

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  Art, War, People

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• If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

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  War, Japan, Long Ago

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• By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

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  Mean, Japan, California

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• Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed.

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  Country, Order, Two

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• It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

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  Thinking, Want, Affection

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• If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

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  War, Japan, Suffering

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• In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.

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  War, Ends, Made

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• If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

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  Desire, Firsts, England

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• If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three.

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  Country, Writing, Numbers

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• The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

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  Country, Desire, United States

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• In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

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  War, Important, Arms

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