“When I consider the state of things in our fief, I find that those who hold positions and receive official stipends are incapable of the utmost in loyalty and patriotic service. Loyalty of the usual sort-perhaps, but if it is true loyalty and service you seek, then you must abandon this fief and plan a grass-roots uprising.”
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Yoshida Shoin
Yoshida Shoin was a Japanese intellectual and samurai from the late Edo period. He is known for his contributions to the Meiji Restoration and his influential teachings on Western learning and military strategy. more
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