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“When I was a student, there wasn't a single thing we did that was unrelated to others. It was all for the Emperor, or parents, or the country, or society—everything was other-centered, which means that all educated men were hypocrites. When society changed, this hypocrisy ceased to work, and as a result, self-centeredness was gradually imported into thought and action, and egoism became enormously over-developed. Instead of the old hypocrites, now all we've got are out-and-out rogues. Do you see what I mean by that?”

Literature Politics Freedom Novel Modern Enlightenment Tradition Western Japan Individualism Egoism Self Centeredness Meiji Turn Of The Century Fin De Siecle Political Liberation Social Hegemony

Book:Sanshirō

Source: Sanshirō

“The call for political freedom took place long ago. The call for freedom of speech is also a thing of the past. Freedom is not a word to be used exclusively for phenomena such as this which are so easily given outward manifestation. I believe that we young men of the new age have encountered the moment in time when we must call for that great freedom, the freedom of the mind.”

Literature Politics Freedom Novel Enlightenment Western Japan Meiji Turn Of The Century Fin De Siecle Political Liberation Social Hegemony

Book:Sanshirō

Source: Sanshirō

“...He said defensively, "But from now on, Japan is sure to develop." "Japan's headed for a fall," the man said coolly. Say a thing like that in Kumamoto and you'd get a punch in the nose, or be called a traitor. The atmosphere Sanshiro grew up in left no room in his head for such an idea. Just because he was young, was the man having some fun at his expense? The man kept on grinning. Yet his way of talking was perfectly composed. Not knowing what to think, Sanshiro held his tongue. His companion went on, "Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And what's bigger than Japan is..." He paused and looked at Sanshiro, who was listening intently. "...the inside of your head. That's bigger than Japan. Don't let yourself get bogged down. You may believe your way of thinking is for the good of the nation, but you could actually be bringing it down." When he heard this, Sanshiro felt he had indeed left Kumamoto. And he realized, too, what a small person his Kumamoto self had been.”

Japan Modernism Japanese Literature Meiji Turn Of The Century

Book:Sanshirō

Source: Sanshirō

“Meanwhile, I learned my future depended not on the plans of another, but on fate and myself.”

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Book:Old Burnside

Source: Old Burnside

“1999 was a good year; pre-9/11, pre-Bush, bangin’ economy, the send-off to a pretty amazing decade and century.”

20th Century Millennium 1999 1990s Turn Of The Century The Nineties

Book:In Limbo

Source: In Limbo

“Why were you anxious to be divorced from your husband?” the DA demanded. “I had no love for him,” Alice replied.”

Murder Turn Of The Century Unsolved Mystery

Book:Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

Source: Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

“When he looked in the mirror, he was startled by his physical transformation. In just a few years, his face had lost its healthy glow, and his strength had faded, leaving a pale, bloated, trembling version of himself behind that he did not recognize. The tired, bloodshot eyes in the mirror glared back at him. He would go to the Keeley Institute to cure his drinking habit while he was still able to salvage his family and himself.”

Addiction Turn Of The Century Unsolved Mystery

Book:Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson

Source: Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson