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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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"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."

"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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"The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter."

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

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