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"It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first."
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"What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful."
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"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."
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"Fortunately any of the songs we've recorded can be extremely fulfilling to perform depending on the variety of circumstances that surround any given show."
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"It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal."
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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."
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"In specific circumstances the period of aging decline can set in earlier in a particular organ than in the organism as a whole which, in a certain general or theoretical sense, is left a cripple or invalid."
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"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."
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"There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe."
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"They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences."
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"You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise."
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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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"Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand."
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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."
Politics
"It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also."
Politics
"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."
Nation
"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."
Politics
"The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war."
War
"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."
Time
"It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first."
Circumstance
"As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness."
Nation
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