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Townsend Harris

"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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"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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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."

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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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"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him."

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"In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated."

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"When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack."

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"Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was there some disturbing circumstances from one or more factors which distorted the result?"

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"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."

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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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"Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world."

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"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance."

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Townsend Harris
"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."

Nation

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Townsend Harris
"In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things."

Time

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Townsend Harris
"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

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

War

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

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Townsend Harris
"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."

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

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