Bushido, the Soul of Japan

INAZO NITOBÉ, A.M., Ph.D.
Author’s Edition, Revised and Enlarged
13th EDITION
1908
DECEMBER, 1904
TO MY BELOVED UNCLE TOKITOSHI OTA WHO TAUGHT ME TO REVERE THE PAST AND TO ADMIRE THE DEEDS OF THE SAMURAI I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK
—“That way
Over the mountain, which who stands upon,
Is apt to doubt if it be indeed a road;
While if he views it from the waste itself,
Up goes the line there, plain from base to brow,
Not vague, mistakable! What’s a break or two