The Spirit of Japan

I am glad to have this opportunity once more of speaking to you before I leave Japan. My stay here has been so short that one may think I have not earned my right to speak to you about anything concerning your country. I feel sure that I shall be told that I am idealising certain aspects while leaving others unnoticed and that there are chances of my disillusionment if I remain here for long. For I have known foreigners whose long experience has made them doubtful about your moral qualifications— even of your full efficiency in modern equipments of progress.