en trained in Hindu art, not because he
is a Hindu physiologically. If that same Hindu artist, taken in
infancy to Europe and raised as a European and trained in European
art, should still persist in replacing European by Hindu art
characteristics, then the argument would have some force, and his
contention that the "soul of races" can be modified only by
intermarriage of races would seem more reasonable.]

[Footnote Y: "The Human Species," p. 283.]

[Footnote Z: _Ibid._, p. 282.]

[Footnote AA: _Ibid._, p. 384.]

[Footnote AB: The manuscript of this work was largely prepared in 1897
and 1898. Since writing the above lines, a vigorous discussion has
been carried on in the Japanese press as to the advantages and
disadvantages of the present system of writing. Many have advocated
boldly the entire abandonment of the Chinese character and the
exclusive use of the Roman alphabet. The difficulties of such a step
are enormous and cannot be appreciated by anyone not familiar with the
written language of Japan. One or the strongest arguments for such a
course, however, has been the obstacle placed by the Chinese in the
way of popular education, due to the time required for its mastery and
the mechanical nature of the mind it tends to produce. In August of
1900 the Educational Department enacted some regulations that have
great significance in this connection. Perhaps the most important is
the requirement that not more than one thousand two hundred Chinese
characters are to be taught to the common-school children, and the
form of the character is not to be taught independently of the
meaning. The remarks in the text above are directed chiefly to the
ancient methods of education.]

[Footnote AC: Griffis' "Religions of Japan," p. 272.]

[Footnote AD: P. 24.]

[Footnote AE: _Far East_ for January, 1898.]

[Footnote AF: January 20, 1900.]

[Footnote AG: _Japan Mail_, November 12, 1898.]

[Footnote AH: P. 17.]

[Footnote AI: P. 18.]

[Footnote AJ: P. 18.]

[Footnote AK: "History of the Empire of Japan," compiled and
translated for the Imperial Japanese Commission of the World's
Columbian Exposition.]

[Footnote AL: "Japanese Literature," p. 4.]

[Footnote AM: _Cf._ chapter xvi. p. 199.]

[Footnote AN: _Cf._ chapter xvii.]

[Footnote AO: Quotations from "A Japanese Philosopher" will be found
in chapters xxiv. and xxvi.]

[Footnote AP: "Things Japanese," p. 133.]

[Footnote AQ: P. 213.]

[Footnote AR: P. 30