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It Is True That Short Forms Of Poetry Have Been Cultivated In The Far East More Than In Modern Europe; But In All European Literature Short Forms Of Poetry Are To Be Found - Indeed Quite As Short As Anything In Japanese.

Literary Success Of Any Enduring Kind Is Made By Refusing To Do What Publishers Want, By Refusing To Write What The Public Wants, By Refusing To Accept Any Popular Standard, By Refusing To Write Anything To Order.

One Of The Great Defects Of English Books Printed In The Last Century Is The Want Of An Index.

Japanese Affection Is Not Uttered In Words; It Scarcely Appears Even In The Tone Of Voice; It Is Chiefly Shown In Acts Of Exquisite Courtesy And Kindness.

No Man Can Possibly Know What Life Means, What The World Means, Until He Has A Child And Loves It. And Then The Whole Universe Changes And Nothing Will Ever Again Seem Exactly As It Seemed Before.