1. Fukuzawa
... forward. He said that the old traditional ways of Japan held it back from progress. "The Japanese people had lived under oppressive social restrictions for centuries and had acquired the habit of passive obedience. In directing these people into a more active life, the injunction against bowing was the first step." Implying that bowing is the first step to submission, and a submissive ... ...
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