Quote by Townsend Harris
The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage,

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed. – Townsend Harris

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