We, the Successor to the prosperous Throne of Our Predecessors, do humbly and solemnly swear to the Imperial Founder of Our House and to Our other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive with the Heavens and with the Earth,... Japan in Our Day - Page 2351892 - 293 pagesFull view - About this book
| Asiatic Society of Japan - Japan - 1925 - 130 pages
...other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in parallel with the... | |
| American literature - 1888 - 486 pages
...Imperial Oath made at the Sanctuary of the Imperial Palace at the time of the promulgation : — " We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of Government. .... We deem it expedient, in order to give clearness and distinctness to the instructions bequeathed... | |
| Church and the world - 1889 - 650 pages
...other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy coextensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in harmony with the... | |
| 1889 - 638 pages
...other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy coextensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in harmony with the... | |
| Hirobumi Itō - Constitutional history - 1889 - 312 pages
...other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in parallel with the... | |
| Japan - Japan - 1889 - 32 pages
...oilier Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in parallel with the... | |
| Methodist Church - 1889 - 592 pages
...other imperial ancestors, that in pursuance of a great policy, co-extensive with the heavens and with the earth, we shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government." The closing paragraph is as follows : " We now reverently make our prayer to our imperial ancestors,... | |
| David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English literature - 1894 - 550 pages
...yet it is gravely maintained by the words of the oath to be mildly conservative. The Emperor swears that " in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive...secure from decline the ancient form of government ; " and the Constitution is declared to be " only an exposition of the grand precepts for the conduct... | |
| American periodicals - 1894 - 858 pages
...yet il is gravely maintained by the words of the oath to be mildly conservative. The emperor swears that " in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive...the earth, we shall maintain and secure from decline Ihc ancient foran of government ; " and the Constitution is declared lo be " only an c.xposit ¡on... | |
| Social sciences - 1900 - 400 pages
...other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy coextensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. " In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in parallel with... | |
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