The water placed in goblet, bowl or cup Changes its form to its receptacle ; And so our plastic souls take various shapes And characters of good or ill, to fit The good or evil in the friends we choose. Therefore be ever careful in your choice of friends,... The Mikado: Institution and Person - Page 95by William Elliot Griffis - 1915 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
| Arthur Lloyd - Arts, Japanese - 1909 - 504 pages
...them the following sound advice : — " The water placed in goblet, bowl, or cup, Changes its shape to its receptacle, And so our plastic souls take various...good or evil in the friends we choose. Therefore be careful in your choice of friends, And let your special love be given to those Whose strength of character... | |
| Clarence Hall Wilson - Ethics - 1917 - 184 pages
...are some lines written by the late Emperor of Japan for a girls' school in his own flowery kingdom: "The water placed in goblet, bowl or cup Changes its...good or ill, to fit The good or evil in the friends they choose. Therefore be ever careful in your choice of friends, And let your special love be given... | |
| Maude Whitmore Madden - Japan - 1919 - 82 pages
...in all the girls' schools of the land. "The water placed in goblet, bowl or cup, Changes its shape to its receptacle, And so our plastic souls take various...good or evil in the friends we choose. Therefore be careful in your choice of friends, And let your special love be given to those Whose strength of character... | |
| Education - 1904 - 530 pages
...which is given special emphasis by the great chapter of history, which Japan is now helping to write: The water placed In goblet, bowl or cup Changes Its...souls take various shapes And characters of good or 111, to fit The good or evil In the friends we choose. Therefore be ever careful In your choice of... | |
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