Bushido, the Soul of Japan, by Inazo Nitobe, [1905], at sacred-texts.com
--- "That way
Over the mountain, which who stands uponIs apt to doubt if it be indeed a road;
While if he views it from the waste itself,
Up goes the line there, plain from base to brow,
Not vague, mistakable! What's a break or two
Seen from the unbroken deserts either side?
And then (to bring in fresh philosophy)
What if the breaks themselves should prove at last
The most consummate of contrivances
To train a man's eye, teach him what is faith?"
--- ROBERT BROWNING,
Bishop Blougram's Apology.
"There are, if I may so say, three powerful spirits, which have, from
time to time, moved on the face of the waters, and given a predominant
impulse to the moral sentiments and energies of mankind. These are the
spirits of liberty, of religion, and of honor."
---HALLAM,
Europe in the Middle Ages.
"Chivalry is itself the poetry of life."
---SCHLEGEL,
Philosophy of History.
- ROBERT BROWNING ...ロバートブラウニングは、１９世紀イギリスの詩人。(wiki)
- 『男と女』... ロバートブラウニングによる 全２巻・５１編の詩からなる詩集(wiki)。上記 Bishop Blougram's Apology は、この本からの引用。 (ebook)
- apt to be ~ /apt to do ~ ... likely or having a natural tendency to do sth. (OALD)
- waste ... an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. (WN)
- brow ... [usually sing.] the top part of a hill. (OALD)
- consummate ... (AME 'consummate BRE con'summate) extremely skilled; perfect (OALD)
- con'trivance ... [C] a clever or complicated device or tool made for a particular purpose./ [C, U] a clever plan or trick; the act of using a clever plan or trick. (OALD)
- ハラム Hallam ... ヘンリーハラム(Henry Hallam)は、英国の歴史学者 (wiki)。代表作 The View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, は１８１８年に出版された。ebook /poem hunter
- pre'dominant ... most frequent or common prevailing winds; / having superior power and influence / =prevailing
- impulse ... an instinctive motive / a sudden desire
- Schlegel ... シュレーゲル Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel wiki １８世紀ドイツの詩人・学者・思想家。 Philosophy of History は、彼の講演を後に本として出版したものらしい。 ebook (ここで本の実物が見られる。 archive.org )
- 'chivalry ... 1) polite and kind behaviour that shows a sense of honour, especially by men towards women 2) (in the Middle Ages) the religious and moral system of behaviour which the perfect knight was expected to follow (OALD)
おかあつ編注：色々と調べてみて思ったのだが、日本人が上記のイギリスの歴史的な大詩人に関して研究している人が、思ったよりもずっと少なかった。日本の素晴らしい文化である武士道を世界に広める事と同じ程度、他国の文化に敬意を払って研究する事に情熱を持っても良いのではないか。
- 『男と女』... ロバートブラウニングによる 全２巻・５１編の詩からなる詩集(wiki)。上記 Bishop Blougram's Apology は、この本からの引用。 (ebook)
- apt to be ~ /apt to do ~ ... likely or having a natural tendency to do sth. (OALD)
- waste ... an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. (WN)
- brow ... [usually sing.] the top part of a hill. (OALD)
- consummate ... (AME 'consummate BRE con'summate) extremely skilled; perfect (OALD)
- con'trivance ... [C] a clever or complicated device or tool made for a particular purpose./ [C, U] a clever plan or trick; the act of using a clever plan or trick. (OALD)
- ハラム Hallam ... ヘンリーハラム(Henry Hallam)は、英国の歴史学者 (wiki)。代表作 The View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, は１８１８年に出版された。ebook /poem hunter
- pre'dominant ... most frequent or common prevailing winds; / having superior power and influence / =prevailing
- impulse ... an instinctive motive / a sudden desire
- Schlegel ... シュレーゲル Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel wiki １８世紀ドイツの詩人・学者・思想家。 Philosophy of History は、彼の講演を後に本として出版したものらしい。 ebook (ここで本の実物が見られる。 archive.org )
- 'chivalry ... 1) polite and kind behaviour that shows a sense of honour, especially by men towards women 2) (in the Middle Ages) the religious and moral system of behaviour which the perfect knight was expected to follow (OALD)
おかあつ編注：色々と調べてみて思ったのだが、日本人が上記のイギリスの歴史的な大詩人に関して研究している人が、思ったよりもずっと少なかった。日本の素晴らしい文化である武士道を世界に広める事と同じ程度、他国の文化に敬意を払って研究する事に情熱を持っても良いのではないか。
