| 1897 - 810 pages
...our national genius. A change in national genius would mean [he fall and destruction of the Empire. " The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal, "f The Imperial Throne is the depository of sovereignty, and the land and its people are subject to... | |
| 1889 - 796 pages
...reasonable security against the fate of Dom Pedro II. in the declaration made in Chapter i, Article i : "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." The area of the Empire is 24,794.36 square ri, each of 5.9552 square miles. The proportion of cultivated... | |
| Nobushige Hozumi - 1901 - 92 pages
...the Empire. That fundamental principle is clearly stated in the 1st Article of the Constitution : " The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal" Marquis Ito, in his " Commentaries on the Constitution" (|?Jij|/i| translated into English by Baron... | |
| Alfred Stead - 1902 - 312 pages
...Empire. That fundamental principle is clearly stated in the first article of the Constitution :— 'The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.' In the course of the Imperial speech on the occasion of the promulgation of the Constitution, His Majesty... | |
| 1903 - 368 pages
...May the Heavenly Spirits witness this Our Solemn Oath." The first article in the Constitution states that, " the Empire of Japan shall be reigned over...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." Mr. Arinori Mori, formerly Japanese Minister at Washington and London, and at the time of his assassination... | |
| Sidney Lewis Gulick - 1903 - 472 pages
...Thus it is quite legitimate to think that the rights of sovereignty exist in the Emperor himself. . . The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. (Constitution, Art. LXXIII.) . . . The sovereign power of the state cannot be dissociated from the... | |
| Sidney Lewis Gulick - 1903 - 474 pages
...Thus it is quite legitimate to think that the rights of sovereignty exist in the Emperor himself. . . The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. (Constitution, Art. LXXIII.) . . . The sovereign power of the state cannot be dissociated from the... | |
| Alfred Stead - 1904 - 752 pages
...our empire. That fundamental principle is clearly stated in the first article of the Constitution : ' The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.' That the foundation of the Constitution is the worship of Imperial Ancestors is definitely set forth... | |
| Alfred Stead - 1904 - 774 pages
...our empire. That fundamental principle is clearly stated in the first article of the Constitution : ' The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.' That the foundation of the Constitution is the worship of Imperial Ancestors is definitely set forth... | |
| Gustav Stickley - 1905 - 956 pages
...clear and to set it as a cardinal doctrine, as the jewelstar in the galaxy of the written constitution. "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken from ages eternal." That life apart from duty carried no value whatever was once part of the samurai's... | |
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