In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

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.

When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.