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Discipline in self-control can go too far, repressing the soul and distorting pliant natures
Drawn from what Nitobe Inazō said
What Nitobe Inazō actually said
- Nitobe Inazō Japanese agronomist, diplomat and writer (1862 to 1933)
Discipline in self-control can easily go too far. It can well repress the genial current of the soul. It can force pliant natures into distortions and monstrosities.
Where this was said
↗Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905)gutenberg.org
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