It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so … - Yoshida Shoin

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Yoshida Shoin

It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so the country is doomed. Our only hope lies in the grass-roots folk who eat our traditional food.

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