A man who wants neither life, nor fame, nor rank, nor money — such a man is the hardest to deal with.
命もいらず、名もいらず、官位も金もいらぬ人は、始末に困るものなり。この始末に困る人ならでは、艱難を共にして国家の大業は成し得られぬなり。
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The charismatic giant who led Japan's Meiji Restoration through force of personality and moral authority
The charismatic giant who led Japan's Meiji Restoration through force of personality and moral authority (1828-1877). Saigo Takamori toppled the shogunate, built the new army, then rebelled against the very government he created — dying as the 'last samurai' in a final stand for a vanishing world.
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児孫のために美田を買わず。
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