Heaven does not create one person above or below another.
天は人の上に人を造らず人の下に人を造らず

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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Born 1835, Osaka. Low-ranking samurai mastering Dutch then English. Three Western voyages made him Japan's greatest Meiji enlightenment thinker. Founded Keio. Encouragement of Learning sold three million copies.
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