"Acclimatize" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... meant by representative government, "to understand its processes and requirements." The Japanese had to discard many old habits and prejudices, reform many defects of national character, and undergo many stages of moral and mental discipline before they could acclimatize themselves to the free atmosphere of representative institutions. This preparation required a period of little over two decades, and was effected not only through political discipline, but by corresponding development in the moral, intellectual, social, and industrial ...
— The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 • Toyokichi Iyenaga |
