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304 guarantee of continued success in the future. We dare prophesy that they will yet display wonderful transformations in their development. We feel perfectly warranted in applying Vergil's line,—

which Conington translates into two verses,—

"The Awakening of Japan" (Okakura); "The White Peril in the Far East" (Gulick); "Dai Nippon" (Dyer), chap. xix.; "The Spirit of the Orient" (Knox); and "The Future of Japan" (Watson).