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The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji is by William Elliot Griffis. The text says the general subject of the lectures is to be The Relation of the Bible to any of the Sciences, as Geography, Geology, History, and Ethnology. The author calls the science of Comparative Religion the direct offspring of the religion of Jesus.

The author speaks of a gladly avowed desire to help the East and the West, the Japanese and the English-speaking people, to understand each other. The text says the original of a certain personage had been nothing more than a human being, who might indeed have been conspicuous as a brave soldier in war, or as a skilful physician who helped to stop the plague. The text adds that men from the extremes of the Empire use the Tōkiō standard language in communicating with each other.