"The chief ideas underlying Japanese myth are, firstly, the conception—piecemeal it is true, and inadequate—of the so-…"

"Shintō, as a theanthropic religion, has culminated in Mikadoism or the Worship of the Mikado or Japanese Emperor, as …"

"Thus, we see that the essence or life of Shintō is even today expressed in the peculiar religious patriotism of the J…"

"We [i.e., the members of the Japanese race] who have been brought into existence through the creative spirits of the …"

"There are ten or a dozen good definitions of Shintō in existence, all varying more or less according to the individua…"

"It was the indigenous religion of the ancient Japanese people and, as such, potent to foster and preserve convictions…"

"The Truth of Shintō is to be seen in the inevitability of its underlying doctrine. This is apparent on consideration …"

"Another distinguishing characteristic of Shintō lies in what may be called its corporateness. In many other religions…"

"Shintō has been called the Wordless Way. This means that practice is more important than mere words, that the hand is…"

"Our Japanese race thus passed through a great testing in the time of Jimmu Tennō. Thereby were fostered a spiritual s…"