But if you ask what this spirit is;They give that cough and say;‘The Spirit of Japan is the Japanese Spirit,’Then they walk away;And when they’ve walked ten yards or so;They clear their throats of phlegm;And that clearing sound is the Japanese spirit;Manifest in them
-Natsume Sōseki
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