Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . ally directed to formal ends. The whole isa most hollow hypocrisy. Men here are working for them-selves and their ambitions, but they will not out with the two men chosen—Yoshitsune and Benkei—we havethe best in their respective spheres ; men of action foractions sake, devotion for devotions sake. Through thestory of their struggle we can see the whole hollowness ofthis feudal regime. Men cling tenaci
Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . ally directed to formal ends. The whole isa most hollow hypocrisy. Men here are working for them-selves and their ambitions, but they will not out with the two men chosen—Yoshitsune and Benkei—we havethe best in their respective spheres ; men of action foractions sake, devotion for devotions sake. Through thestory of their struggle we can see the whole hollowness ofthis feudal regime. Men cling tenaciously to their leaders ;and these leaders use them and themselves remorselesslyas pawns in a mere game of hypocritical politics in whichthe motives are of the basest. Beally the retainers figuremuch better than the lord. It is the spirit of renunciationinvolved in the spirit of ambition. All however played towin or lose in this desperate game ; and when it was, or >\A \3 >N- *> v, * -* O 4 *r. tor «. \ ST > / - >s| - -*2 - •- j \Vrt«v .•?*• ••. Mnf-teJ•?/ .-V •?? ?^~ \ V ». *. *. I? L-x: / / sS / / > *^ ? ~* L££L I * J—V-• -* :y. - -~^Z -.*<--£ * g-m? 1 Tin 1 »n^^ I . FT < .jr £*?? «# »- ,x rr-1 ^Ji ^-??•?••<i-<- - H d :/ •^ Ktf*^-
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