 Since Japan has no match among other countries, and since both materially and in terms of human affairs it is superior to all other countries, the people of this land, because it is a divine land, have been automatically endowed with true hearts which since ancient times have been known as the “Japanese heart” (Yamato gokoro) or “Japanese spirit” (Yamato damashii; from Kodō taii, HAZ: vol. 1, ch.1, 3).