The World Belongs to Youth and Other Essays

Choose a goal, cultivate your abilities, and keep the vigor to rise after failure: Ōkuma Shigenobu speaks directly to students and young people.

Eight essays and addresses also examine elections, exercise, and the working life of the statesman who founded Waseda University. His memories of Fukuzawa Yukichi reveal a friendship through habits and conversation.

All supplied works remain complete and in their original order, with concise explanatory notes.