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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, August 4, 2012:

 

I spoke out solely because I had long known that the people of Japan would meet with great suffering, and I felt pity for them. Thoughtful persons should therefore realize that I have met these trials for their sake. If they were people who understood their obligations or who were capable of reason, then out of two blows that fall upon me, they would receive one in my stead.

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Written to Saito Yasaburo on August 4, 1277