"Without these topical subjects, the 'Datsu-A Ron' is no different from what was said in the "Bunmeiron no gairyaku" (An Outline of a Theory of Civilization) saying semicivilized countries need to positively introduce Western culture to modernize their countries."
「こうした時事的な部分を除いてしまえば、「脱亜論」は、半開の国々は西洋文明を取り入れて自から近代化していくべきだ、という『文明論之概略』の主張と少しも変わらない」