In later years, he recalled 'Although nowadays the colloquial style is widely practiced, at that time this idea did not gain approval by the public in general.' ('Hakuun sanso zakki' (Miscellaneous record at Hakuun sanso villa) in "Ritsumeikan Gakkai-shi" (Ritsumeikan University Bureau) Vol. 9: March, 1917).
後年中川は、「今日でこそ口語体は広く行はれて来たけれども当時に至つては中々一般の賛成を得るには至らなかつた」と述べている（「白雲山荘雑記」『立命館学誌』九1917年・大正6年3月）。」