Lesson 1－Part 3
Everything was new and fascinating. //
One day, /
he asked someone /
about George Washington’s descendants. //
The man said, /
“I don’t know. /
But I heard /
that one of his descendants married someone.” //
Fukuzawa was surprised. //
He thought /
George Washington was like Tokugawa Ieyasu. //
In Japan, /
the shoguns’ position was hereditary. //
Everybody knew about their descendants. //
On the other hand, /
Americans chose their president by themselves. //
After his term was up, /
most people didn’t know about his descendants. //
Fukuzawa already knew the word “democracy.” //
However, /
he understood its real meaning /
through this experience. //
