Extra Credit Questions

[L Verge]

According to my source (a story on Mt. MacGregor, the cottage where Grant died), Eva has guessed correctly; it was former President U.S. Grant during his 30-month trip around the world with Julia and Jesse. I have no idea what the pre-20th century customs in various countries - especially the Orient - entailed.

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(09-24-2015 02:38 PM)L Verge Wrote:  According to my source (a story on Mt. MacGregor, the cottage where Grant died), Eva has guessed correctly; it was former President U.S. Grant during his 30-month trip around the world with Julia and Jesse. I have no idea what the pre-20th century customs in various countries - especially the Orient - entailed.

Perhaps this has something to do with the custom of not touching the emperor: Quote from Wiki - This "Restoration Shintōist Movement" began with Motoori Norinaga in the 18th century. Motoori Norinaga, and later Hirata Atsutane, based their research on the Kojiki and other classic Shintō texts which teach the superiority of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu. This formed the basis for State Shintōism, as the Japanese emperor claimed direct descent from Amaterasu. The emperor himself was therefore sacred, and all proclamations of the emperor had thus a religious significance.

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(09-24-2015 02:38 PM)L Verge Wrote:  According to my source (a story on Mt. MacGregor, the cottage where Grant died), Eva has guessed correctly; it was former President U.S. Grant during his 30-month trip around the world with Julia and Jesse. I have no idea what the pre-20th century customs in various countries - especially the Orient - entailed.

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(09-24-2015 02:38 PM)L Verge Wrote:  According to my source (a story on Mt. MacGregor, the cottage where Grant died), Eva has guessed correctly; it was former President U.S. Grant during his 30-month trip around the world with Julia and Jesse. I have no idea what the pre-20th century customs in various countries - especially the Orient - entailed.

Perhaps this has something to do with the custom of not touching the emperor: Quote from Wiki - This "Restoration Shintōist Movement" began with Motoori Norinaga in the 18th century. Motoori Norinaga, and later Hirata Atsutane, based their research on the Kojiki and other classic Shintō texts which teach the superiority of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu. This formed the basis for State Shintōism, as the Japanese emperor claimed direct descent from Amaterasu. The emperor himself was therefore sacred, and all proclamations of the emperor had thus a religious significance.

Another interesting piece on Grant in what I read mentioned his addiction to smoking cigars (over 20 a day). Evidently, he was not much of a smoker until his victory at Ft.. Donelson and his being hailed a hero. A picture was published that showed him smoking a cigar, and grateful northerners sent him over 10,000 boxes of cigars to guarantee future victories. Of course, he got future victories, but his addition led to cancer of the throat and tongue, which caused his death.

His body lay in state for three days in NYC, and hundreds of thousands of mourners passed by his casket. Three Presidents of the U.S. attended his funeral (Cleveland, Hayes, and Arthur) and 40,000 troops marched in the funeral procession, including 18,000 Civil War veterans. Navy ships in the Hudson River fired their guns in salute.