He wrote: “An invention of the middle ages, [seppuku] was a process by which warriors could expiate their crimes, apologise for errors, escape from disgrace, redeem their friends, or prove their sincerity.”
Hy het geskryf: “[Seppoekoe] het in die Middeleeue ontstaan en was ’n manier waarop krygsmanne vir hulle misdade boete kon doen, vir foute om verskoning kon vra, hulle skande kon ontduik, hulle vriende kon vergoed of hulle opregtheid kon bewys.”jw2019 jw2019