Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "First Japanese Visitor After Sakoku Describes European Life // 1862 Tokugawa Embassy Primary Source" video.

  1. And the Dutch only understood the question in terms of trade (merchants). They used to have a saying 'God is good, but trade is better'.
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  2.  @DutchmanDavid  It's the saying I quoted. 'God is good but trade is better'. I'm not sure who said it. I'll have to check. I can't find it on google but my husband told me of it. P.S. Apparently it is a Dutch proverb.
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  3.  @Litl_Skitl  Possibly so. The 'raised eyebrows' of history, sadly, are not often recorded for posterity.
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  4.  Canuck Crusader  The Dutch guy was only thinking in terms of trade. 'Why would a merchant want to do that?'
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