08 — Character and Spiritual Life

The inner man: the published Diaries that are the chief witness to his mind and his struggles, recovered from oblivion by a Japanese scholar nearly a century after his death; and the ascetic discipline and missionary method — the fourteen-hour days, the thirty years of evening translation, the patience and self-denial — that carried the work.

This section turns from the public history to the person: his diaries, his asceticism, and the method that flowed from his character.

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the-diaries.md The Russian-language Diaries (1870–1912); their loss and rediscovery by Kennosuke Nakamura; the 5-volume 2004 Hyperion edition; their content and character.
asceticism-and-method.md The ascetic discipline; the missionary method of enculturation, native clergy, translation, and patience; the scholarly assessments of his approach.

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