Chapter 26

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌⁠Bushido. Take it apart, bu-shi-do, and you have "military- knight-ways," the rules of chivalry that governed every moment of a samurai's existence. This code of honor of the warrior class, this noblesse oblige, was also known as 'the way of the sword.' For a samurai the sword was a sacred icon, an emblem of strength and inner resolve. Casual handling was unheard of. You never stepped over a sword,