The Filipino Teacher, Volumes 1-4

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Philippine Teachers' Association, 1907 - Teachers

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Page 12 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 12 - FOUR things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow-men sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely.
Page 12 - Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind ? Neither you nor I : But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
Page 11 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 12 - Adonde vas perdida, adonde, di, te engolfas, que no hay deseos cuerdos con esperanzas locas? Como las altas naves te apartas animosa de la vecina tierra y al fiero mar te arrojas. Igual en las fortunas, mayor en las congojas, pequeña en las defensas, incitas a las ondas.
Page 6 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out...
Page 8 - Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when you are convinced that he lacks principle ; a friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not with his vices. Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears, and your contempt for dishonesty and duplicity by whomsoever exhibited.
Page 12 - Andabas costa a costa. Nunca del mar temiste las iras procelosas. Segura navegabas; Que por la tierra propia Nunca el peligro es mucho Adonde el agua es poca.
Page 6 - ... that the government which they are establishing is designed not for our satisfaction, or for the expression of our theoretical views, but for the happiness, peace, and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands, and the measures adopted should be made to conform to their customs, their habits, and even their prejudices, to the fullest extent consistent with the accomplishment of the indispensable requisites of just and effective government.
Page 11 - There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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