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... demands . The Archipelago is distinctly volcanic in its char- acter , and evidences of volcanic activity are by no means all a matter of historical record . There are many active volcanoes in different parts of the group . The most beau ...
... demands . The Archipelago is distinctly volcanic in its char- acter , and evidences of volcanic activity are by no means all a matter of historical record . There are many active volcanoes in different parts of the group . The most beau ...
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... demand attention is the dwarf Negro , called in Spanish , Negrito , ( Něg - réé - to ) . There are about thirty thousand of these little people in the Islands . They are scattered quite widely , being most numerous on the island of ...
... demand attention is the dwarf Negro , called in Spanish , Negrito , ( Něg - réé - to ) . There are about thirty thousand of these little people in the Islands . They are scattered quite widely , being most numerous on the island of ...
... demands for money from friar and priest for baptism , marriages , funerals , masses , and shrivings , it is quite clear that the Filipino had little prospect of enjoying the fruit of his toil , and may have easily come to the conclusion ...
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... demand education and good char- acter in these important offices ; ( 3 ) to forbid governors granting lands to relations , servants , or friends without three years bona fide residence on the lands , and proofs of actual cultivation ...
... demand education and good char- acter in these important offices ; ( 3 ) to forbid governors granting lands to relations , servants , or friends without three years bona fide residence on the lands , and proofs of actual cultivation ...
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... demand . The British held Manila until peace was declared between the two nations , and then sailed away . Four times Spanish officials sought to exterminate . the Chinese . The first time was about 1603. In that year two richly ...
... demand . The British held Manila until peace was declared between the two nations , and then sailed away . Four times Spanish officials sought to exterminate . the Chinese . The first time was about 1603. In that year two richly ...
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Page 138 - I don't know how it was, but it came: (1) that we could not give them back to Spain — that would be cowardly and dishonorable; (2) that we could not turn them over to France or Germany — our commercial rivals in the Orient — that would be bad business and discreditable...
Page 29 - The mountain wooded to the peak, the lawns And winding glades high up like ways to Heaven, The slender coco's drooping crown of plumes, The lightning flash of insect and of bird, The lustre of the long convolvuluses That...
Page 353 - For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind...
Page 413 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 137 - The truth is I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them.
Page 153 - Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Page 153 - In the fulfillment of this high mission, supporting the temperate administration of affairs for the greatest good of the governed, there must be sedulously maintained the strong arm of authority to repress disturbance and to overcome all obstacles to the bestowal of the blessings of good and stable government upon the people of the Philippine Islands tinder the free flag of the United States.
Page 130 - War has commenced between the United States and Spain. Proceed at once to Philippine Islands. Commence operations at once, particularly against the Spanish fleet. You must capture vessels or destroy. Use utmost endeavors.
Page 184 - No teacher or other person shall teach or criticise the doctrines of any church, religious sect or denomination, or shall attempt to influence the pupils for or against any church or religious sect in any public school established under this act.
Page 83 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.