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Page 71
... established in 1598 , and remained until Amer- ican supremacy brought its work to an abrupt end . Eight times during the period of Spanish occupation this court had to take the responsibility of government . the main , its great power ...
... established in 1598 , and remained until Amer- ican supremacy brought its work to an abrupt end . Eight times during the period of Spanish occupation this court had to take the responsibility of government . the main , its great power ...
Page 85
... establish hospitals , monasteries , and such other institutions as they deem necessary for the work they were sent to do . ) From this time on until the very end of Spanish domi- nation it was the friar who really held the reins of ...
... establish hospitals , monasteries , and such other institutions as they deem necessary for the work they were sent to do . ) From this time on until the very end of Spanish domi- nation it was the friar who really held the reins of ...
Page 98
... established a reign of terror among the best element of the Filipino people . If a pupil in one of the friar institutions dared to broach an opinion in the least out of harmony with the obsolete science which had received the approval ...
... established a reign of terror among the best element of the Filipino people . If a pupil in one of the friar institutions dared to broach an opinion in the least out of harmony with the obsolete science which had received the approval ...
Page 128
... established to examine suspected persons . Foreman tells of persons tortured until they were maimed for life , and then set at liberty on payment of large sums of money . More than seventy prisoners , all mere suspects , were confined ...
... established to examine suspected persons . Foreman tells of persons tortured until they were maimed for life , and then set at liberty on payment of large sums of money . More than seventy prisoners , all mere suspects , were confined ...
Page 168
... established . As President McKinley said to me three years ago , we went into the Philippines solely with the humanita- rian object of conferring the blessings of liberty on the Filipinos . In its highest potency , liberty and ...
... established . As President McKinley said to me three years ago , we went into the Philippines solely with the humanita- rian object of conferring the blessings of liberty on the Filipinos . In its highest potency , liberty and ...
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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.