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... hold in the Philippines , and enough discoveries are made to stimulate more active search , it seems reasonably cer- tain that valuable mineral wealth will be found in com- mercial quantities . No view of the Archipelago would be ...
... hold in the Philippines , and enough discoveries are made to stimulate more active search , it seems reasonably cer- tain that valuable mineral wealth will be found in com- mercial quantities . No view of the Archipelago would be ...
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... hold on them . Only in Samar and parts of Cebu did our army have serious trouble with the na- tives , and even there the hand of the restless Tagalog was ever present . ON MANILA BAY . CHAPTER III . SOCIAL ORDER AND GENERAL ...
... hold on them . Only in Samar and parts of Cebu did our army have serious trouble with the na- tives , and even there the hand of the restless Tagalog was ever present . ON MANILA BAY . CHAPTER III . SOCIAL ORDER AND GENERAL ...
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... hold hundreds of people in practical serfdom through the operation of this cus- tom . Many large planters keep their hold upon laborers for their fields and factories by holding the lash of a perpetual indebtedness over scores of ...
... hold hundreds of people in practical serfdom through the operation of this cus- tom . Many large planters keep their hold upon laborers for their fields and factories by holding the lash of a perpetual indebtedness over scores of ...
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... by Governor Primo de Rivera , but , through mudu nee in Madrid and Manila , he was worried into per- noring them to hold it . Much of this land cost them 93 little or nothing . Ignorant men would sell it THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FAR EAST .
... by Governor Primo de Rivera , but , through mudu nee in Madrid and Manila , he was worried into per- noring them to hold it . Much of this land cost them 93 little or nothing . Ignorant men would sell it THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FAR EAST .
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... prominent priest , and he has made handsome provision for them in the form of landed properties near Manila . How he could gain and hold them and keep his vow of poverty is not clear to the non - friar mind . Probably he 104.
... prominent priest , and he has made handsome provision for them in the form of landed properties near Manila . How he could gain and hold them and keep his vow of poverty is not clear to the non - friar mind . Probably he 104.
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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.