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... received twelve bullet wounds , and was finally clubbed to death . His relatives take great pride in his devotion , and recite the list of his victims with much satisfaction . They believe that he may be seen just between twilight and ...
... received twelve bullet wounds , and was finally clubbed to death . His relatives take great pride in his devotion , and recite the list of his victims with much satisfaction . They believe that he may be seen just between twilight and ...
Page 52
... a list of taxes paid under his predecessor . These lists were seldom revised . He must turn in as much money as had been received from that village or group of villages in previous years , 50 THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FAR EAST .
... a list of taxes paid under his predecessor . These lists were seldom revised . He must turn in as much money as had been received from that village or group of villages in previous years , 50 THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FAR EAST .
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... receiving culture . With liberty of speech and research , and the utmost encouragement which any government can give the youth of a country , there is a bright prospect before the people of this group of Eastern Islands . Filipinos are ...
... receiving culture . With liberty of speech and research , and the utmost encouragement which any government can give the youth of a country , there is a bright prospect before the people of this group of Eastern Islands . Filipinos are ...
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... received any inheritance which might fall to them . They would be no charge to the royal treas- uries . They would be under the immediate direction in all their work of the provincials of their respective organ- izations , and thus have ...
... received any inheritance which might fall to them . They would be no charge to the royal treas- uries . They would be under the immediate direction in all their work of the provincials of their respective organ- izations , and thus have ...
Page 98
... received the approval of Church authorities , he was promptly suppressed ; and if he continued in his folly and wickedness , he was not only expelled , but put under a system of espionage which had all the resources of the confessional ...
... received the approval of Church authorities , he was promptly suppressed ; and if he continued in his folly and wickedness , he was not only expelled , but put under a system of espionage which had all the resources of the confessional ...
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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.