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Common terms and phrases
Aglipay Aguinaldo Ameri American Antaero archipelago Army Bacoor bamboo Benguet better Bible Bishop Board building Captain carabao carried Catholic Church Cavite Cebu chaplain Chinese cholera Civil Government Commission congregation Constabulary Dumaguete English Filipino friars friends give Governor Taft hundred Igorrotes Ilocano Iloilo Independent Catholic Church Institute insurgents interest labor ladrones land language large number living Luzon Manila Manila Bay ment Methodist miles military Mindanao mission missionaries Moros native officers opium Pasig Pasig River peace Philippine Islands preacher Presbyterian President priest Protestant provinces reached religious representatives river Rizal Rodgers Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church sailed Scouts secretaries secured self-government Señor sent ship Silliman soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish language station Stuntz Sunday Tagalog teach teachers thousand tion town tribes troops United Visayan writer young Zamora
Popular passages
Page 74 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 73 - Spain's was; and (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow-men for whom Christ also died.
Page 72 - I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night.
Page 341 - God, Give Us Men! God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 367 - More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 325 - English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form; and, finally, that it forbids the veriest hind who never left his village to be ignorant of the existence of other countries and other civilisations, and of a great past, stretching back to the furthest limits of the oldest nations in the world.
Page 68 - It is none the less true, however, that, without any original thought of complete or even partial acquisition, the presence and success of our arms at Manila imposes upon us obligations which we cannot disregard. The march of events rules and overrules human action.
Page 368 - ... 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 323 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 68 - ... cession must be of the whole Archipelago or none. The latter is wholly inadmissible and the former must therefore be required. The President reaches this conclusion after most thorough consideration of the whole subject and is deeply sensible of the grave responsibilities it will impose...