Philippine Life in Town and Country: By James A. Le Roy ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1907 - 311 pages |
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Aguinaldo American archipelago aristocracy authority barrios Bikols Bisayans blood caciquism Captain Tiago Cavite census centre century chief Chinese Christian Church civil commonly communities course cultivation dialects districts Don Custodio El Filibusterismo English European existence extent fact favour Fili Filipinos friars G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS half-caste Ibanags Igorots Ilokans importance industrial instruction Jesuits José Rizal labour Laguna de Bay land leaders less Luzon mainly Malay Manila masses ment mestizo middle class Mindanao modern Mohammedan Moros movement municipal native never organisation Orient pagans Pangasinans pelago Philip Philippine Islands pines pinos population practically priests primary primitive principalía programme provinces question racial recent recognise reform regard regions religion religious revolt Rizal schools social and political society sort Spain Spaniards Spanish language Spanish régime Spanish rule Tagalog teachers tendency things tion to-day TOWN AND COUNTRY trade tribal tribes tropics United upper class village women write
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Page 165 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Page 302 - V — SWISS LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY By ALFRED T. STORY, author of the " Building of the British Empire," etc. " We do not know a single compact book on the same subject in which Swiss character in all its variety finds so sympathetic and yet thorough treatment ; the reason of this being that the author has enjoyed privileges of unusual intimacy with all classes, which prevented his lumping the people as a whole without distinction of racial and cantonal feeling."— Nation.
Page 302 - There is no phase of the lives of these sturdy republicans, whether social or political, which Mr. Story does not touch upon ; and an abundance of illustrations drawn from unhackneyed subjects adds to the value of the book.
Page 139 - The Church, by refusing to degrade you, has placed in doubt the crime that has been imputed to you; the Government, by surrounding your trials with mystery and shadows, causes the belief that there was some error, committed in fatal moments; and all the Philippines, by worshipping your memory and calling you martyrs, in no sense recognizes your culpability.
Page 301 - The book is as full of correct, impartial, well-digested, and well-presented information as an egg is of meat. One can only recommend it heartily and without reserve to all who wish to gain an insight into German life. It worthily presents a great nation, now the greatest and strongest in Europe."— Commercial Advertiser.
Page 58 - Generally speaking, I found a kind and generous urbanity prevailing, — friendly intercourse where that intercourse had been sought, — the lines of demarcation and separation less marked and impassable than in most oriental countries. I have seen at the same table Spaniard, Mestizo and Indian — priest, civilian, and soldier. No doubt a common religion forms a common bond...
Page 202 - ... have not studied the effect of the immigration of Europeans, of the entrance of new books, and of the going of the young men to study in Europe. . . . The experimental sciences have already given their first fruits ; it needs only time to perfect them. The lawyers of to-day are being trained in the new teachings of legal philosophy ; some begin to shine in the midst of the shadows which surround our courts of justice , and point to a change in the course of affairs.
Page 195 - In a report on the medical college made to the American authorities a few years ago, a German physician of Manila stated that it had no library worth considering, that some text-books dated back to 1845, that no female cadaver had ever been dissected and the anatomy course was a farce, that most graduates never had attended even one case of confinement or seen a case of laparotomy, and that bacteriology had been introduced only since American occupation and was still taught without microscopes !...
Page 304 - As we read this interesting book we seem to be wandering through this land, visiting its homes and schools and churches, studying its government and farms and industries, and observing the dress and customs and amusements of its healthy and happy people. The book is delightfully written and beautifully illustrated...