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" ... do not even try to become wealthy, nor do they care to accumulate riches. When a chief possesses one or two pairs of earrings of very fine gold, two bracelets, and a chain, he will not trouble himself to look for any more gold. "
The Progress of the Filipino People Toward Self-government - Page 49
by Edwin Walter Kemmerer - 1908 - 28 pages
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early ..., Volume 3

Emma Helen Blair - 1903 - 328 pages
...the Spanish name " (Cartas de Indies, p. 804). he will not trouble himself to look for any more gold. Any native who possesses a basketful of rice will...Thus does their idleness surpass their covetousness. In spite of all this, we see that the land possesses much gold ; for all men, whether they be chiefs...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early ..., Volume 3

Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson - 1903 - 322 pages
...Spanish name " ( Cartas de Indias, p. 804) . he will not trouble himself to look for any more gold. Any native who possesses a basketful of rice will...Thus does their idleness surpass their covetousness. In spite of all this, we see that the land possesses much gold ; for all men, whether they be chiefs...
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Census of the Philippine Islands: Taken Under the Direction of the ...

United States. Bureau of the Census - 1905 - 758 pages
...they see and meet one another in the open fields at nightfall they rob and seize one another. * * * Any native who possesses a basketful of rice will...easily subdued by good treatment and the display of kindness. * * * But if we undertake to subdue them by force of arms, and make war on them, they will...
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The Philippines

C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1906 - 684 pages
...when they see, or meet, one another in the open fields at nightfall they rob and seize one another. Any native who possesses a basketful of rice will...easily subdued by good treatment and the display of kindness, . . . but if we undertake to subdue them by force of arms and make war on them they will...
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The Philippines Under Spanish and American Rules

C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1906 - 678 pages
...when they see, or meet, one another in the open fields at nightfall they rob and seize one another. Any native who possesses a basketful of rice will not seek for more, or do any further work imtil it is finished. Thus does their idleness surpass their covetousness. ... I believe that these...
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Political Science Quarterly, Volume 23

1908 - 796 pages
...Census, I, P- 453'Phil. Census, 1903, I, p. 412; Leroy, Philippine Life in Town and Country, p. 23. made of cotton or of a kind of grass resembling raw silk....easily subdued by good treatment and the display of kindness. 1 Francisco de Sande, who was governor of the Philippines from 1575 to 1580, said concerning...
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