The Folly of Nations
The Folly of Nations
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Not even the voodoo excesses of human sacrifice in Hayti and San Domingo, sunk in abysmal degeneracy, could arouse our public indifference to follow our gov- ernment in paternal interference; but rather, so far as we thought of the subject, we were revolted by military measures which were no harsher than those we used abundantly in the Philippines. We were nearer the end of the old epoch and the threshold of the new than we realized. . . .
We might have gone to Mexico out of economic pressure, ...but not to the Philippines. Our youth did not look across the sea for opportunity; it beckoned to them from their own doorsteps at home. Our merchant marine was negligible. The ships of other nations carried away our exports and brought back our imports, while immigration poured into our gates to assist us in developing our resources. Our wheel-rim was our coastline ; 96 THE FOLLY OF NATIONS the wheel-rim of Europe was the ends of the earth.
The Filipinos were already Christianized. So we did not need to protect our missionaries.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Not even the voodoo excesses of human sacrifice in Hayti and San Domingo, sunk in abysmal degeneracy, could arouse our public indifference to follow our gov- ernment in paternal interference; but rather, so far as we thought of the subject, we were revolted by military measures which were no harsher than those we used abundantly in the Philippines. We were nearer the end of the old epoch and the threshold of the new than we realized. . . .
We might have gone to Mexico out of economic pressure, ...but not to the Philippines. Our youth did not look across the sea for opportunity; it beckoned to them from their own doorsteps at home. Our merchant marine was negligible. The ships of other nations carried away our exports and brought back our imports, while immigration poured into our gates to assist us in developing our resources. Our wheel-rim was our coastline ; 96 THE FOLLY OF NATIONS the wheel-rim of Europe was the ends of the earth.
The Filipinos were already Christianized. So we did not need to protect our missionaries.
What to read after The Folly of Nations?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Palmer, Frederick, 1873-1958 to read onlineMoreLess
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