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They were the clerks, the book- keepers, the assessors, and managed the entire machinery of government. While they fight for entire freedom, all they ask is a chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and they care not whether it be a republic of their own or some form devised for them by the United States. " To the same effect writes General Charles A. Whittier, late of General Merritt's staff in the Philippines. He went to Manila with many of the common notions about the Philip- ...pine people.
"But after a little while, with my changed estimate of the Filipino charac- ter, seeing their order, industry, frugality, temperance, tolerance of danger and fa- tigue, and when I reviewed their struggle for independence, the brutalities inflicted upon them for years by the Spaniards, their dignity and skill, it seemed to me our duty to use them and our own credit and resources in making a great country, as I believe it could have been made. I felt, and still feel, sure that, with a little tact and diplomacy, the people would have accepted our protectorate — my idea being to intrust them with the administration of all the local offices, to admit them to subordinate places in our army, by which in a short time a force of 5, 000 men would have been adequate, and, after a fair trial, in case they developed a capacity for gov- ernment and the devotion to the best in- terests of their country (of which I have not the slightest doubt), to extend their functions; and should have been glad, in proper time, to have turned over the whole country to them.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They were the clerks, the book- keepers, the assessors, and managed the entire machinery of government. While they fight for entire freedom, all they ask is a chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and they care not whether it be a republic of their own or some form devised for them by the United States. " To the same effect writes General Charles A. Whittier, late of General Merritt's staff in the Philippines. He went to Manila with many of the common notions about the Philip- ...pine people.
"But after a little while, with my changed estimate of the Filipino charac- ter, seeing their order, industry, frugality, temperance, tolerance of danger and fa- tigue, and when I reviewed their struggle for independence, the brutalities inflicted upon them for years by the Spaniards, their dignity and skill, it seemed to me our duty to use them and our own credit and resources in making a great country, as I believe it could have been made. I felt, and still feel, sure that, with a little tact and diplomacy, the people would have accepted our protectorate — my idea being to intrust them with the administration of all the local offices, to admit them to subordinate places in our army, by which in a short time a force of 5, 000 men would have been adequate, and, after a fair trial, in case they developed a capacity for gov- ernment and the devotion to the best in- terests of their country (of which I have not the slightest doubt), to extend their functions; and should have been glad, in proper time, to have turned over the whole country to them.
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