The Philippines
A Century Hence
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A plant I am, that scarcely grown,
Was torn from out its Eastern bed,
Where all around perfume is shed,
And life but as a dream is known;
The land that I can call my own,
By me forgotten ne’er to be,
Where trilling birds their song taught me,
And cascades with their ceaseless roar,
And all along the spreading shore
The murmurs of the sounding sea.
While yet in childhood’s happy day,
I learned upon its sun to smile,
And in my breast there seemed the while
Seething volcanic fires to play;
A bard I was, and my wish alway
To call upon the fleeting wind,
With all the force of verse and mind:
“Go forth, and spread around its fame,
From zone to zone with glad acclaim,
And earth to heaven together bind!”
From “Mi Piden Versos”(1882),
verses from Madrid for his mother.
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The Philippines
A Century Hence
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“In the Philippine Islands the Americangovernment has tried, and is trying, to carry out exactly what thegreatest genius and most revered patriot ever known in the Philippines,José Rizal, steadfastly advocated.”
—From a public address at Fargo, N.D., on April7th. 1903, by the President of the United States.
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A sketch map, by Dr. Rizal, of spheres of influence inthe Pacific at the time of writing “The Philippines A CenturyHence,” as they appeared to him.
Most of the French names will be easily recognized, though it may benoted that “Etats Unis” is our own United States,“L’Angleterre” England, and “L’Espagne” Spain.
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Noli Me Tangere Quarter-Centennial Series
Edited by Austin Craig
Edited by Austin Craig