It put the people of the Philippine Islands in the attitude of abandoning the Republic they had formed, and of acknowledging not only our supremacy but that they were neither entitled or fit to govern themselves or to carry on the war which had unfortunately broken out.
Hoar critiques the treaty's implications for the self-governance of the Philippine Islands.
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He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
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