He writes with ease and speaks with fluency and elegance--never attempts an argument beyond his capacity, and, being a good judge of men's character, motives, and actions, he never fails to command admiration, respect, and esteem.
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Referring to the fraudulent practices, he said: "No one claims, no one believes, that I had lot or part therein, or previous hint or suspicion thereof.
More valuable still is his exposition of the Philippine question in its bearings on American life and politics.
He writes of the Filipinos as he found them, and with the knack of the true investigator, has avoided falling in with the political views of any party or faction.
A keen, exhaustive and merciless criticism of the whole Philippine experiment....
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