There is much
consolation to be derived from contemplating the fact that pendulums
swing.
NOTES
[1] Cuyo, Palawan, Balabac, Cagayan de Jolo, Jolo proper, Basilan,
Mindanao, Panay, Guimaras, Negros, Siquijor, Cebu, Bohol, Samar,
Leyte, Masbate, Marinduque and Mindoro.
[2] I employ the noun Filipinos to designate collectively the eight
civilized, Christianized peoples, called respectively the Cagayans,
Ilocanos, Pangasinans, Zambalans, Pampangans, Tagalogs, Bicols and
Visayans, or any of them; the adjective Filipino to designate anything
pertaining to these peoples, or any of them; the noun Philippines
to designate the country, and the adjective Philippine to designate
anything pertaining to the country as distinguished from its people.
[3] Busuanga, Culion, Tawi Tawi, Tablas, Romblon and Sibuyan.
[4] I use the word "Insurgents" as a proper noun, to designate the
Filipinos who took up arms against the United States, hence capitalize
it, and the adjective derived from it.
[5] General Aguinaldo.
[6] Beginning with the letters "P.I.R."
[7] See pp. 53, 55, 68.
[8] See pp. 27, 47, 49, 63 of this book for repetitions and variations
of this charge of Aguinaldo.
[9] See p. 31 of his book, "The American Occupation of the
Philippines," in referring to which I will hereafter use the word
Blount, followed by a page number.
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