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" That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and, by God's grace, do the very best we could by them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also died. "
Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind - Page 18
by Lewis Samuel Feuer - 1989 - 265 pages
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War and State Terrorism: The United States, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific in ...

Mark Selden, Alvin Y. So - History - 2004 - 314 pages
...night. And one night late it came to me this way — I don't know how it was, but it came . . . that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift them and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our...
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The Forging of the American Empire: From the Revolution to Vietnam: A ...

Sidney Lens - History - 2003 - 484 pages
...Filipinos have their own rule would soon result in "anarchy and misrule." So there was nothing left "but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them. . . ." After this sagacious insight McKinley "went to bed, and went to sleep and slept soundly....
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Mark Twain's Religion

William E. Phipps - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 406 pages
...While running for reelection, McKinley justified the American capture of the Filipinos in this way, "There was nothing left for us to do but to take them all ... and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the best we could by them, as our fellow-men...
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Imagine Otherwise: On Asian Americanist Critique

Kandice Chuh - History - 2003 - 236 pages
...were unfit for self-government — and they would soon have anarchy and misrule. . . . ; and 4) That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them . . . and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace...
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The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt ...

John B. Judis - History - 2010 - 266 pages
...Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me ... that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow-men for whom Christ also...
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Themes in Religion and American Culture

Philip Goff, Paul Harvey - Religion - 2004 - 404 pages
...Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way. . . . There was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died."...
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The Human Story: Our History, From the Stone Age to Today

James C. Davis - History - 2004 - 488 pages
...from a night of prayer convinced it must be done. The Filipinos were "unfit for sell,government. . . . There was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them [most of them were already Catholics], and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as...
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The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal History

Gary Lawson, Guy Seidman - Law - 2008 - 284 pages
...self-government — and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was; and (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow-men for whom Christ also...
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The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America

Eric P. KAUFMANN - History - 2004 - 398 pages
...campaigns. Thus President McKinley, defending his actions against the Spanish in 1898, claimed that "there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace to do the very best we could by them as our fellow men for whom Christ died"...
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A Religious History of the American People

Sydney E. Ahlstrom - Religion - 2004 - 1220 pages
...Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way. . . . There was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died.2...
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