By acknowledging and accepting the Sovereignty of the United States throughout the entire Archipelago, as I now do without any reservation whatsoever, I believe I am serving thee, my beloved Country.

-Emilio Aguinaldo.

How weary a step do those take who endeavor to make out of a great mass a true political personality. -Edmund Burke.

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To my friend

SIR FREDERICK DEALTRY LUGARD

G.C.M G., D.S.O., D.C.L.

Governor-General of Nigeria,

Soldier and Colonial Administrator