“The Philippines are ours forever,” Beveridge said, And just beyond the Philippines are China’s illimitable markets. We will not retreat from either.… We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustees under God, of the civilization of the world.… God has marked us as his chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world.… He has made us adept in government that we administer government among savages and senile people.
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