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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14660 ***
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+=MABINI'S DECALOGUE FOR FILIPINOS=
+
+[Illustration: Apolinario Mabini]
+
+Apolinario Mabini, Martyr.
+
+"Thou shalt love thy country after God and they honor and more than
+thyself: for she is the only Paradise which God has given thee in this
+life, the only inheritance of thy ancestors and the only hope of thy
+posterity."
+
+PHILIPPINE PRESS BUREAU
+Washington, D. C.
+
+1922
+
+
+
+
+MABINI
+
+
+Mabini was undoubtedly the most profound thinker and political
+philosopher that the Pilipino race ever produced. Some day, when his
+works are fully published, but not until then, Mabini will come into
+his own. A great name awaits him, not only in the Philippines, for he
+is already appreciated there, but in every land where the cause of
+liberty and human freedom is revered.
+
+Mabini was born in Tanawan, province of Batangas, island of Luzon,
+P.I., of poor Filipino parents, in 1864. He received his education in
+the "Colegio de San Juan de Letran." Manila, and in the University of
+Santo Tomas. He supported himself while studying by his own efforts,
+and made a brilliant record in both institutions. Later he devoted his
+energies to the establishment of a private school in Manila and to
+legal work.
+
+Mabini came to the front in 1898 during the Pilipino revolution
+against Spain. In the subsequent revolution against the United States
+he became known as "the brains of the revolution." He was so
+considered by the American army officers, who bent every energy to
+capture him.
+
+He was the leading adviser of Aguinaldo, and was the author of the
+latter's many able decrees and proclamations. Mabini's official
+position was President of the Council of Secretaries, and he also held
+the post of Secretary of the Exterior.
+
+One of Mabini's greatest works was his draft of a constitution for the
+Philippine Republic. It was accompanied by what he called "The True
+Decalogue," published in the pages following. Mabini's "ten
+commandments" are so framed as to meet the needs of Filipino
+patriotism for all time. He also drafted rules for the organization
+and government of municipalities and provinces, which were highly
+successful because of their adaptability to local conditions.
+
+Mabini remained the head of Aguinaldo's cabinet until March, 1899,
+when he resigned. But he continued in hearty sympathy with the
+revolution, however, and his counsel was frequently sought.
+
+Mabini was arrested by the American forces in September, 1899, and
+remained a prisoner until September 23, 1900. Following his release,
+he lived for a while in a suburb of Manila, in a poor nipa house,
+under the most adverse and trying circumstances. He was in abject
+poverty.
+
+In spite of his terrible suffering from paralysis, Mabini continued
+writing. He severely criticised the government, voicing the sentiments
+of the Filipino people for freedom. He was ordered to desist, but to
+this, in one of his writings to the people, he replied: "To tell a man
+to be quiet when a necessity not fulfilled is shaking all the fibers
+of his being is tantamount to asking a hungry man to be filled before
+taking the food which he needs."
+
+Mabini's logic was a real embarrassment to the American military
+forces, and in January, 1901, he was arrested a second time by the
+Americans. This time he was exiled to the island of Guam, where he
+remained until his return to Manila on February 26, 1903.
+
+Mabini died in Manila, of cholera, May 13, 1903, at the age of 39
+years. His funeral was the most largely attended of any ever held in
+Manila.
+
+Although he died from natural causes, Mabini died a martyr to the
+cause of Philippine independence. Five years of persecution left his
+intense patriotism untouched, but it had made his physical self a
+ready victim for a premature death.
+
+
+
+
+="THE TRUE DECALOGUE"=
+
+=By APOLINARIO MABINI=
+
+
+First. Thou shalt love God and thy honor above all things: God as the
+fountain of all truth, of all justice and of all activity; and thy
+honor, the only power which will oblige thee to be faithful, just and
+industrious.
+
+Second. Thou shalt worship God in the form which thy conscience may
+deem most righteous and worthy: for in thy conscience, which condemns
+thy evil deeds and praises thy good ones, speaks thy God.
+
+Third. Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts which God has granted
+thee, working and studying according to thy ability, never leaving the
+path of righteousness and justice, in order to attain thy own
+perfection, by means whereof thou shalt contribute to the progress of
+humanity; thus; thou shalt fulfill the mission to which God has
+appointed thee in this life and by so doing, thou shalt be honored,
+and being honored, thou shalt glorify thy God.
+
+Fourth. Thou shalt love thy country after God and thy honor and more
+than thyself: for she is the only Paradise which God has given thee in
+this life, the only patrimony of thy race, the only inheritance of thy
+ancestors and the only hope of thy posterity; because of her, thou
+hast life, love and interests, happiness, honor and God.
+
+Fifth. Thou shalt strive for the happiness of thy country before thy
+own, making of her the kingdom of reason, of justice and of labor: for
+if she be happy, thou, together with thy family, shalt likewise be
+happy.
+
+Sixth. Thou shalt strive for the independence of thy country: for only
+thou canst have any real interest in her advancement and exaltation,
+because her independence constitutes thy own liberty; her advancement,
+thy perfection; and her exaltation, thy own glory and immortality.
+
+Seventh. Thou shalt not recognize in thy country the authority of any
+person who has not been elected by thee and thy countrymen; for
+authority emanates from God, and as God speaks in the conscience of
+every man, the person designated and proclaimed by the conscience of a
+whole people is the only one who can use true authority.
+
+Eighth. Thou shalt strive for a Republic and never for a monarchy in
+thy country: for the latter exalts one or several families and founds
+a dynasty; the former makes a people noble and worthy through reason,
+great through liberty, and prosperous and brilliant through labor.
+
+Ninth. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: for God has imposed
+upon him, as well as upon thee, the obligation to help thee and not to
+do unto thee what he would not have thee do unto him; but if thy
+neighbor, failing in this sacred duty, attempt against thy life, thy
+liberty and thy interests, then thou shalt destroy and annihilate him
+for the supreme law of self-preservation prevails.
+
+Tenth. Thou shalt consider thy countryman more than thy neighbor; thou
+shalt see him thy friend, thy brother or at least thy comrade, with
+whom thou art bound by one fate, by the same joys and sorrows and by
+common aspirations and interests.
+
+Therefore, as long as national frontiers subsist, raised and
+maintained by the selfishness of race and of family, with thy
+countryman alone shalt thou unite in a perfect solidarity of purpose
+and interest, in order to have force, not only to resist the common
+enemy but also to attain all the aims of human life.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Mabini's Decalogue for Filipinos
+by Apolinario Mabini
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14660 ***