[The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester]@TWC D-Link bookThe Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER XVI 58/60
They have invariably given me invaluable assistance. Through the public schools we reach more than half a million children, and they take the information which we convey to them home to their parents.
Simple rules for the prevention of cholera have been universally taught in the schools.
When the use of English has become generalized the difficulty now encountered in reaching the common people will largely disappear.
The truth is that they are singularly tractable and docile when their reason can be effectively appealed to.
The readiness with which they have submitted to the rigorous measures necessary for the elimination of leprosy is a lasting honour to them. Would the sanitary campaign so vitally important to the people of the Philippines be effectively continued if American authority were withdrawn at this time? With regret I must answer this question emphatically in the negative.
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