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people by a uniform language, a strong government, and, in 

 recent years, by a well-organized system of public schools and 

 a well laid out system of highways and railways. China, neg- 

 lecting these agencies which facilitate the intermingling and 

 intermarrying of the people, has not yet developed beyond the 

 tribal state. 



It is a government's highest duty to develop the solidarity 

 of the people. The greatest agencies for promoting this soli- 

 darity are good transportation facilities; a well-developed com- 

 merce; a common language; good schools; the free interchange 

 of teachers; and the free intermingling of pupils through 

 athletic contests. 



Making provision for the physical needs of the people is not 

 all that is necessary to be accomplished. A well-nourished man 

 or woman has a desire to enjoy the cultures of life. A civiliza- 

 tion grows out of the surplus over and above that which is re- 

 quired for the mere needs of the body. 



Therefore, along with the efforts to provide a better diet and 

 to promote the solidarity of the people must go unabated the 

 efforts to prepare the people for better ways of living. Race 

 pride must be quickened; proper forms of recreation must be 

 provided; and institutions of the people like the University of 

 the Philippines, the Bureaus of Education, Health, Agriculture, 

 and Science must be highly developed. These institutions must 

 be made capable of carrying not only the work of the Philip- 

 pines, but also a part of the work of the world. It may be said 

 that the people of the Philippines are already weighted down 

 with public burdens, but in the sacrifices for the common good, 

 a people always finds its principal source of strength. 



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