The Philippines a Century Hence
The Philippines a Century Hence is a political essay that José Rizal published in installments in La Solidaridad, the Filipino reform newspaper in Spain, in 1889 and 1890. Rizal reviews three centuries of Spanish rule, the decline of the native population's culture under the friars and the slow awakening that followed, and asks what the islands will be in a hundred years. His answer is that Spain can keep them only by granting rights, representation and a free press, and that otherwise independence will come, by revolution if necessary, after which other powers, the United States among them, may be tempted to step in. This edition presents Charles E. Derbyshire's translation. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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