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Excerpt from Old Glory and the Gospel in the Philippines: Notes Gathered During Professional and Missionary Work Don't read this introduction unless you are mid dle-aged and have some gray hairs, for, if you are very young, I'm sure you won't care for this retro spect; so be advised and skip it. It is likely, however, you do the things you are advised not to do. In that case, be you studious or fond Of pastimes, I crave your loving sympathy toward the people and land 'old Glory has lately been fostering. You may linger a moment to get a glimpse of the ways in which past history has been standing at the helm, guiding the ships Of state into unknown seas. Our ship of state has had such guiding of late, for that our glorious Old ag has come to the Philippine Islands to stay is a settled fact. The much vexed question is answered, and that almost without our realizing the why and wherefore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."