Every Christian has his own peculiar ideas concerning present and eternal happiness. The fact is that no two men. no two races. think alike. reason alike. or hope alike. The thoughts and hopes of men are suggested by the scenes they view. the air they breathe. the land they dwell upon. Mr. President. we can not rule Asiatic peoples to their advantage and without detriment to ourselves. Nature revolts at the idea. Hence I say that to carry out this policy is destructive of the best interests. material. moral. social. aid political. of both the people of the United States and the people of the Philippine Islands.
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Generalizing that Asiatic peoples cannot be ruled to their advantage without detriment to the United States.