Relatively homogeneous. indeed. because few of them had advanced far. But this is not the core of the matter. Racially the Filipinos come from one or two common stocks. and since the islands have neither suffered nor profited by immigration on any large scale. their peoples. in strict ethnological sense. are undoubtedly more homogeneous than those of the United States. The Philippines. however. present this curious anomaly: Starting practically from one or two common stocks. their inhabitants have separated into different groups. marked by different customs. languages. religions. and cultures. which in some cases and for many years have been. and to some extent now are. separated by feelings of enmity. The United States. on the other hand. drawing its inhabitants from many quarters. has to an amazing degree thus far been able to assimilate them all into a body politic. having the same habit of national thought.
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