Note 21 — Chapter VII · AGAIN IN THE PHILIPPINES
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This is confirmed by the recent investigations of Craig and Benitez, “Philippine Progress Prior to 1898.” No one denied or denies the existence of uncivilized or scantly civilized tribes in the interior. De Morga was speaking about the people near the coast.
Skepticism about early Filipino civilization is a necessary waiter at the heels of whomsoever wishes to defend imperialism.
De Morga’s work, newly translated, is printed in Blair and Robertson, Vol. XV. ↑