Note 85 — San Agustin’s Letter on the Filipinos
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39. They are extremely arrogant, and hence the son will not obey his father, or the headman, or captain of the village.85 They are only bound in this by fear, and when they have no fear they will not obey. They only recognize the Spaniard to be more than they;86 and this they say only because of an interior impulse, which forces them against their will and without their knowing why. This is the providence of God, so that they can be governed.