Josiah Strong, a clergyman, wrote this document which is part of his book, Our Country and was written in 1885. In the beginning, Strong speaks of American pilgrims migrating to the westward lands, and he says there are no more new lands to be discovered and subsistence and a plethora of populace are soon to be felt again in their new land just as it was in Europe. Strongs states “Then will the World enter upon a stage of its history... the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled ”(Foner 675 ), in other words, the world will start competing and this “race” is exactly what God is preparing them for. That is why Strong is so confident that his race, his religion, his civilization will come in first place. In Strong’s
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They have been treated unfairly because of a stereotype or a wrong impression and are demanding liberty. Strong’s version of liberty is forcing “... methods and instruments, his civilization and his religion.” (Foner 674) upon everyone else, or rather Anglo-Saxons are. He believes this path is the one that is going to come out on top and everyone should accept it regardless of what they believe in. Aguinaldo’s liberty is the well-known concept of freedom and independence. Strong’s liberty is the opposite of Aguinaldo’s which is the fallacy of liberty itself despite his intentions whatever they may be.
In his book, Our Country (1885) Strong heavily believed that the Caucasian race was superior and because of that, he convinced other people the same and motivated American missionaries to spread Christianity throughout the world. Emilio Aguinaldo declared the philippines as independent and announced the Philippines as the first Philippine Republic, the U.S did not like that and war broke out. The philippines sent out pamphlets to gain support similar to Aguinaldo’s document. The Treaty of Manila was finally signed and Aguinaldo and the Philippines got their independence and freedom back from the U.S moreover they left us to take a good hard look at ourselves and our
They have been treated unfairly because of a stereotype or a wrong impression and are demanding liberty. Strong’s version of liberty is forcing “... methods and instruments, his civilization and his religion.” (Foner 674) upon everyone else, or rather Anglo-Saxons are. He believes this path is the one that is going to come out on top and everyone should accept it regardless of what they believe in. Aguinaldo’s liberty is the well-known concept of freedom and independence. Strong’s liberty is the opposite of Aguinaldo’s which is the fallacy of liberty itself despite his intentions whatever they may be.
In his book, Our Country (1885) Strong heavily believed that the Caucasian race was superior and because of that, he convinced other people the same and motivated American missionaries to spread Christianity throughout the world. Emilio Aguinaldo declared the philippines as independent and announced the Philippines as the first Philippine Republic, the U.S did not like that and war broke out. The philippines sent out pamphlets to gain support similar to Aguinaldo’s document. The Treaty of Manila was finally signed and Aguinaldo and the Philippines got their independence and freedom back from the U.S moreover they left us to take a good hard look at ourselves and our