He became the first Filipino president of the University of the Philippines and held the post for a decade. This led to Palma's resignation as UP president.
He ran once again for the Senate but was defeated by Juan Sumulong. Later, he affiliated with Sinukuan Lodge No. Palma Hall, one of the main buildings, at the University of the Philippines, was named after Palma in recognition of his leadership.
A number of schools all around the country have been named after him, as well as a couple of streets and barangays. In this book, Holt demonstrates that secession and war did not arise from two irreconcilable economies any more than from moral objections to slavery: short-sighted politicians were to blame. Rarely looking beyond the next election, the dominant political parties used the emotionally charged and largely chimerical issue of slavery's extension westward to pursue the election of their candidates and settle political scores, all the while inexorably dragging the nation toward disunion.
War was the result. Rafael Palma, my autobiography by Rafael Palma Book 2 editions published in in English and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. Our history by Rafael Palma Book 5 editions published in in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.
Our campaign for independence from Taft to Harrison by Rafael Palma Book 6 editions published in in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. Noticia del hombre by Rafael Palma Book 5 editions published in in Spanish and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.
La lluvia y los muertos by Rafael Palma Book 6 editions published in in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. Nuestra historia by Rafael Palma Book 5 editions published in in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.
The Philippine revolution by Apolinario Mabini Book 6 editions published in in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Includes the author's selected writings and memoirs. The new mentality by Rafael Palma Book 4 editions published in in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.
Palma was initiated in Bagong Buhay Lodge No. Later, he affiliated with Sinukuan Lodge No. Palma delighted and inspired his brother Masons with a large number of articles and messages.
On January 30, , for example, as Grand Orator, he delivered a lengthy but moving message, in which he showed mainly the place of Masonry in the world of ideas.
It consequently endeavors to inculcate the doctrine that man must be educated to be free and to seek to know himself and develop his innate faculties and inclinations. This education involves the free exercise of reason, not only to think and reason for himself, untrammelled by readymade dogma or opinions consecrated by tradition or usage; but to follow a rule of conduct which he considers the most in accordance with prudence and wisdom, through it be in conflict with that which is generally accepted and approved.
Reason is the noblest gift to man…It is the right nay, the duty of each and everyone of us to make our contribution be it ever so small, to the progress of the world, and it is not by waiving the free use of reason that we can add our grain of sand to that building, but by contributing a new thought, a new idea, a new mode of procedure or new rule of conduct. He who contents himself with taking all he needs from the accumulated wisdom of the ages without giving anything in return is a spendthrift, not a collaborator.
One can readily see from this quotation that even as Mason or it is especially as Mason? Palma advocated mental and volitional toughness, urging his Brethren to think for themselves and not to accept without discussion whatever had been taught, to contribute to the accumulated wisdom of the ages and therefore to the progress of mankind.
A scholar par excellence, Palma was advanced in his ideas. He believed that, despite our imperfections, we should attain a degree of perfection, i. Listen to him once more: Human life could not be better symbolized than by the Masonic pavement which covers the floor of our temples and is emblematic of how checkered our existence is with good and evil, grief and joy, suffering and happiness. The work of the Mason cannot be symbolized better than by the construction of a temple which was never finished, because whatever may be our wisdom and degree of skill, and however charitable our feelings may be towards our Brethren and fellows, we never attain perfection.
The temple, which we are building, is ourselves. The materials, which we have to polish, adjust, and fit into place are passions and vices. There are, unfortunately, too many racial, religious, and political prejudices, which blind the intellect and prevent the heart from recognizing the truth, cementing brotherly love, and relieving distress. We have to rid ourselves of these prejudices. Masonry demands of each individual an open mind, quick sympathy, and disinterested charity, because only with these quoins and ashlars is it possible for us to construct the temple dedicated to the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man which are the strength and secret of our union.
0コメント