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Epifanio de los Santos était homme politique philippin.

✵ 7. avril 1871 – 18. avril 1928
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“the esteemed ornament of Filipino Culture.”

As a quote by Wenceslao Retana in "81 Years of Premio Zobel Legacy of Philippine Literature in Spanish" by Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes. Vibal Publishing House, Inc. 2006.
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“Great among the Great Filipino Scholars.. He was recognized as the foremost scholar of his time.”

Zaide, Gregorio F. 1965. Epifanio de los Santos: Great among the great Filipino scholars. In Great Filipinos in history. 88: 575-581.
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“On more than one occasion when reading Epifanio de los Santos, one reads Don Juan Valera.”

As quoted by Menendez Pelayo from Manila Spanish Daily in The Manila Tribune of April 19, 1928.
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“He was both great, and very, very human.”

As quoted by Hartendorp “Don Pañong – Genius" in Philippine Magazine (September 1929).
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“Among the new bibliographers, Sr. Epifanio de los Santos, a young scholar with great culture, stood at the head; he possessed more than 2,000 titles, some of them were very rare.”

As quoted by Wenceslao Retana in Gregorio F. Zaide's "Epifanio de los Santos, his collection and library" (The Tribune Magazine. p. 4).
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“If you want to do something great in the world, do not get married, remain single… One may get married after he had accomplished something great in this world.”

Yet this great man who advised against marriage, was the happiest of men at the fireside of his family.
Views on marriage in The Manila Tribune. April 19, 1928.
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“Philosophy is more often the systematization of the prejudices of philosophers than the systematization of nature. Distrust all generalizations: stick to the concrete.”

Remarkable Quotes
Source: As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 211.

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