“When every Filipino home shall contain such a national work, stimulative of autonomous sentiments…then the Philippines will be spiritually and practically independent.”

—  Epifanio de los Santos

Philippine Magazine vol. 38. no 1 p. 14.
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Context: The time has come when we should have a critical, official, monumental edition of all of Rizal's works, with illustrations contributed by Luna about other artists of ours... When every Filipino home shall contain such a national work, stimulative of autonomous sentiments... then the Philippines will be spiritually and practically independent.

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