"It is surprising (I would observe) to reflect how many forms of spirit and idol-worship are (to their degradation be it said) common with Malaysian and Caucasian. (See in our own periodicals, published presumably by bright-minded, clean-souled Christian philosophers, yes, see in these oracles of our fireside, advertisements of magicians, diviners, fortune-tellers, charm-workers, not to speak of other law breakers, whose mere self-interest seems to have dulled all true intellective sense.)"
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Some notes on the bibliography of the Philippines (1900)
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Thomas Cooke Middleton
Thomas Cooke Middleton (March 30, 1842 – November 19, 1923) was an American Catholic priest.
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