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Quote by Rosendo Mejica
To instruct the working class, to inculcate in him the love for work, virtue, honesty, to teach him his duties and highest rights; to awaken him in his soul the sentiments of dignity and civicism, necessary for a perfect citizen.
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The quote presents instruction as a way to improve the working class through practical and moral education. It should encourage love of work, virtue, and honesty, while teaching people both their duties and their highest rights. It also aims to awaken dignity and civic responsibility, qualities the quote connects with becoming a “perfect citizen.”
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- Agathos International Review — “Rosendo Mejica, the golden age of the Hiligaynon literature…”
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