,,mabini',s ,,decalogue ,,for           
,,filipinos    ,illustration3           
,apolinario ,mabini    ,apolinario      
,mabini1 ,martyr4    ,thou shalt love   
thy country after ,god and they honor   
and more than  thyself3 for she is the  
only ,paradise which ,god has given thee
 in this  life1 the only inheritance of 
thy ancestors and the only hope of thy  
posterity4    ,,philippine ,,press      
,,bureau  ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4    #aibb 
,,mabini      ,mabini was undoubtedly   
the most profound thinker and political 
philosopher that the ,pilipino race ever
 produced4 ,some day1 when his  works   
are fully published1 but not until then1
 ,mabini will come into  his own4 ,a    
great name awaits him1 not only in the  
,philippines1 for he  is already        
appreciated there1 but in every land    
where the cause of  liberty and human   
freedom is revered4    ,mabini was born 
in ,tanawan1 province of ,batangas1     
island of ,luzon1  ,p4,i41 of poor      
,filipino parents1 in #ahfd4 ,he        

received his education in  the ,colegio 
de ,san ,juan de ,letran4 ,manila1 and  
in the ,university of  ,santo ,tomas4   
,he supported himself while studying by 
his own efforts1  and made a brilliant  
record in both institutions4 ,later he  
devoted his  energies to the            
establishment of a private school in    
,manila and to  legal work4    ,mabini  
came to the front in #ahih during the   
,pilipino revolution  against ,spain4   
,in the subsequent revolution against   
the ,united ,states  he became known as 
the brains of the revolution4 ,he was so
  considered by the ,american army      
officers1 who bent every energy to      
capture him4    ,he was the leading     
adviser of ,aguinaldo1 and was the      
author of the  latter's many able       
decrees and proclamations4 ,mabini's    
official  position was ,president of the
 ,council of ,secretaries1 and he also  
held  the post of ,secretary of the     
,exterior4    ,one of ,mabini's greatest
 works was his draft of a constitution  

for the  ,philippine ,republic4 ,it was 
accompanied by what he called ,the ,true
  ,decalogue1 published in the pages    
following4 ,mabini's ten  commandments  
are so framed as to meet the needs of   
,filipino  patriotism for all time4 ,he 
also drafted rules for the organization 
and government of municipalities and    
provinces1 which were highly  successful
 because of their adaptability to local 
conditions4    ,mabini remained the head
 of ,aguinaldo's cabinet until ,march1  
#ahii1  when he resigned4 ,but he       
continued in hearty sympathy with the   
revolution1 however1 and his counsel was
 frequently sought4    ,mabini was      
arrested by the ,american forces in     
,september1 #ahii1 and  remained a      
prisoner until ,september #bc1 #aijj4   
,following his release1  he lived for a 
while in a suburb of ,manila1 in a poor 
nipa house1  under the most adverse and 
trying circumstances4 ,he was in abject 
poverty4    ,in spite of his terrible   
suffering from paralysis1 ,mabini       

continued  writing4 ,he severely        
criticised the government1 voicing the  
sentiments  of the ,filipino people for 
freedom4 ,he was ordered to desist1 but 
to  this1 in one of his writings to the 
people1 he replied3 ,to tell a man  to  
be quiet when a necessity not fulfilled 
is shaking all the fibers  of his being 
is tantamount to asking a hungry man to 
be filled before  taking the food which 
he needs4    ,mabini's logic was a real 
embarrassment to the ,american military 
forces1 and in ,january1 #aija1 he was  
arrested a second time by the           
,americans4 ,this time he was exiled to 
the island of ,guam1 where he  remained 
until his return to ,manila on ,february
 #bf1 #aijc4    ,mabini died in ,manila1
 of cholera1 ,may #ac1 #aijc1 at the age
 of #ci  years4 ,his funeral was the    
most largely attended of any ever held  
in  ,manila4    ,although he died from  
natural causes1 ,mabini died a martyr to
 the  cause of ,philippine independence4
 ,five years of persecution left his    

intense patriotism untouched1 but it had
 made his physical self a  ready victim 
for a premature death4          ,,the   
,,true ,,decalogue    ,by ,,apolinario  
,,mabini      ,first4 ,thou shalt love  
,god and thy honor above all things3    
,god as the  fountain of all truth1 of  
all justice and of all activity2 and thy
  honor1 the only power which will      
oblige thee to be faithful1 just and    
industrious4    ,second4 ,thou shalt    
worship ,god in the form which thy      
conscience may  deem most righteous and 
worthy3 for in thy conscience1 which    
condemns  thy evil deeds and praises thy
 good ones1 speaks thy ,god4    ,third4 
,thou shalt cultivate the special gifts 
which ,god has granted  thee1 working   
and studying according to thy ability1  
never leaving the  path of righteousness
 and justice1 in order to attain thy own
  perfection1 by means whereof thou     
shalt contribute to the progress of     
humanity2 thus2 thou shalt fulfill the  
mission to which ,god has  appointed    

thee in this life and by so doing1 thou 
shalt be honored1  and being honored1   
thou shalt glorify thy ,god4    ,fourth4
 ,thou shalt love thy country after ,god
 and thy honor and more  than thyself3  
for she is the only ,paradise which ,god
 has given thee in  this life1 the only 
patrimony of thy race1 the only         
inheritance of thy  ancestors and the   
only hope of thy posterity2 because of  
her1 thou  hast life1 love and          
interests1 happiness1 honor and ,god4   
,fifth4 ,thou shalt strive for the      
happiness of thy country before thy     
own1 making of her the kingdom of       
reason1 of justice and of labor3 for  if
 she be happy1 thou1 together with thy  
family1 shalt likewise be  happy4       
,sixth4 ,thou shalt strive for the      
independence of thy country3 for only   
thou canst have any real interest in her
 advancement and exaltation1  because   
her independence constitutes thy own    
liberty2 her advancement1  thy          
perfection2 and her exaltation1 thy own 

glory and immortality4    ,seventh4     
,thou shalt not recognize in thy country
 the authority of any  person who has   
not been elected by thee and thy        
countrymen2 for  authority emanates from
 ,god1 and as ,god speaks in the        
conscience of  every man1 the person    
designated and proclaimed by the        
conscience of a  whole people is the    
only one who can use true authority4    
,eighth4 ,thou shalt strive for a       
,republic and never for a monarchy in   
thy country3 for the latter exalts one  
or several families and founds  a       
dynasty2 the former makes a people noble
 and worthy through reason1  great      
through liberty1 and prosperous and     
brilliant through labor4    ,ninth4     
,thou shalt love thy neighbor as        
thyself3 for ,god has imposed  upon him1
 as well as upon thee1 the obligation to
 help thee and not to  do unto thee what
 he would not have thee do unto him2 but
 if thy  neighbor1 failing in this      
sacred duty1 attempt against thy life1  

thy  liberty and thy interests1 then    
thou shalt destroy and annihilate him   
for the supreme law of self-preservation
 prevails4    ,tenth4 ,thou shalt       
consider thy countryman more than thy   
neighbor2 thou  shalt see him thy       
friend1 thy brother or at least thy     
comrade1 with  whom thou art bound by   
one fate1 by the same joys and sorrows  
and by  common aspirations and          
interests4    ,therefore1 as long as    
national frontiers subsist1 raised and  
maintained by the selfishness of race   
and of family1 with thy  countryman     
alone shalt thou unite in a perfect     
solidarity of purpose  and interest1 in 
order to have force1 not only to resist 
the common  enemy but also to attain all
 the aims of human life4