4. He was one of the
foremost
nationalists of this
era. A partner in the
law practice of
Senator Claro M.
Recto, he became
Undersecretary of
Foreign Affairs
during the
Magsaysay
administration.
5. On retirement, he was the
country's most senior diplomat,
having been Ambassador in
London, Madrid, New Delhi, Mexico
City and Belgrade. On 19 June
1982 he received the Gawad
Mabini -the highest award in the
Philippine Foreign Service.
He held the rank of Knight Grand
Cross of the Knights of Rizal.
Among his many works are
internationally acclaimed
translations of Rizal's Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
8. Filipinos are...
• Friendly - good-natured
• loyal - idealistic
• Sentimental - socially gracious
• more intelligent than the Malays
• religious but not so mystical as
the Indians
• imitative but less so than the
Japanese
9. Filipinos are...
• unwilling to accept
responsibility
• lacking in self-reliance
• less hardworking than the
Chinese
and, in general,...
•the most adaptable of all
races in the Orient.
11. An American thought Filipinos were
not American enough. They also
cannot understand why grown-up
sons and daughters keep on living
with their parents after they have
married.