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The Message

Let every South American beware,
for lo! the strenuous man,
our sovereign lord and master, says:


Unless you quickly mend your ways,
Upon your bended necks you'll feel
The impression of my armed heel,
A thing that every Filipino
Has learned as thoroughly as we know.

J.B.T.

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