TY - BOOK AU - Co, Jason. TI - The Spirit of 1896: a mirror of the Philippine past, a window on the Nation's future SN - 9715422667 AV - DS 668 .C63 2000 PY - 2000///];copyright 2000 CY - [Manila] PB - Philippine Centennial Commission ;;University of the Philippines Press KW - Philippine essays (English) KW - sears N1 - First Prize/English essay N2 - a people who have struggled, suffered defeat and survived it. And now it is time to remember the incredible sacrifice and courage that went into molding the congeries of Philippine tribes into one nation.' Winner of the Centennial Literary Prize 1898-1998; 'The journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. For the Filipino nation, that first step was the Revolution of 1896 and the founding of Asia's first free Republic. Even today's Filipinos are born with the ideals and the spirit of a people who had lost-then regained-their faith ER -