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evil deeds and praises thy good ones, speaks thy God.
Third. Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts which God has granted thee,
working and studying according to thy ability, never leaving the path of
righteousness and justice, in order to attain thy own perfection, by
means whereof thou shalt contribute to the progress of humanity; thus;
thou shalt fulfill the mission to which God has appointed thee in this
life and by so doing, thou shalt be honored, and being honored, thou
shalt glorify thy God.
Fourth. Thou shalt love thy country after God and thy honor and more
than thyself: for she is the only Paradise which God has given thee in
this life, the only patrimony of thy race, the only inheritance of thy
ancestors and the only hope of thy posterity; because of her, thou hast
life, love and interests, happiness, honor and God.
Fifth. Thou shalt strive for the happiness of thy country before thy own,
making of her the kingdom of reason, of justice and of labor: for if she
be happy, thou, together with thy family, shalt likewise be happy.
Sixth. Thou shalt strive for the independence of thy country: for only
thou canst have any real interest in her advancement and exaltation,
because her independence constitutes thy own liberty; her advancement,
thy perfection; and her exaltation, thy own glory and immortality.
Seventh. Thou shalt not recognize in thy country the authority of any
person who has not been elected by thee and thy countrymen; for

authority emanates from God, and as God speaks in the conscience of
every man, the person designated and proclaimed by the conscience of
a whole people is the only one who can use true authority.
Eighth. Thou shalt strive for a Republic and never for a monarchy in
thy country: for the latter exalts one or several families and founds a
dynasty; the former makes a people noble and worthy through reason,
great through liberty, and prosperous and brilliant through labor.
Ninth. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: for God has imposed
upon him, as well as upon thee, the obligation to help thee and not to
do unto thee what he would not have thee do unto him; but if thy
neighbor, failing in this sacred duty, attempt against thy life, thy liberty
and thy interests, then thou shalt destroy and annihilate him for the
supreme law of self-preservation prevails.
Tenth. Thou shalt consider thy countryman more than thy neighbor;
thou shalt see him thy friend, thy brother or at least thy comrade, with
whom thou art bound by one fate, by the same joys and sorrows and by
common aspirations and interests.
Therefore, as long as national frontiers subsist, raised and maintained
by the selfishness of race and of family, with thy countryman alone
shalt thou unite in a perfect solidarity of purpose and interest, in order
to have force, not only to resist the common enemy but also to attain all
the aims of human life.

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