BEFORE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF MANUEL L. QUEZON
by Claro M. Recto
Our Lives are rivers
Windings to the sea
Which is our death:
There go all earthly power
Straightway and to be
Consumed in death.
These immortal lines from the poet-philosopher effortlessly come to mind as we view the last remains of Manuel Luis Quezon, that paladin of patriots who consecrated his privileged mind and his passion for liberty to the cause of his people’s honor and welfare; that modern argonaut who after a hazardous quest acquired the golden fleece of power and glory to offer it to his country, the cherished lady of his dreams; that fine and gallant spirit, like a cardinal of the renaissance, who in the same manner drank to the lees of the cupt of life, that in mystic paroxysms confided the pain and grief of his soul to the God of all mercies.
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