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#TodayinHistory in 1864, Apolinario Mabini is born in Talaga, #Tanauan #Batangas #PH. Mabini was a statesman, Prime Minister (1st head of Aguinaldo's Cabinet), and the legal mind and architect of the bureaucracy of the 1st #PH Republic. (LONG THREAD) tmblr.co/ZtGCUx2jhp-Xb 
Context: Born to a very poor family, and second of the 8 children, his mother Dionisia Maranan y Magpantay, a simple market vendor, dreamt for his son to become a priest, exerting much effort to support his education until her untimely passing. tmblr.co/ZtGCUx2i8Ger4
Mabini's all-consuming passion was fighting for what's fair and just for all, especially the poor. Hence, his decision to shift courses in pursuit of Law. His early studies was under the tutelage of Valerio Malabanan who took in poor students pro bono.
