To compare them with Modesto de Castro's "letters" in Urbana at feliza is to realize that between 1864 and 1896 a profound change of values had taken place, and the new values to be propagated demanded a new lucidity so that Filipinos who would grasp them would know how to translate them into action. The revolution that led to the proclamation of independence in Kawit, Cavite, brief though it was, gave Filipino a feel of how it was to be in control of their fate. Soon enough, regionalism and later capitulationism began to undermine the solidarity of those in the leadership.