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The Life and Works of Rizal: Who Made Rizal Our Foremost National Hero, and Why?
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Jose Rizal: Life and Works
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Who Made Rizal Our Foremost National
Hero, and Why?
BY: ESTEBAN A
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Jose Rizal Mercado y Alonso, or simply Jose Rizal (18611896), is unquestionably the
greatest hero & martyr of our nation
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His name is a byword in every Filipino
home while his picture adorns the postage stamp & paper money of widest circulation
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Who is the Filipino writer & thinker
whose teachings & noble thoughts have been frequently invoked & quoted by authors & public
speakers on almost all occasions? None but Rizal
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They are as valid today as they were yesterday
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They have
not
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This was done allegedly, in the
following manner:
"And now, gentlemen, you must have a national hero"
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Taft to Mssrs
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It
was further reported that "in the subsequent discussion in which the rival merits of
the revolutionary heroes (M
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del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Gen
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) were considered, the final choice—now
universally acclaimed a wise one—was Rizal
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"(2)
This article will attempt to answer two questions: 1) Who made Rizal the foremost national
hero & 2) Why is Rizal our greatest national hero? Before proceeding to answer these
queries, it will be better if we first know the meaning of the term hero
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Also, "a person of
distinguished valor or enterprise in danger"
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Why is Rizal a hero, nay, our foremost national hero? He is our greatest hero because as a
towering figure in the Propaganda Campaign, he took an "admirable part" in that movement
w/c roughly covered the period from 18821896
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It is true that Pedro Paterno published his novel, Ninay, in Madrid in
1885; M
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del Pilar his La Soberania Monacal in Barcelona in 1889, Graciano Lopez Jaena,
his Discursos y Articulos Varios, also in Barcelona in 1891; & Antonio Luna, his Impresiones
in Madrid in 1893, but none of these books had evoked such favorable & unfavorable
comments from friends & foes alike as did Rizal’s Noli
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Typical of the encomiums that the hero received for his novel were those received from
Antonio Ma
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Ferdinand Blumentritt
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Your work has exceeded my hopes & I consider myself happy to have
been honored by your friendship
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If you continue so, you will be to your people one of those great
men who will exercise a determinative influence over the progress of their spiritual life
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Perhaps no other work has, up to
this day, aroused as much acrimonious debate not only among our people but also among
reactionary foreigners as the Noli of Rizal
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the committee said that it found the book "heretical,
impious, & scandalous to the religious order, & unpatriotic & subversive to the public order,
libelous to the govt
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" (5) Coming down to our time, during the congressional
discussions & hearings on the Rizal (NoiliFili) in 1956, the proponents & opponents of the bill
also engaged themselves in a bitter & long drawnout debate the finally resulted in the
enactment of a compromise measure, now known as RA 1425
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There, Sen
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(6) it is comforting
to learn however, that about 13 years later, Cong
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S
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He said in part: "It has been said that, if American institutions had done nothing else to
furnish to the world the character of George Washington, that alone would entitle them to the
respect of mankind
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"(7) The result of this appeal was the approval of what is popularly
known as the Philippine Bill of 1902
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Again, we ask the question: why did Rizal, become the greatest Filipino hero? Because in
this writer’s humble opinion, no Filipino has yet been born who could equal or surpass Rizal
as a "person of distinguished valor/enterprise in danger, fortitude in suffering
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He could have been whatever he wished to be, considering his natural
endowmwnts; he could have earned considerable sums of money from his
profession; he could have lived relatively rich, happy, prosperous, had he not
dedicated himself to public matters
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He heeded not his brother, not even his parents, beings whom he
respected & venerated so much, in order to follow the road his conscience had
traced for him
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He suffered the rigors of
the cold winter of Europe, he suffered hunger, privation, & misery; but when he raised
his eyes to heaven & saw his ideal, his hope was reborn
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But such moments are evanescent, he soon
felt comforted & resumed the task of bearing the cross of his suffering
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Frank C
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Physical courage, it
is true, was one of his inherited traits
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It must be forged out in
the fires of suffering & temptation
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It required courage to write his 2 great novels telling nothing that no
otherman has ventured to say before, standing almost alone against the powerful
interests in the country & in Spain, & k nowing full well that despotism would strik e
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He had reached another loftier plateau of heroism when he wrote those letters
to Hong Kong, "To be opened after my death", & sailed to the "trap" in Manila w/o
any illusions
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" (9)
To the bigoted Spaniards in Spain & in the Philippines, Rizal was the most intelligent, most
courageous, & most dangerous enemy of the reactionaries & the tyrants; therefore he should
be shot publicly to serve as an example & a warning to those of his kind
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And for the 3rd & the last time, we repeat the question: Why is Rizal the greatest Filipino
hero that ever lived? Because "he is a man honored after death by public worship, because of
exceptional service to mankind"
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Writing from Barcelona to the Great Malayan on 10 Mar 1889, M
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del Pilar said: "Rizal no
tiene aun derecho a morir: su nombre constituye la mas pura e immaculada bandera de
aspirationes y Plaridel los suyos no son otra causa ma que immaculada unos voluntarios que
militan bajo esa bandera
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" (11) The Bicolano Dr
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" (12) And Guillermo Puatu of Bulacan
wrote this tribute to Rizal, saying: "Vd
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Kheil, Dr
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Prof
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Maximo Viola in May 1887 that "Rizal was the greatest product of the Philippines &
that his coming to the world was like the appearance of a rare comet, whose rare brilliance
appears only every other century
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a un noble representante de la España colonial
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Rost,
distinguished Malayologist & librarian of the India office of London, called Rizal "una perla
hombre" (14) , while don Vicente Barrantes had to admit that Rizal was ‘the first among the
Filipinos" (14)
Even before the outbreak of the revolution against Spain in 1896, many instances can be
cited to prove that his country here & abroad recognized Rizal’s leadership
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of la Solidaridad
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In Jan 1891, Rizal was again unanimously chosen Responsable (chief) of the
SpanishFilipino Association
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History tells us tat the revolutionary society known as Katipunan likewise acknowledged
Rizal’s leadership & greatness by making him its honorary President & by using his family
name Rizal as the password for the 3rddegree members
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Emilio Aguinaldo & the other revolutionary chiefs exiled
to Hong Kong held a commemorative program there on 29 Dec 1897 on the occasion of the
1st anniversary of the hero’s execution & martyrdom
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In his opening
address at the congress assembled at Malolos, Bulacan on 15 Sep 1898, Pres
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), &
Tirona, of Natividad & Evangelista! Arise a moment from your unk nown graves! (21)
Then on 20 Dec 1898 at the revolutionary capital of Malolos, Pres
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The same proclamation
ordered the hoisting the Filipino flags at halfmast "from 12:00 noon on 30 Dec 1898" and the
closing of "all offices of the government" during the whole day of 30 Dec
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(22a)
It should be further noted that both the La Independencia, edited by Gen
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Two of the greatest of Filipino poets in the Spanish language paid glowing tributes to the
martyr of Bagumbayan in acknowledgement of the hero’s labors & sacrifices for his people
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Fernando Ma
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La Gloria es tu destino; tu corona los fuegos de la aurora, y tu
inviolable altar nuestra conciencia
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Dr
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Retaña both spoke of the
universal homage accorded to Rizal immediately after his death
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Osias wrote thus:
Expressions of deep sympathy came from Blumentritt & many others such as Dr
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Feodor Jagor, a
German author of Philippine Travels; Dr
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M Buchner, director of the Ethnographic Museum of Munich & a
noted Malayologist; Monsieur Edmont Planchut, a French Orientalist, author of
various work s & writer on Philippine subjects; Dr
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Joest, eminent German
geographer & professor at the University of Berlin; Dr
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Kern, professor of Sansk rit
in the University of Leiden & celebrated authority on Malay affairs; Dr
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Montano, a
distinguished French linguist & anthropologist & author of a Memoria on the
Philippines; Dr
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Mueller, professor of the University of Vienna & a great philologist;
a noted Dutch literary woman who signed H
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Teenk Willink , author of a touching &
conscientious biography of Rizal; Herr Manfred Wittich, writer of Leipzig; Dr
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Boettger, a noted German naturalist & author of
work s on the fauna of the Philippines; Dr
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B
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Odek erchen of Leige, director of
l’Express, a newspaper where Rizal wrote articles; Dr
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H
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Bray, a distinguished English writer; Mr
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m
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H
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Armand Lelinsk y, Austrian engineer & writer; Dr
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M
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Rizal
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Rudolph
Virchow, its president, was the most important & significant
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Ed Seler recited the German
translation of Rizal’s "My Last Farewell" on that occasion
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(27)
Did the Americans, especially Gov
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H
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1 hero of his people? Nothing could be farther from the truth
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We have likewise shown that immediately after his
execution, his own people had justly acclaimed him as their foremost hero & martyr
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Mr
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This commission began its legislative functions on 1st September of the same year
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137, w/c organized
the "politicomilitary district of Morong" into the "Province of Rizal"
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It should be borne in
mind that 6 days before the passage of Act no
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In that meeting attended by the
leading citizens of both Manila & Morong, a plan was presented to combine the 2 districts
into one, but this proposal met w/ determined & vigorous objections from the leaders of
Morong
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Tavera, of the Federal Party, who accompanied the commission, ask ed that he might
mak e a suggestion w/ reference to the proposed union of Manila & Morong provinces
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to be retained
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In line w/ this he suggested that the united provinces be named ‘Rizal’ in
memory & honor of the most illustrious Filipino & the most illustrious Tagalog the
islands had ever k nown
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) stated that the commission, not
less than the Filipinos, felt proud to do honor to the name of Rizal, & if, after
consideration, it decided to unite the 2 provinces, it would have the pleasure, if such
action met the desires of the people, in giving the new province the name of Rizal"
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Pardo de Tavera, a Filipino, & not from Judge Taft, an American
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Taft—Justice George A
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Frank C
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Justice Malcolm has this to say:
In those early days (of the American occupation—O
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That was indeed a
sinister interpretation of voluntary American action designed to pay tribute to a great
man
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Laubach’s view about the question is as follows:
The tradition that every American hears when he reaches the Philippine Islands is
that W
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Taft, feeling that the Filipinos needed a hero, made one out of Rizal
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) will serve to show how empty that
statement is
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It was a Spaniard who
did more than any other to save Rizal for posterity—Retaña whose work (Vida
Escritos del Dr
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lik e Rizal, he lost all his money in the cause of the
Filipinos, & died a poor man
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1 hero of his people, still we can say that what the commission did was
merely to confirm a sort of fait accompli, & that was that Jose Rizal had already been
acclaimed by his countrymen & the scientific world as the foremost hero & martyr of the land
of his birth
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Blumentritt, who said in 1897:
Not only is Rizal THE MOST PROMINENT MAN OF HIS OWN PEOPLE but THE
GREATEST MAN THE MALAYAN RACE HAS PRODUCED
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(31) (capitalization supplied)
Perhaps the following quotation from the late William Cameron Forbes, an ardent admirer of
Rizal & the governorgeneral of the Philippines during the construction of the Rizal
Mausoleum on the Luneta, is appropriate at this point
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The American administration has lent every assistance to
this recognition, setting aside the anniversary of his death to be a day of his
observance, placing his picture on the postage stamp most commonly used in the
Islands, & on the currency, cooperating w/ the Filipinos in mak ing the site of his
school in Dapitan a national park , & encouraging the erection by public subscription
of a monument in his honor on the Luneta in Manila near the place where he met his
death
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The Filipinos in many cities & towns have erected
monuments to his name, & throughout the Islands the public schools teach the
young Filipinos to revere his memory as the greatest of Filipino patriots
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They
maintain that Rizal never held a gun, a rifle, or a sword in fighting for the liberty &
independence of our country in the battlefield
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, our greatest hero was a
pacifist & a civilian whose weapon was his quill
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Rafael
Palma has very well stated the case of Rizal versus Bonifacio in these words:
It should be a source of pride & satisfaction to the Filipinos to have among their
national heroes one of such excellent qualities & merits w/c may be equaled but not
surpassed by any other man
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It is true that in
our case the sword of Bonifacio was after all needed to shak e off the yok e of a
foreign power; but the revolution prepared by Bonifacio was only the effect, the
consequence of the spiritual redemption wrought by the pen of Rizal
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in the chronological order but also in the point of importancethe previous work s of
Rizal seems to us superior to that of Bonicacio, because although that of Bonifacio
was of immediate results, that of Rizal will have more durable & permanent effects
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Napoleon I himself, who was a great conqueror & ruler, said: "There
are only two powers in the world; the sword & the pen; and in the end the former is always
conquered by the latter"
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I had rather stand in the shock of a basilisk than in the fury
of a merciless pen"
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Antes desaparecera de los Estados Unidos!y ya decir!la memoria de
Washington, que de Filipinas la memoria de RIZAL
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Fue patriota; fue martir del amor a su
pais
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La inmortalidad de RIZAL esta asegurada de cien maneras
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(37)
In the preceding pages we have tried to show that Rizal was not only a great hero, but the
greatest among the Filipinos
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Blumentritt judged
him as "the most prominent man of his own people" and "the greatest man the Malayan race
has produced"
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Likewise, we attempted to disprove the claim made by some quarters
that Rizal is an Americanmade hero, & we also tried to explain why Rizal is greater than any
other Filipino hero, including Andres Bonifacio
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1 Hero of his
people
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No amount of adulation & canonization by both
Filipinos & foreigners could convert Rizal into a great hero if he did not possess in himself
what Palma calls "excellent qualities & merits" or what Retaña calls "la finura exquisite de su
espiritu,…la nobleza quijotesca de su corazon,… su psicologia toda, romantica, soñadora,
buena, adorable, psicologia que sintetizo todos los entimientos y aspiraciones de un pueblo
que sufria, viendose victima de su regimen oprobioso…
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Zaide; JOSE RIZAL: Life, Works & Writings of a Genius, Writer,
Scientist & National Hero 1984 ed
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9 comments:
Alyssa Marie Torrecampo August 4, 2013 at 5:04 AM
It has nothing to question Rizal as our national hero
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He face his death without fear he only deserves to be
our hero
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paula mangalus September 28, 2013 at 9:13 AM
is this the real book content of ocampo?
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admin October 3, 2013 at 1:31 AM
Yes, it is, Esteban Ocampo's work
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Brylle Cabañal November 24, 2013 at 4:42 AM
Where I can find free ebook of Rizal's Life Works and Writings by Esteban Ocampo?
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admin November 27, 2013 at 7:07 AM
I don't think there are many (if any) available full versions of books by Esteban
Ocampo
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For everything else, try the Downloads section of this blog
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or is it another?
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admin June 21, 2015 at 9:22 PM
It's a different essay
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Rydel Cuachon July 29, 2016 at 3:00 AM
Rizal no tiene aun derecho a morir: su nombre constituye la mas pura e immaculada
bandera de aspirationes y Plaridel los suyos no son otra causa ma que immaculada
unos voluntarios que militan bajo esa bandera Can someone help me find whats the
meaning of this
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Title: The Life and works of Rizal
Description: This notes shows about the life and work of Rizal.
Description: This notes shows about the life and work of Rizal.