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Dr Jose Rizal - National Hero of the Philippines

Dr Jose Protacio Rizal was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna

on 19th June 1861. The second son and the seventh among the

eleven children of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso.

With his mother as his first teacher, he began his early

education at home and continued it in Binan, Laguna. He

entered a Jesuit-run Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1872 and

obtained a bachelor's degree with highest honors in 1876. He

studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas but had to

stop because he felt that the Filipino students were being

descriminated by their Dominican tutors. He went to Madrid

at Universidad Central de Madrid and in 1885 at the age of 24,

he finished his course in Philosophy and Letters with a grade

of "Excellent".

He took graduate studies in Paris, France & Heidelberg,

Germany. He also studied painting, sculpture, he learned to

read and write in at least 10 languages.

Rizal was a prolific writer and was anti-violence. He rather

fight using his pen than his might. Rizal's two books "Noli Me

Tangere" (Touch Me Not) which he wrote while he was in

Berlin, Germany in 1887 and "El Filibusterismo" (The Rebel) in

Ghent, Belgiun in 1891 exposed the cruelties of the Spanish

friars in the Philippines, the defects of the Spanish

administration and the vices of the clergy, these books told

about the oppression of the Spanish colonial rule. These two

books made Rizal as a marked man to the Spanish friars.

• In 1892 when Rizal returned to the Philippines, he

formed La Liga Filipina ,an non violent reform society of 

patriotic citizen and a forum for Filipinos to express theirhopes for reform, to promote progress through commerce,

industry and agriculture and freedom from the oppressive

Spanish colonial administration.

• On July 6, 1892, he was imprisoned in Fort Santiago, on

the charge of fomenting unrest against Spain, he was

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exiled to Dapitan, in northwestern Mindanao. He remained

in exile for four years, while he was in politcal exile in

Dapitan, he practice medicine, he established a school for

boys, promoted community development projects, he

applied his knowledge in engineering by constructing a

system of waterworks in order to furnish clean water to the

towns people. In Dapitan he also met, fell in love and lived

with Josephine Bracken.In 1896, the Katipunan, a nationalist secret society launched arevolt against the Spaniards, although Jose Rizal had noconnection with the organization, his enemies were able tolinked him with the revolt. To avoid being involved in the moveto start a revolution, he asked Governor Ramon Blanco to sendhim to Cuba but instead he was brought back to Manila and

 jailed for the second time in Fort Santiago.On December 26, 1896, after a trial, Rizal was sentenced to

die, he was convicted of rebellion, sedition, and of forming

illegal association. On the eve of his execution while confined

in Fort Santiago, Rizal wrote a poem Mi Ultimo Adios (My Last

Farewell) and hid it inside the gas burner and gave the gas

burner to his sister Trinidad and his wife Josephine.

He was executed on December 30, 1896 at the age of 35 by a

firing squad at Bagumbayan, now known as Luneta Park in

Manila.

 Jose Rizal was a man of many accomplishments - a linguist, a

novelist, a poet, a scientist, a doctor, a painter, an educator, a

reformer and a visionary, he left his people his greatest

patriotic poem, Mi Ultimo Adios to serve as an inspiration for

the next generations.Words of Wisdom

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Quotes from Dr Jose Rizal - A collection of wise wordsfrom Dr Jose Rizal from his various writings. I hope you will

find this collection helpful if you are doing research for

your assignments or projects in school.Interesting Trivia About Dr Jose Rizal

• Rizal's Contribution to Science

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Rizal found Mindanao a rich virgin field for collecting

specimens. With hisbaroto (sailboat) and accompanied by his

pupils, he explored the jungles and coasts seeking specimens

of insects, birds, snakes lizards frogs shells and plants.

He sent these specimens to the museum of Europe especially

the Dresden Museum. In payment for these valuable

specimens, the European scientists sent him scientific books

and surgical instruments.

Manila Lottery Winner

On September 21, 1892 the mail boat “Butuan” arrived in

Dapitan carrying lottery Ticket No. 9736 jointly owned by

Captain Carnicero, Dr Jose Rizal and Francisco Equilior won the

second prize of P20,000 in the government-owned Manila

Lottery.

Rizal’s share of the winning loterry was P6,200. He gave

P2,000 to his father and P200 to his friend Basa in Hongkong

and the rest he invested well by purchasing agricultural lands

along the coast of Talisay about one kilometer away from

Dapitan.

Rizal discovered rare specimens

For four years during his exile in Dapitan, Rizal discovered

some rare specimens which were named in his honor by the

scientists. Among these were :

• Draco Rizali —a flying dragon

•  Apogonia Rizali -a small beetle

• Rhacophorus Rizali —a rare frog

SERVICE

We are made for service to care for all menWe are made for love both time and again

 A love that will lead through sorrow and pain

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 A love that will never die with strain

God sent His Son to show us the way One who shares His love every minute of the day 

 And who gave His life that we may live And the spirit to help us through the years

Life can be so lonely when nobody caresLife can be so empty when nobody sharesBut if man gives himself to help other men

The happiness of Christ will live within.