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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
Rizal’s Many-Sided Personality
“Rizal was the greatest product of the Philippines and his coming to the world was like the appearance of a rare comet, whose rare brilliance appears only every other century.”
-Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt
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Rizal’s Many-Sided Personality
“Rizal’s many-sidedness was stupendous.”-Dr. Adolf B. Meyer
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Rizal’s Many-Sided Personality
“Versatile genius.”-Dr. Camilo Osias
His precocity since early boyhood turned into versatility in later years. Being curious and inquisitive, he developed a rare facility of mastering varied talents, skills, subjects and occupations.
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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
Well-documented studies show that Dr. Jose Rizal was a polymath, with the ability to master various skills and subject.
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• ActorHe acted as a character in one of Juan Luna’s paintings and acted in school dramas.
Rizal’s Talents and Skills• Agriculturist
Rizal had farms in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte (1892-1896) where he planted lanzones, coconuts and other fruit-bearing trees.
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• Ambassador Of Good WillHis friendliness, goodwill and cultural associations with friends entitled him as one.
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• Animal LoverAs a small boy, Rizal loved animals including birds, fish, insects, and other specimens of animal life. Fowls, rabbits, dogs, horses, and cats constituted his favorites.
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As much as possible, he did not wish fowls to be killed even for food, and showed displeasure in being asked to eat the cooked animal. The family garden in Calamba abounded with insects galore and birds native to the Calamba environs. He wrote about and sketched animals of the places he had toured.
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• AnthropologistHe made researches on the physical and social make up of man.
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• ArcheologistRizal studied monuments and antique currency everywhere he went. He drew most of the monuments he saw.
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• AsceticRizal always practiced self-discipline wherever he went.
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• Book loverHe had a big library and brought many books abroad.
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• Botanist
Rizal maintained a garden in Dapitan where he planted and experimented on plants of all kinds.
This the Dao tree where Dr. Jose Rizal himself planted and nurtured.
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• Businessman
He had a partner in Dapitan in the Abaca business there (1892-1896).
One of his profitable business venture was the hemp industry.
Rizal engaged in business in partnership with Ramon Carreon on May 14, 1893, a Dapitan Merchant which has a profitable business ventures in fishing, copra, and hemp industries. He invited his relative Saturnina and Hidalgo to come to Mindanao for some business opportunities.
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• Cartographer
He drew maps of Dapitan, the Philippines and other places he visited.
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• Chess Player
He played chess and bear several Germans and European friends and acquaintances.
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• Citizen of the world
His extensive travels and multitude of friends in Europe, Middle East and Asia made him one.
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• Commentator
Rizal always expresses and publishes his personal opinion.
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• Conchologist
He had a good shell collection in Dapitan. Because of this, an American conchologist praised him.
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• Dramatist
He acted in school dramas.
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• Economist
He knew how to allot his scarce resources.
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• Educator
Rizal taught in his special school in Dapitan.
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His exile in Dapitan gave him the opportunity to put into practice his educational ideas. In 1893, he established a school which existed until the end of his exile in July 1896. It began with three pupils and in the course of time the enrollment increased to 16 and later 21. In his letter to Blumentritt on March 13, Rizal said that he had 16 pupils in his school and these pupils did not pay any tuition.
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• Essayist
- Reminiscence of a Student in Manila (his first essay) - The Philippines a Century Hence (prophesied the downfall of Spain in Asia)
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• Ethnologist
- In his travels, Rizal was able to compare different races and he noted the differences.
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- He became a member of Berlin Ethnological and Anthropological Society while under the patronage of the famous pathologist Rudolf Virchow.
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“What moral right has the white man to look down on the men who have similar thoughts, studies and abilities as they just because their skin is brown or their nose is flat?”
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• Farmer
His total land holdings reached 70 hectares containing 6,000 hemp plants, 1,000 coconut trees, and numerous fruit trees, sugarcane, corn, coffee and cacao.
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"We cannot all be doctors; it is necessary that there would be some
to cultivate the soil."
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• Father of community school
He proposed college in Hong Kong and his special school in Dapitan made him a father of community schools.
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• Fencer
He fenced with Europeans and Juan Luna and other friends in Europe.Fencing – a sport practiced at that time only by the ilustrados inteligencia
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• Folklorist
- “Specimen of Tagal Folklore”
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• Freemason abroad
He was member of La Solidaridad Lodge in Spain.
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• GeographerTitle: Relief map of MindanaoRemarks: Made in Dapitan church plaza by the end of 1892Title: Pacific Ocean spheres of influence Remarks: Made during the administration of Pres. Benjamin Harrison. Mentioned by Rizal in his Article "The Philippines a Century Hence", made in London in 1889.
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Title: Plan for modern college (front and side views)Remarks: Owned by Dr. L. L. R, apparently in Paris, 1872
Title: The lake district of central LuzonRemarks: Mentioned in "Memorias de un Estudiante de Manila", 1872.
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Title: Plan of the waterworks in DapitanRemarks: Made with Father Sanchez, in Dapitan, 1895
Title: Sketch of the Lumanao Hill where jewels were foundRemarks: Owned by Ateneo. Made in 1895
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• Grammarian
- “Estudios Sobre la Tagala”(a birthday gift for his former instructor, Father Sanchez who visited Rizal in Dapitan)
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• Historian
His annotation of Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas entitled him as one.
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• Horticulturist
He experimented on and cultivated plants in Dapitan.
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• Humorist
There are many humorous incidents in the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
• Ichthyologist
He collected 38 new varieties of fish in Dapitan.
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• Inventor- He invented a cigarette lighter, which he called sulpakan, and sent it to Blumentritt in 1887 as a gift. - While in Dapitan, Rizal also invented a wooden machine for making bricks which turned out about 6,000 bricks daily.
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• Japanophile
His admiration of Japanese traits and his knowledge of the Japanese language proved he was one.
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• Journalist
He authored several published articles in Spanish and English.
Rizal’s Talents and Skills• Judoka
Rizal was the first Filipino and Malay to have practiced and in fact, taught martial arts sport. Jiguro Kano taught him the “Way of Ju” which means the truth of the universe.
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• Laboratory worker
He was employed in the clinic of Dr. L. Wecker in Paris.
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• Linguist
He spoke over 22 languages including: Tagalog, Ilokano, Bisayan, Subanon, Spanish, Latin, Greek, English, French, German, Arabic, Malay, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Dutch, Catalan, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, and Russian.
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• Lover of truth
He chided Spanish writers for not writing the truth about the Filipinos. He was always truthful since boyhood.
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• Musician
He played the flute and composed pieces of music and cultivated music appreciation.
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• Mythologist
Rizal used mythology in his Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo novels.
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• Nationalist
He gave full expression of the native spirit strengthened by world civilization. He loved and defended everything Filipino.
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• Newspaperman
He wrote and published articles in many publications and was one of the organizers of the La Solidaridad.
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• Novelist
- Noli Me Tangere- El Filibusterismo
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• Ophthalmologist
- He graduated in an ophthalmologic college in Spain. - His mother who lost her eyesight in 1887, encouraged him to take advanced training in ophthalmology.
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- He apprenticed under Dr. Louis de Wecker, a famous eye surgeon who can set in position crossed eyes in two minutes.
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• Orientalist
Rizal admired the special characteristics and beauties of Oriental countries peoples.
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• Painter
Title: Saturnina RizalMaterial: OilRemarks: Now in Rizal Shrine in Fort SantiagoTitle: Dapitan church curtainsMaterial: OilRemarks: Made in Dapitan, 1894
Rizal’s Talents and SkillsTitle: A painting on a pair of mother-of-pearl Material: OilRemarks: Shells painted by Rizal in Dapitan and given as a gift to Doña Leonor Valenzuela and later passed into the hands of Doña Margarita Valenzuela
Title: Spanish coat of armsMaterial: Water colorRemarks: Done during a fiesta of San Rafael in Calamba in 1867
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Title: Allegory on a pair of porcelain bases of the new year celebrationMaterial: OilRemarks: Made in Berlin in 1886
Title: Christ crucifiedMaterial: CrayonRemarks: 1875
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Title: Immaculate ConceptionMaterial: CrayonRemarks: Made in Manila, 1974
Title: Portrait of MoraytaMaterial: CrayonRemarks: Made in Barcelona, 1885
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• Pharmacologist
Rizal treasured and popularized the usefulness and preparation of cures for treatment of his patients.
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• Philologist
Rizal loved of learning and literature is unequalled.
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• Philosopher
Rizal not only loved wisdom but also regulated his life and enjoyed calmness of the life at all time.
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• Physical culturist
Rizal maintained a good health by exercising all parts of his body and eating proper foods.
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• Physician
He treated several patients afflicted not only with eye diseases.
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• Plant lover
As a child, Rizal spend most of his time in the family garden which was planted with fruit trees, shrubs and decorative trees. His diaries contained detailed description and sketches of plants, flowers and fruits he saw in the places he visited.
Rizal’s Talents and Skills• Poet
Rizal wrote over 35 poems including his famous Mi Ultimo Adios, To The Philippines, Our Mother Tongue, Memories of My town, Hymn to Labor, Kundiman, A Poem That Has No Title, Song of Maria Clara, To the Philippines Youth, To Josephine, Education Gives Luster to the Motherland, To the Virgin Mary, Sa Aking mga Kabata and others.
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He wrote poems on flower he likes very much as his poems To the Flowers of Heidelberg.
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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
• Politician
Although Rizal did not engage in politics, he exposed the evils of the political activities of the Spaniards in the Philippines through his writing.
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• Polyglot
Rizal spoke and wrote in 20 languages.
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• Proofreader
In Germany, he worked as a part-time proofreader of his livelihood.
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• Propagandist
As a reformer, Rizal encourages the recommendation of improving the government entities and discourages abuses on publishing articles.
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• Public relation man
He worked for better cooperation of rulers and subjects in his country.
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• Reformer
He published the modern methods of government administration, so changes could be made.
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• Researcher
Being a wide reader, he compared the old and new practices in life.
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• Revolutionist
Rizal encouraged reforms; discouraged old, impractical usage, and desired new and useful laws to benefit his countrymen. He desired changes for the better.
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• Rhetorician
Rizal has always practiced the art of persuasive and impressive speaking and writing.
Rizal’s Talents and Skills• Romantic
There were at least nine women linked with Rizal; namely Segunda Katigbak, Leonor Valenzuela, Leonor Rivera, Consuelo Ortiga, O-Sei San, Gertrude Beckette, Nelly Boustead, Suzanne Jacoby and Josephine Bracken. These women might have been beguiled by his intelligence, charm and wit.
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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
• Rural reconstruction worker
He practiced rural reconstruction work in Dapitan in 1894 and succeeded.
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• Sanitary engineer
His construction of a water system in Dapitan exemplified this practice by Rizal.
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• Scientist
Rizal’s practice of many sciences here and abroad made him noted scientist.
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“The Spanish colonial government murdered the most prominent scientist it ever had.”
-Prof. Rudolf Virchow
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• Sculptor
His works of his father and of Father Guerrico, S. J. typified his sculptural ability.
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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
Rizal’s Talents and Skills
Rizal’s Talents and Skills
• Sharp shooter
He could hit a target 20 meters away.
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• Sinologist
Rizal’s ancestry and his ability to speak Chinese made him one.
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• Sociologist
In Rizal’s study of Philippines social problems, he always encouraged and introduced solutions.
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• Sodalist
He always joined fraternities, associations and brotherhood, for self-improvement.
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• Sportsman
He engaged from a surveying class at the Ateneo after passing his A. B. there.
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• Tourist
He was considered the foremost tourist due to his extensive travels.
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• Translator
- Christmas message (Hebrew to Spanish)- William Tell and Andersen Fairy Tales (German to Tagalog)- The Rights of Man (French to Tagalog)- Zend-Avesta (Arabic to Spanish)
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• Traveler
He traveled around the world three times.
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• Tuberculosis expert
For having cured himself of this disease, he became and was recognized as an expert.
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• Universalist
Rizal was the product of the very first synthesis between the civilizations of the East and the West. In his person embodied the ideals of the both.
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• Writer
- Sa Aking Mga Kababata- To the Filipino Youth - The untitled Last Farewell
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Rizal’s Talents and Skills
• Youth leader
He considered the youth as "the hope of his Fatherland."
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• Zoologist
- He was fond of pets. He researched later on their physiology, classification and habits.- A regular contributor of specimens of reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates to the Dresden museum.
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- When he was an exile in Dapitan, he collected different kinds of species of animals. Among there were the Draco Rizali (Wandolleck), a specie of flying dragon; Rachophorous Rizali (Boetger), a hithertho unknown specie of toad; and Apogonia Rizali (Heller), a small beetle, which were later named after him.
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