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    Rizal's own Story of his Life
    Rizal's own Story of his Life
    Rizal's own Story of his Life
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    Rizal's own Story of his Life

    By Jose Rizal

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    —Autographic quotation from Rizal.
    Rizal's Song "Hymn to Labor"
    Rizal's Song "Maria Clara's Lullaby"
    My Boyhood
    My First Reading Lesson
    My Childhood Impressions
    The Spanish Schools of My Boyhood
    The Turkey that Caused the Kalamba Land Trouble
    From Japan to England Across America
    My Deportation to Dapitan
    Advice to a Nephew
    Filipino Proverbs
    Filipino Puzzles
    Rizal's "Don'ts"
    Poem: Hymn to Labor
    Memory Gems from Rizal's Writings
    Mariang Makiling
    NOT BY RIZAL
    The Memory of Rizal
    Rizal Chronology
    A Reading List
    Philippine National Hymn.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheranboco
    Release dateAug 2, 2016
    ISBN9783736407053
    Rizal's own Story of his Life
    Author

    Jose Rizal

    José Rizal (1861-1896) was a Filipino poet, novelist, sculptor, painter, and national hero. Born in Calamba, Rizal was raised in a mestizo family of eleven children who lived and worked on a farm owned by Dominican friars. As a boy, he excelled in school and won several poetry contests. At the University of Santo Tomas, he studied philosophy and law before devoting himself to ophthalmology upon hearing of his mother’s blindness. In 1882, he traveled to Madrid to study medicine before moving to Germany, where he gave lectures on Tagalog. In Heidelberg, while working with pioneering ophthalmologist Otto Becker, Rizal finished writing his novel Touch Me Not (1887). Now considered a national epic alongside its sequel The Reign of Greed (1891), Touch Me Not is a semi-autobiographical novel that critiques the actions of the Catholic Church and Spanish Empire in his native Philippines. In 1892, he returned to Manila and founded La Liga Filipina, a secret organization dedicated to social reform. Later that year, he was deported to Zamboanga province, where he built a school, hospital, and water supply system. During this time, the Katipunan, a movement for liberation from Spanish rule, began to take shape in Manila, eventually resulting in the Philippine Revolution in 1896. For his writing against colonialism and association with active members of Katipunan, Rizal was arrested while traveling to Cuba via Spain. On December 30, 1896, he was executed by firing squad on the outskirts of Manila and buried in an unmarked grave.

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      it is rare to find and read books about the hero. i guess it is the real writing even if translated because the words best described the man from the past.
    • 5/5
      First-hand recollections of Jose Rizal, Hero of Philippines Independence.
      He wrote the first three chapters when he was 17, starting with his birth on Juneteenth 1861. We discover his love of the Count of Monte Cristo at age 12, and the unjust imprisonment of his dear Mother, a foreshadowing of Rizal's ultimate sacrifice.
      This is the inspiring story of a polymath who lived by his principles.

      My only caution is the ebook suffers from computerized transformation.
      A more coherent version is freely available here.
      ( apologies for the scrambled address)
      h.t.t.p.s . etc archiveDOTorg /details/rizalsownstoryof00riza/mode/2up
      It also doubles as an audio book.

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    Rizal's own Story of his Life - Jose Rizal

    PHILIPPINES!

    RIZAL’S HYMN TO LABOR

    Words by José Rizal

    (Arranged from Chas. Derbyshire’s translation; lines in different order.)

    Tune of The Wearing of the Green

    RIZAL’S MARIA CLARA’S LULLABY

    Words by José Rizal

    (Chas. Derbyshire’s translation)

    Music by Juan Hernandez

    THE AUTHOR AT 14

    RIZAL’S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE

    IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND THERE ARE NAMES WHICH OF THEMSELVES SIGNIFY ACHIEVEMENTS. THEY CALL FORTH REVERENCE AND REMIND US OF GREATNESS.

    SIGNATURE ON THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE NOVEL EL FILIBUSTERISMO

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    Dr. W. W. Marquardt suggested this book.

    Miss Josephine Craig advised and assisted in the selections.

    Hon. C. E. Yeater read and criticised the original manuscript.

    Miss M. W. Sproull revised the translations.

    Dean Francisco Benitez acted as pedagogical adviser.

    Miss Gertrude McVenn simplified the language for primary school use.

    Mr. John C. Howe adapted and arranged the music.

    Mr. Frederic H. Stevens planned the make-up and, in spite of wartime difficulties, provided the materials needed.

    Mr. Chas. A. Kvist supervised the production.

    Mr. C. H. Noronha, who, in 1897, in his Hongkong magazine Odds and Ends, first published Rizal’s farewell poem My Last Thought, was the careful and obliging proofreader.

    Assistant Insular Architect Juan Arellano, a colleague of the editor on the Dapitan Rizal national park committee, designed the sampaguita decorations.

    Mr. A. Garcia achieved creditable illustrations out of poorly preserved photographs whose historical accuracy has not been impaired by the slightest embellishment.

    And the entire establishment of Messrs. E.C. McCullough & Company—printers, pressmen and bookbinders—labored zealously and enthusiastically to do credit to the imprint: "Made in Manila—The Work of Filipinos".

    The Memory of Rizal

    is kept alive in many ways:

    1. A province near Manila bears his name.

    2. The anniversary of his death is a public holiday.

    3. A memorial school has been built by the Insular Government in his native town.

    4. His home in exile has been made a national park.

    5. The first destroyer of the future Philippine navy is named Rizal.

    6. Rizal’s portrait appears on the two-peso bill.

    7. Rizal’s portrait appears on the two-centavo postage stamp.

    A 2-centavo postage stamp

    A two-peso bill

    A 2-centavo stamped envelope

    A Philippine post card

    ILLUSTRATIONS

    Page

    Rizal’s pencil sketch of himself        1

    Rizal at 14        4

    Rizal’s painting of his sister Saturnina        6

    Rizal’s portrait on Philippine postage and money        8

    Rizal’s home, Kalamba        12

    Rizal’s mother and two of his sisters        16

    Clay model of dog and cayman combat        17

    Where Rizal went to school in Biñan        18

    Rizal monument, Biñan        24

    Santa Rosa Gate, on Biñan-Kalamba road        26

    Model of a Dapitan woman at work        28

    Rizal’s uncle        29

    Rizal’s uncle’s home in Biñan        30

    Guardia Civil soldier        31

    Rizal’s mother        33

    Rizal’s father        34

    One of Rizal’s teachers, Terracotta bust by Rizal        36

    Padre Sanchez, Rizal’s favorite teacher in the Ateneo        37

    Carving of the Sacred Heart, made by Rizal in the Ateneo        44

    Wooden bust of Rizal’s father        45

    Rizal at 18        48

    Rizal’s sacrifice of his life        57

    Professor Burgos        58

    The lake shore at Kalamba        60

    A Manila school girl, drawn by Rizal        62

    Rizal in Paris        64

    Rizal at 30        66

    Crayon portrait of Rizal’s cousin Leonore        70

    Dapitan plaza and townhall        80

    Wooden medallion of Mrs. José Rizal        84

    Chalk pipehead, Rizal’s last modeling        86

    Rizal at 27        90

    Manila skyline, sketched by Rizal        92

    Rizal at 22        104

    Rizal at 24        106

    Rizal at 26        108

    Rizal at 28, from a group picture        110

    Rizal at 28, profile        114

    Rizal Mausoleum, Luneta, Manila        118

    Noli Me Tangere manuscript-cover design, by Rizal        120

    El Filibusterismo manuscript-cover, lettered by Rizal        121

    Portrait of Rizal at time of finishing

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