RIZAL, MAN OF

HONOR AND A
GENTLEMAN
In a party on August, 1890 in Madrid,
Rizal challenged a drunken Antonio
Luna to a duel over the latter’s unsavory
remarks about Nellie Boustead, Rizal’s
girlfriend

“I believe that she will

bring happiness not only
to you but to any other
man who is worthy of her.
I congratulate you as one
congratulates a friend.”
Wenceslao E. Retana , the bitter enemy of Rizal in
pen. Attacked Filipinos including Rizal in various
newspaper in Madrid La Epoca – an anti- Filipino
newspaper . He insulted Rizal’s family, so Rizal
challenged to a duel. Retana at once published a
Retraction and apology in the newspaper. The
incident silenced Retana’s pen against Rizal. Later
on he write the biography of the greatest Filipino
hero, whose talents he came to recognize and
whose martyrdom he glorified.