Chapter 14 Rizals Life and Work

Chapter 15LIFE AND WORKS IN LONDON(1888-89)
3. Stay in LondonLived in London May 1888 to Mar. 18893 reasons why he stayed there:To improve the his knowledge of the English LanguageTo study and annotate Morga’sSucesos de Las Islas FilipinasLondon was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish TyrannyFilipiniana studiesCompleting annotating Morga’s booksWrote many articles in La SolidaridadPenned Young Women of MalolosHad romance with Gertrude Beckett
4. Trip Across the AtlanticMade friends in his Atlantic voyageAmazed some American and European passengersHad a chat with newspaper men but became disappointedArrived on Liverpool May 24, 1888“Liverpool is a big and beautiful city and its celebrated port is worthy of its great fame. The entrance is magnificent and the custom house is quite good.”
5. youLife in LondonWent to London May 25, 1888Stayed as a guest at Dr.Regidor’s homeBecame a boarder at the Beckett’s by the end of MayWas called “Pearl of Man” by Dr. Reinhold RostPlayed Cricket and Boxing with Dr. Rost’s sons.
6. Good and Bad News from HomeBad NewsPersecution of the Filipino patriots who signed the “Anti-friar Petition of 1888”Persecution of Calamba tenantsFurious attacks on Rizal by Senator Salamanca and Vida in the Spanish Cortes and by Desengaños (Wenseslao E. Retana) and Quioquiap (Pablo Feced) in Spanish newspapersRizal’s brother-in-law, Manuel Hidalgo was exiled in BoholLaureanoViado, his friend was arrested and jailed because copies of Noli were found in his house
7. Good and Bad News from HomeGood NewsRev. Vicente Garcias’ defended Noli against the attacks of the friars.Content of the letter We young Filipinos are trying to make over a nation and must not halt in our onward march, but from time to time turn our gaze upon our elders. We shall wish to read in their contenances approval of our actions. We are anxious to learn of the Philippines’ past which we need to understand in order to plan intelligently for the future. We want to know all that our ancestors knew, and then add our own studies to theirs. Thus we shall progress the faster because we can go on from where they left off.
8. Annotating Morga’s booksSpent many days in the reading room of the British Museum reading Morga’s books and old stories of the PhilippinesWrote a letter to Blumentritt on Sept. 17, 1888Mariano Ponce urged him to edit a newspaper but refused
9. Short Visit to Paris and SpainSeptember 1888 he visited Paris for a weekEntertained in a gay French Metropolis by Juan Luna and his wifeHe returned to LondonDec. 11, 1888 he went to SpainMet Marcelo H. del Pilar and Mariano Ponce
10. Christmas in LondonRizal returned to London on Dec. 24, 1888 and spent his Christmas and new year ‘s day with the Becketts.He sent a gift to Blumentritt and Dr. Carlos CzepelakReceived a gift from Mrs. Beckett
11. Rizal becomes leader of Filipinos in EuropeChosen to be honorary presidentWrote a letter of thanks adressed to the members of Asociacion La Solidaridad on Jan. 28, 1889Letter contentWhen defeated never surrenderGreat deal of integrity and much good will
12. Rizal and the La Solidaridad paperGraciano Lopez founded La Solidaridad on Feb.15,1889 at BarcelonaMarcelo H. del Pilar about their newspaperRizal congratulated Lopez Jaena and the associates and wrote articles
13. First Article in La SolidaridadLos Agricultores Filipinos (The Filipino Farmers)Published Mar. 25, 1889Depicted the deplorable conditions in the Philippines which cause the backwardness of the country. The Filipino farmers has to struggle not only against petty tyrants and robbers.Against the first, defense indeed was permitted; against the latter not always… After the floods, locusts, fires, bad harvests, and the like the farmer capitalist has to deal with constable who takes away from his laborer s for personal service, some public works repair of roads, bridges and others; with the civil guards who arrests them for various reasons sometimes for not carrying with them their personal cedulas (certificates) for not saluting properly,
14. First Article in La Solidaridad For being suspicious persons or for no reason whatsoever, and they manacle them to clean the barracks and thus compel the capitalist to live on better terms with the chief and, if not, they take away his carabaos, oxen, inspite of many protests. At times it is not the constable or the civil guard who opposes so indirectly the minister of colonies. An official of the court or the provincial government, dissatisfied with the farmer, urgently summons this or that laborer, if not two or three. The unfortunate man underyakes a tripof two or three days, uneasy and distrustful, spends his savings, arrives, presents himself, waits, returns the next day and waits, finally to be asked a frown and the look of a judge, abstruse and unknown things. He is lucky if he comes out free from questioning, for not infrequently after it, he is sent to jail from which he comes out lateras stupid as before.
15. Writings in LondonLa Vision del Fray Rodriguez (The vision of Fray Rodriguez)Published at BarcelonaLetter to the Young Women of MalolosM.H. del PilarPraise the young ladies of Malolos for their courage to establish a school where they could learn spanish despite the opposition of Fr. Felipe Garcia, Spanish parish priest of Malolos.A Filipino mother should teach her children love of God, fatherland, and mankindFilipino mother should be glad, like the Spartan motherFilipino woman should know how to preserve her dignity and honorFilipino woman should educate herself, aside from retaining her good racial virtues;Faith is not merely reciting long prayers and wearing religious pictures, but rather it is living the real Christian way, with good morals and good manners.
16. Writings in LondonSpecimens of Tagalog FolkloreTwo Eastern FablesRequested by: Dr. Rost
17. Romance with Gertrude BeckettGertrude BeckettBuxom English girl with brown hair, blue eyes, and rosy cheeksEldest of the three sistersFell in love with Rizalhelped him in his painting and sculpture“Gettie”Rizal finished 4 sculpturesPromotheus BoundThe Triumph of Death over LifeThe Triumph of Science over DeathComposite carving of the heads of the Beckett sisters
18. Adios LondonRizal’s sculptural worksPrometheus Bound The Triumph of Death over LifeThe Triumph of Science over DeathCarving of the heads of the 3 Beckett sistersMarch 19, 1889 - he leaved London