Two and half days indulged in Jose Rizal's life in Europe and it felt like being introduced to his intellectual strategies to eliminate the cruelty that was widely spread in the Philippines. The patriot was no rich traveler; it's heartbreaking to note that on more than one occasion he fell into hunger and hopelessness, yet it's equally heartwarming to discover that his wit and quick humor did him well as to become associated with and respected by great men of Europe, such as Rudolf Virchow.
However, I should like to express my great disappointment in the 2.25-inch thick single-volume Hutchinson Encyclopedia for the reason that it does not contain an article about the Philippines.
My weekend isn't over, but my reports aren't either! What a shame.
From Jose Rizal's A las Flores de Heidelberg:
Go, flowers of a foreign land,However, I should like to express my great disappointment in the 2.25-inch thick single-volume Hutchinson Encyclopedia for the reason that it does not contain an article about the Philippines.
My weekend isn't over, but my reports aren't either! What a shame.
From Jose Rizal's A las Flores de Heidelberg:
Sown by travelers along the way,
Go to my country, and beneath her blue skies,
Guardian of my desires,
Tell of this wanderer,
And of his faith that is nourished by his native soil.
Go and tell-tell how even when dawn
Opened your petals for the first time
Beside the frozen Neckar,
You found him beside you, thoughtful and silent
Amid the spring that never fails to come.
May his iron determination inspire those of us who need a little push to pursue our visions.
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