“Now must I ponder deep,

Meditate, and struggle on;

Even sometimes I must weep;
For he who loved would keep
Great pain has undergone.”
- Jose Rizal
M.H DEL PILAR
- Rizal's friend
 Jose Albert – accompanied Jose Rizal
when he moved to Brussels

 38 Rue Philippe Champagne – where

Jose Rizal and Jose Albert live
(boarding house). Managed by the
JACOBY SISTERS.

 Jose Alejandrino - replaced Jose Albert

( he left the city) in the boarding
house . An engineering student.
Bad News from Home
 Calamba Agrarian trouble was getting
worse
 The Dominican order filed a suit in
court to disposes the Rizal family of
their lands in Calamba
 Tenants was ejected and persecuted
from their lands.
 Paciano and his brother-in-laws are
being deported anywhere.
Rizal was never idle even for an
hour. He is busy doing:
 Chapters of his new novel “El
Filibusterismo” which was the
continuation of “Noli Me Tangere”.
 He wrote articles for “LA
SOLIDARIDAD”.
 Wrote letters for his family and
friends.
 Spent part- time in the medical
 For recreation, he spent time
for gymnastics at the
gymnasium.
 Target practice and
 Fencing in the armory.

Rizal’s activity in Brussels was written

in his
letter to Antonio Luna.
RIZAL’S
ARTICLE IN
LA
SOLIDARIDA
D.
(Rizal, M.H Del Pilar, Lopez-Jaena)
 Graciano Lopez-Jaena – favored by
Rizal in founding La Solidariad in
order to have an organ for the
Propaganda.
 Rizals pen names:
 Dimas Alang
 Laong Laan

Rizal splendid articles in La

Solidaridad (1889 - 1890 ):

 “ La Verdad Para Todos “ ( The Truth

For All) . Rizal first article May 31,
 “Verdades Nuevas” (New Truths). July
31, 1889.
 “Una Profinacion”(A Profination). July
31, 1889. A biting attack for the friars
for refusing to bury Mariano Herbosa in
the Catholic cemetery because he was a
brother- in-laws of Rizal.
 “Diferencia”(Differnce). Sept. 15, 1889
 “Filipinas dentro de Cien Años”( The
Philippines A Century Hence) . Publish
serially on Sept. 30, Oct 31, and Dec.
15, 1889. A prophecy that someday
Filipino will rise against Spain and win
 “Ingratitude” ( Ingratitude). January 15,
1890. A reply to Gov. General Weyler
who says to the people of Laguna
province “ should not themselves be
deceived by the vain promises of the
ungrateful sons”.

 “Sin Nombre” (Without Name). Feb. 28,

1890

 “ Sobre la Nueva Ortografia de la lingua

Tagala” (On the New Orthography of the
Tagalog Language). April 15, 1890.
 “Cosas de Filipinas” (Things
About Philippines). April 30,
1890

 “Sobre la Indolencia de los

Filipinos”(On the Indolence of
the Filipinos), July 15 –
September 15, 1890. A brilliant
essay in defense of the Filipino
indolence.
 May 28, 1890 - Rizal wrote to M.H Del
Pilar reminding the Filipinos in Madrid
that they did not come to Europe to
gamble, but to work for their
fatherland’s freedom.

The gambling Filipino in Madrid were

angry when they learned f Rizal’s
moralizing. Thereafter, they called
Rizal “Papa” (Pope) instead of Pepe.
RIZAL CRITICISES MADRID
FILIPINOS FOR GAMBLING
 Juan Luna and Valentin Ventura –
informed Rizal about the Filipino in
Spain who were destroying the good
name of their nation (Philippines) by
gambling too much.
- They are the two compatriots in
Paris who urged Rizal to do something
about the gambling issue.