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Issue 25 DECEMBER 30

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The weekly newsletter of Marites Incorporated

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Definition of the
word "Hero"

Jose Rizal, the Featuring Jose Rizal as part
Greatest National of the anniversary of Rizal's
Hero of All Time! 1896 execution at
Bagumbayan.
Who made Jose
Rizal the foremost Dr. José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
national hero? Realonda is a well-known individual that
has been mentioned extensively in the
Marites Inc. context of Philippine history. He was
against the Spanish colonial government in
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f. 945-9586-958 novels "Noli Me Tangere" and "El
e. [email protected] Filibusterismo." He is considered the
a. Manila, Philippines national hero in the Philippines.
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The Filipino people are aware of and honor
his life and death. In addition, his name is a
byword in every Filipino home. Streets,
towns, barrios, educational institutions,
societies, and trade names are named after
him. His image can also be found on peso
bills. As Rafael Palma said, "The doctrines of
Rizal are not for one epoch but for all
epochs. They are as valid today as they were
yesterday. It cannot be said that because the
political ideals of Rizal have been achieved,
because of the change in the institutions,
the wisdom of his counsels, or the value of
his doctrines have ceased to be opportune.
They have not."

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It defines the passage according to
Webster's New International Dictionary of
the English Language.

a prominent or central personage taking
admirable part in any remarkable
action or event.
a person of distinguished valor or
enterprise in danger.
a man honored after death by public
worship because of exceptional service
to mankind.

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Jose Rizal,
The Greatest
National Hero
of all time!

In the article, "Who made Jose Even before the outburst of the
Rizal our foremost national
hero and why?" written by revolution, there were Filipinos and
Esteban De Ocampo, it is
discussed why Rizal is our foreigners who perceived Rizal's
national hero. And who made
Rizal the foremost national leadership of his people, like
hero?
Fernando Acevedo, Prof.
Dr. Jose Rizal is a man of many
things: a poet, an author, an Blumentritt, Napoleon M., and Dr.
opthalmologist, and a polymath.
Rizal is a very intelligent man, Maximo Viola.
and by his profession, he can
have a successful life with his

loved ones, but he chooses to
sacrifice himself to obtain There are some Filipinos who say that
freedom for his beloved Andrés Bonifacio should be our national
country. He used a pen to hero because Rizal never held a gun or
express himself in his two committed violent acts in fighting for
novels that expose the liberty, but it was very well stated by
wrongdoings of Spanish rule in Rafael Palma that it should be a source of
the Philippines. pride and satisfaction for us since heroes
in other nations are warriors and generals
who used their swords and blood in
battle. Whereas the Filipino hero used a
pen, he showed that a pen is mightier
than a sword. According to Sir Thomas
Browne ‘Scholars are men of peace; they
bear no arms, but their tongues are
sharper than the sword; their pens carry
further & give a louder report than
thunder.’

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Who made Jose Rizal the foremost
national hero?

No one has made Rizal a I firmly believed what Rafael
hero of his people, but Rizal
himself, his own people, and Palma said, which is that Jose
foreigners contribute to
making him the greatest Rizal's life is very universal
hero. He has done a lot for
our country in order to free and alive and does not end in
us from an abusive Spanish
colonial government. He any Philippine history books,
stood and resisted them,
willing to sacrifice his life for classrooms, or monuments.
his beloved country.
We must remember Rizal's

legacy in the Philippines

because it was his ideas about

the tyranny of the Spanish

colonizers that inspired the

Philippine Revolution. Future

generations, and more

importantly, today's

generation, shouldn't forget

about it.

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