Accepted model for the Rizal monument by the designer of the Swiss National Tell monument.
Page 265The fiftieth anniversary of Rizal’s birth was observed throughout the Archipelago with exercises in every community by public schools now organized along the lines he wished, to make self-dependent, capable men and women, strong in body as in mind, knowing and claiming their own rights, and recognizing and respecting those of others.
His father died early in the year that the flags changed, but the mother lived to see honor done her son and to prove herself as worthy, for when the Philippine Legislature wanted to set aside a considerable sum for her use, she declined it with the true and rightfully proud assertion, that her family had never been patriotic for money. Her funeral, in 1911, was an occasion of public mourning, the Governor-General, Legislature and chief men of the Islands attending, and all public business being suspended by proclamation for the day.
A capitol for the representatives of the free people of the Philippines, and worthy of the pioneer democratic government in the Orient, is soon to be erected on the Luneta, facing the big Rizal monument which will mark the place of execution of the man who gave his life to prepare his countrymen for the changed conditions.
The Rizal monument in front of the new Capitol.
The Tagalog Story of the Monkey and the Tortoise Illustrated by José Rizal
Note
An English version of this story entitled “The foolish monkey and the wise turtle” is found in The First Year Book published by The World Book Company of New York and Manila. Page 269
The Novels of José Rizal Translated from Spanish into English
By
Charles Derbyshire
The Social Cancer (Noli me Tangere) Price 3.00 Pesos
The Reign of Greed (El Filibusterismo) Price 2.75 Pesos
“A complete picture of the Philippines under the old regime. Their appearance ... is noteworthy as a literary event and as an important fact in the history of the American people in their world relations.”—American Review of Reviews.
“Here are two books that every American should read: not simply because a Malay novelist is a great curiosity, but because these romances contain a serious exposition of the conditions which prevailed in the Philippines before the American occupation.”—New York Nation.
“The best, because the most far-reaching memorial to Rizal is the translations of his picturesque novels of Filipino life.”—Current Opinion.
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