Rizal annotated Morga's Sucesos for several reasons. He considered Morga's work an invaluable early historical source written by a layman. Rizal also saw value in Morga's work. When suggested to write a history of the Philippines himself, Rizal felt he did not have the time, energy or knowledge, so annotating Morga's work was the next best option.
One of Rizal's happiest Christmas celebrations was in Hong Kong. He was gladened by the arrival of his father, brother and brother-in-law. Later, his mother and sisters also arrived. It was one of Rizal's happiest Christmas celebrations because it allowed
Rizal annotated Morga's Sucesos for several reasons. He considered Morga's work an invaluable early historical source written by a layman. Rizal also saw value in Morga's work. When suggested to write a history of the Philippines himself, Rizal felt he did not have the time, energy or knowledge, so annotating Morga's work was the next best option.
One of Rizal's happiest Christmas celebrations was in Hong Kong. He was gladened by the arrival of his father, brother and brother-in-law. Later, his mother and sisters also arrived. It was one of Rizal's happiest Christmas celebrations because it allowed
Rizal annotated Morga's Sucesos for several reasons. He considered Morga's work an invaluable early historical source written by a layman. Rizal also saw value in Morga's work. When suggested to write a history of the Philippines himself, Rizal felt he did not have the time, energy or knowledge, so annotating Morga's work was the next best option.
One of Rizal's happiest Christmas celebrations was in Hong Kong. He was gladened by the arrival of his father, brother and brother-in-law. Later, his mother and sisters also arrived. It was one of Rizal's happiest Christmas celebrations because it allowed
For the reason that Jose Rizal considered Morga’s Sucesos as an invaluable historical source because it was the earliest written by a layman. Also, Rizal saw the value of Morga’s work. As such, Ferdinand Blumentritt suggested thatRizal should write a Philippine history book, but Rizal felt he neither had the time nor the energy, much less a wide knowledge of our past, so the next best thing was to annotate Morga’s Sucesos. And to this, Rizal copied Morga’s book by hand as he was annotating it.
2. WHY WAS THE CHRISTMAS IN HONGKONG ONE OF THE HAPPIEST
YULETIDE CELEBRATION IN RIZAL'S LIFE? Primarily, one of the happiest Yuletide or Christmas Celebration in Rizal’s life was in Hongkong. For the reason that before Christmas of 1891, he was gladdened by the arrival of his father, Francisco Mercado, his brother, Paciano Rizal and his brother-in-law, Silvestre Ubaldo in Hongkong. Consequently, his mother, Teodora Alonso and sisters Lucia, Josefa and Trinidad later on arrived. It was one of the happiest Yuletide Celebration for Rizal had a family reunion in Hongkong.