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7 - Frustrations in Europe, HK Medical Practice, New Calamba Project, 2ND Homecoming
7 - Frustrations in Europe, HK Medical Practice, New Calamba Project, 2ND Homecoming
IN EUROPE
ANTI-GAMBLING
POPE
• He received news from Juan Luna
and Valentin Ventura that some
Filipinos in Spain are engaged in too
much gambling
• He advised them not to waste their
money but continue supporting the
Propaganda instead, which was the
main reason for coming to Madrid.
ANTI-GAMBLING
POPE
• The gambling Filipinos were angered
upon learning about Rizal’s comments
and ridiculed him for acting like a
“Pope.”
• Rizal countered, in his letter to Del
Pilar, that his fellow Filipinos came to
Madrid to work for the Fatherland’s
freedom.
THE SEQUEL: “EL
FILIBUSTERISMO”
• It is Rizal’s novel on a nation that is
on the brink of a revolution.
• It is presented as an alternative
course to the reform efforts of
Filipinos.
• It also presented the dangers of
taking an alternative based on hate
and vengeance.
THE SEQUEL: “EL
FILIBUSTERISMO”