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José Rizal

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (1861–1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered to be a national hero of the Philippines.

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“It is better to honor a good man in life than to worship him after he is dead.”

— José Rizal《Rizal's own story of his life》

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Rizal's own story of his life

Rizal's own story of his life is a literary work by José Rizal. Its themes and subject matter include Philippines biographies and Rizal, José, 1861-1896. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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