the finale of life

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THE FINALE

OF LIFE WA S R I Z A L H I P, WA S H E

C O O L ?

Renalene Mae J. Duka

BSA4


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PETITION FOR PARDON OF RIZAL

The letter plays a very important role in history andcontemporary life, for it proved the following:

1. The loe o! a "o#he$ #o a %on kno&% no l'"'#%

an( )oun(a$'e%. A "o#he$ *oul( (o #he "o%#e+#$e"e #o %ae #he l'!e o! he$ %on.

. The R'-al !a"'l ho/e% a0a'n%# ho/e #ha# #heS/an'%h oe$n"en# *oul( hel/2 a!#e$ all he &a% /e$*e'e( a% a l')e$al $e/$e%en#a#'e o!

#he *$o&n o! %/a'n.


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HOW RIZAL WIH!" TO #!

#$RI!"

% To &y 'amily,

% I as( yo) for forgiveness for the pain Ica)sed yo), *)t some day I shall have die andit is *etter that I die now in the plentit)de ofmy conscience+

% "ear parents and *rothers: -ive than(s to-od that I may preserve my tran.)ility *eforemy death I die resigned, hoping that with mydeath yo) will *e left in peace Ah/ It is *etterto die than to live s)0ering 1onsole

yo)rselves


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% I en2oin yo) to forgive one another thelittle meanness of life and try to live )nitedin peace and good harmony Treat yo)r oldparents as yo) wo)ld li(e to *e treated *y yo)r children later Love them very m)ch in

my memory+

%#)ry me in the gro)nd 3lace a stoneand a cross over it &ay name, the date ofmy *irth, and the date of my death 4othing

more If later yo) wish to s)rro)nd my gravewith a fence, yo) can do it 4oanniversaries I prefer 3aang #)ndo(+

%Have pity on poor 5osephine+


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% I ass)re yo), *rother, that I die innocent of thiscrime of re*ellion If my former writings had*een a*le to contri*)te towards it, I sho)ld notdeny a*sol)tely, *)t then I *elieve I e7piated mypast with my e7ile

%Tell o)r father that I remem*er him, *)t how8I remem*er my whole childhood, his tenderness,his love As( him to forgive for the pain I ca)sedhim )nwillingly

% 9o)r *rother,

5ose Rial


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Rizal’s Last Words to His

Parents

% &y &ost Loved 'ather,

%'orgive me for the pain with which I pay

for yo)r str)ggles and toils to give me aned)cation I did not want this nor did I e7pectit 'arewell, 'ather, farewell/

%To my very *eloved &other, &rs Teodora

Alono % At ; oth of"ecem*er ?@;

5ose Rial


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The E+e*u#'on The co)rt martial fo)nd him g)ilty as chargedand condemned him to death The decision wassigned *y Jo%e Ta0o$e%, /$e%'(en# o! #he

*ou$#, an( B$aul'o Ro($'0ue- 3une-, R'*a$(oMuno-, e$"'n Pe$e- Ro($'0ue-, ManuelRe0ue$a, Manuel D'a- E%*$')ano, an(San#'a0o I-5u'e$(o.

On the B@th of "ecem*er, 3olavie2a approved

the recommendation and ordered Rial to *eshot at seven oth of decem*er on the Celd of #ag)m*ayan


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"ecem*er =>, ?@;, the day that dawnedover 'ort antiago, was one of the *almiestin 3hilippine history

Rial was facing e7ec)tion for spea(ing o)tagainst panish political and economic

denomination in the 3hilippines He hadalso committed the )npardona*le sin ofcriticiing the 1atholic 1h)rch

5ose Rial made one Cnal gest)re Het)rned to face the Cring s.)ad as if to say %I am innocent+

"own to that morning in "ecem*er =>,?@;, when Rial was done to death *y theCring s.)ad at #ag)m*ayan, the pages ofhistory have r)n red with the m)rder ofmen of science D


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Letters to Be Opened after His Death

On 5)ne B>, ?@B, Rial wrotetwo *ea)tif)l letters pac(ed with

fate, one to his relatives andfriends, the other to hisco)ntrymen He sealed them andon the envelope of each wrote : 6

To )e o/ene( a!#e$ " Dea#h7He left these letters with his

friend Loreno &ar.)e of&acao


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The Last Farewell

He wrote the famo)s poem %&y Last 'arewell+ It was written on a small sheet of note paper, foldedlengthwise into a narrow strip and then do)*led andwedged inside the tan( of a little alcohol lamp onwhich his coo(ing in the cell had *een done

• % I have nothing to give yo) a so)venir e7cept thecoo(ing lamp &rs Tavera gave me while I was in3aris+ E farewell message to his sister trinidadF

• &ARIA4O 3O41! G gave the title %&i $ltimo Adios+

• In fact it was the time that #onifacio as(ed if heco)ld (eep for some copy of Rial


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• % &i $ltimo Adios+ may *e read as Rial

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