Rizal in Paris (1885-1886)

Rizal in Paris (1885-1886)

Rizal in Paris (1885-1886)
Jos now went to Paris to
study ophthalmology. Dr.
Louis de Wecker of Paris,
"the leading authority among
the oculists of France", found
Rizal such a competent
student and admired him so
much, that he took him as his
clinical assistant. This was
exactly what Rizal most
desired, for he was getting
the best preparation in
Europe to extract the
cataracts from his mother's
eyes.
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
University of Heidelberg
25-year-old Rizal completed
in 1887 his eye specialization
under the renowned Prof.
Otto Becker in Heidelberg

Left Heidelberg a poem, A
las flores del Heidelberg;
both an evocation and a
prayer for the welfare of his
native land and the
unification of common values
between East and West

Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
A las flores del Heidelberg
Go to my country, go foreign flowers,
Planted by the traveler on his way,
And there beneath that sky of blue
That over my beloved towers,
Speak for this traveler to say
What faith in his homeland he
breathes to you.

Go and say.... Say that when the dawn
First brew your calyx open there
Beside the River Necker chill,
You saw him standing by you, very
still,
Reflecting on the primrose flush you
wear.

Say that when the morning light
Her toll of perfume from you wrung,
While playfully she whispered, "How I
love you!
He too murmured here above you
Tender love songs in his native
tongue.
That when the rising sun the height
Of Koenigsthul in early morn first spies,
And with its tepid light
Is pouring life in valley, wood, and
grove,
He greets the sun as it begins to rise,
Which in his native land is blazing
straight above.

And tell them of that day he staid
And plucked you from the border of the
path,
Amid the ruins of the feudal castle,
By the River Neckar, and in the sylvan
shade.

Tell them what he told you
As tenderly he took
Your pliant leaves and pressed them in
a book,
Where now its well-worn pages close
enfold you.
Carry, carry, flowers of Rhine,
Love to every love of mine,
Peace to my country and her fertile loam,
Virtue to her women, courage to her men,
Salute those darling ones again,
Who formed the sacred circle of our home.

And when you reach that shore,
Each kiss I press upon you now,
Deposit on the pinions of the wind,
And those I love and honor and adore
Will feel my kisses carried to their brow.

Ah, flowers, you may fare through,
Conserving still, perhaps, your native hue;
Yet, far from Fatherland, heroic loam
To which you owe your life,
The perfume will be gone from you;
For aroma is your soul; it cannot roam
Beyond the skies which saw it born, nor
e'er forget.
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal went on to Austria and
visited the greathearted
ethnologist Dr. Ferdinand
Blumentritt in his home in
Leitmeritz, Bohemia.
Blumentritt and Rizal loved
each other like father and
son. Dr. Blumentritt
afterward wrote a glowing
tribute to the scientific
achievements of Rizal,
calling him the most
important man, not only of
his own country, but also of
the Malay race.
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Europe
He transferred to the
University of Leipzig to
study psychology and
history. Here he became
a friend of
Professor Friedrich
Ratzel, one of the
historians who helped
change the methods of
historical research.
Ratzel, after the death of
Rizal, wrote a long
glowing tribute to the
brilliant Filipino, for his
scholarship and
character.
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
Rizal in Germany (1886-1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
European tour with Viola (1887)
First Homecoming (1887)
First Homecoming (1887)
First Homecoming (1887)
First Homecoming (1887)
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