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TO TI E MEMORYOFTHE FILIPINO MARTYR• DR. JOSE RIZALExeculed al Bagumbayan, December 30, 1896.When you dedicated the belated leaves of your immortalnovel to the three venerable martyrs of 1872, you then took theoath to number yourself among the immortalized sons of ourfatherland. And so you are!When in your life could be traced the attempted endeavorof a fervent lover of freedom, a patriot in deeds, a thinker unslaved,who dared the risks of life and all by voluntarily steppingroto the trap of his enemies only to be near his country, as aphysician risking dangers only to reach his patient, you indeedset an example for every youth of our fatherland. If for any motiveyour enemies beneath amatorial cloak should besmirch yourstainless memory by any irresponsibility attributed to your name,then should all the youth of this our native land join hands andswear to make their watch that not an unclean hand shall everdefile your sacred memory!As b3lated wreaths, therefore, these pages are dedicated to you,the Filipino Martyr, who was at once the enemy of hypocrisy,intolerante, slavery, disunion, irresponsibility, and every othercurse on humanity!

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