diced b Jos e S. Arc a, - non

"But so did Father Bur—"But he was unable to finish uttering the name . . . .His wife leaped to cover his mouth with her hand."Go on! That's right! Say his name so they'll string you up inBagumbayan tomorrow morning! Don't you know it's enoughto pronounce his name to get yourself condemned withouttrial? Go on, say it!" (Noli, 369)42. Rizal to Mariano Ponce, 18 April 1889: ER, 11-3, 1, 356.43. Manuel Jerez Burgos, Declaraciones al diario REPUBLICAFILIPINA, 30 December 1889. See Retana, Vida y escritos del Dr. Rizal, 19.44. Rizal, "La Verdad pars todos," La Solidaridad, 31 May 1889: ER,VII, 99.45. Francisco Cafiamaque, Recuerdos de Filipinas, I (Madrid, 1877),150-153, 210-215; (Madrid, 1879), 71-85, 224-256.46. Rizal to Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, 5 March 1887: "Noli metangere," words taken from St. Luke's gospel, mean `Do not touch me.' Thebook contains, therefore, things no one among us has spoken about until now;they are so delicate no person can touch them. In my case, I have tried to dowhat nobody wanted. I wanted to answer the calumnies which for so manycenturies have been heaped on us and our country . . . I uncovered thehypocrisy cloaked behind religion which has been impoverishing andbrutalizing us. I distinguished true religion from the false and thesupertitious, that which trades on the holy word to squeeze our money tomake us believe in sorcery, of which Catholicism would be ashamed had itknowledge of it . . . . The facts I relate are all true and have taken place: I canprovide proofs . . . what cannot be doubted is the impartiality of mynarratives": ER, II-3, 1, 91. Rizal expressed himself in similar terms toBlumentritt in a letter dated 21 March 1887: ER, II-2, 1, 106.47. Fidel Villaroel, 0. P., Father Jose Burgos, University Student.(Manila, 1971); John N. Schumacher, S.J., Father Jose Burgos, Priest andNationalist. (Quezon City, 1972).48. John N. Schumacher, S. J., Revolutionary Clergy. (Quezon City,1981) 37-40.292