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Chapter 15
Life in Paris
He used most of his time in.. - the reading room of the Bibliotheque Nationale - living quarters writing letters to his family and friends - the gymnasium for his daily physical exercises - visiting his friends
Rizal as Historian
Rizals research studies in the British Museum (London) and in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris) enriched his historical knowledge His knowledge of foreign languages enabled Rizal to read historical documents: - Pigafettas famous First Voyage Around the World (Italian) - Works of Marsden, Raffles, Lord Stanley, and Wallace (English) - Writings of Blumentritt, Jagor, and Virchow (German) Historical Commentaries which qualify Rizal to be a real historian: Ma-yi (December 6, 1888) and Tawalisi of Ibn Batuta (January 7, 1889) (both written in London)
Por Telefono
La Vision del Fray Rodiguez - Fray Jose Rodriguez Por Telefono (Barcelona, 1889) - Fr. Salvador Font (banning of Noli) Dimas Alang Telephone conversation between Fr. Font (Madrid) and the father provincial (San Agustin Convent-Manila)
Christmas in Paris
Jose Albert Capitan Justo Trinidad Christmas dinner: fried chicken, rice, and vegetables Rizals last Christmas dinner in Paris After New Year brief visit to London (unknown purpose)
Christmas in Paris
Two theoretical reasons: - To check up his annotated edition of Morgas Sucesos with the original copy in the British Museum; and - To see Gertrude Beckett for the last time Middle of January 1890 back in Paris