By Miguel de Unamuno
I have just finished reading, for the second time, Vida y Escritos del Dr. Rizal, by W.E. Retana, and I close this reading with such a tempest of bitter reflections within the very core of my being; a tempest out of which emerges a truly brilliant figure that of Jose Rizal. He was a man of unlimited possibilities, a heroic soul, and today he is the idol of a people that will one day—I do not doubt—play a profound role in human civilization.
Who was this man?