“Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.”

— José Rizal

Toast to the artists Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo: Madrid, Spain (25 June 1884)

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Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist 1861–1896

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