“In the Middle Ages, everything bad was the work of the devil, everything good, the work of God. Today, the French see everything in reverse and blame the Germans for it.”

Letter to Fr. Pastells (11 November 1892)

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Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist 1861–1896

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