Rizal analyzes the future of the Philippines within the next century under Spanish rule. He discusses three possible outcomes: 1) Assimilation into Spain with equal rights, 2) Destruction of the Philippines, or 3) Elimination of Spain from the Philippines. Rizal argues that the last option is most likely, as the existence of Spain as a foreign power in the Philippines goes against natural and ethical laws. He also questions whether Spain can prevent progress in the Philippines, as attempts to keep people uneducated, impoverished, and exterminate them have all failed to hinder the awakening of national consciousness.

1. THE PHILIPPINES A CENTURY HENCE

2.  This article he wrote in La
Solidaridad was pondering: Is
this true? Is this the article
that, predicted the future of
the Philippines from time? Is
this Rizal’s precious
intellect, to be our national
hero, more of a human being
that he was.

3.  The heavy title summarizes what may the
whole thing is all about. The article
is less excitement but more on
historical sense. The sentence of what
he wrote that “in order to read the
destiny of a people, it is necessary to
open the book of it’s past”. It was a
strong argument, and needed a logical
point of view. As much was said, the
Philippines was a battleground of the
clash of cultures, of blending of races
and of pitiful bloodshed. Rizal in his
own words painted the picture of our
past clearly; the depth of his writings
was proof of much grief and much work.

4.  He could have overreacted in
telling his stories, but the
next generation Filipinos
understood the hardships of
their forefathers. It can be
considered that the people had
enough war, that they longed
peace, and that they never
stopped hoping for happiness
and the right to live in their
own contentment.

5.  What supplied Rizal of the
heart for passion for his
country became his primary
mission to save from the terror
and tyranny of the cruel
Spaniards. His allusion of the
past Philippines and reading
gave the spark of idea to Rizal
that he is not actually
prophesying; instead, he was
telling in his article was but
an analysis.

6.  Something which was not commonly
done in his time, for the patterns
he used were commonly for science
experiments, where intelligent
guesses were made from observation.
He just carefully observed the
present and past situation of our
dear Motherland, and from then
“predicted” our future. He
fearlessly told the public of the
plans of domination of other
countries. These expositions were
Rizal’s own expression of three
things:

7.  installing fear on the current
regime of Spanish tyranny for them
to fly away from the country;
expressing sadness and failure, that
even if Spain let loose hold of the
Philippines, there will be other
countries in the world that are
ready to take hold of our country;
or maybe Rizal was even giving a
hint of hope to the Filipinos that
sooner or later, a great nation will
save their country from the
oppressive rule of Spain.

8. Submitted by:
Janice Sinsay
Mercy Diaz
Submitted to:
Professor Julie Salcedo

9. Part II

10. In PART 2 Of the essay, he answered the questi0n, what
will become of the phil. Within a century? Will they
continue to be a spanish colony?
He discuss first the hist0ry of malayan filipinos.
He state that, the phil. Peoples have remained faithful
during 3 centuries, giving up their liberty and their
independence, sometimes dazzled by the h0pe of the
paradise promised, sometimes cajoled by the friendship
offered them by a noble and generous people like the
spanish, sometimes also compelled by superiority of arms
of which ignorant and which timid spirits invested with a
mysterious character, or sometimes bec. The invading
foreigner took advantage of internecine feuds to step in as
the peacemaker in discord and thus after to dominate both
parties and subject them to his authority.

11. -because of that rizal expose the several issues that
concern our country.
1. The abuse of human rights.
2. The lack of freedom of the press.
He said that, the philippines will remain under spanish
dominati0n, but with more law and greater liberty, or
they will declare themselves independent after
steeping themselves and the mother country in blood.
That statement, rizal juzt wanted liberty from spain
not total seperation.
In his essay we see his urge to put freedom in our land
through peaceful negotations with the spanish gov. in
spain.

12. Submitted by:
Archie Reziel T. Esto
Francia Borais
IV-BPW
Submitted to:
Mrs. Julie Salcedo

13. Part 3

14.  If the Philippine will remain under the control of
Spain, transformation will eventually happen and will
affect the people. In this case some governors have
been trying to introduce needed reforms.
 But it produced scanty result for the government as
well as to the country. with this, our country is most
likely reminded to Sancho Panza in Barataria island
where he took his seat on appointed table covered with
fruits and variety of food but when Pedro Rezio
interposed Sancho was as hungry as ever.

15.  That he should not eat except according to the usage
and custom of other island. Philippines is like Sancho
reforms are the dishes, Rezio are those persons
interested in not having the dishes touched.
 The result is the long suffering of Sancho(Philippines)
misses his liberty and ends up rebelling. In this
manner as long as the Philippines have no liberty of
press all the efforts of the colonial ministers will meet
the fake like the dishes in Barataria Island.

16.  The minister who wants his reforms be reforms must
begin by declaring the press in the Philippines free and
by instituting Filipino delegates.
 A government that governs in a country may even
dispense with the press because it is on the ground has
eyes and ears, and directly observes what is rules and
administers.

17.  But a government that governs a far requires that the
truth and facts reach its knowledge by every possible
channel that it may weigh and estimate them
better, and this need increases when a country like
Philippines is concerned.
 A risk does the government see in them? One of the
three things either that they will prove unruly, become
political trimmers, or act properly.

18.  Supposing that we should yield to the most absurd
pessimism and admit the insult.
 Great for the Philippines but still greater for
Spain, certainly the Spanish people does not spare its
blood were patriotism is concern but would not a
struggle of principles in parliament be preferable to
the exchange of lands.

19.  Because the Spanish parliament especially abounds in
oratorical paladins invisible in debate.
 So we see no serious reason why Philippines may not
have representatives. We know that the lack of
enlightenment, the indolence, the egotism may
convert reform into a harmful instrument.

20.  When the laws and the acts of officials are kept under
surveillance the word justice may cease to be a colonial
just the things that makes the English must respected
in their possessions is their strict and speedy justice so
that the inhabitants repose entire confidence in the
judges justice is the foremost.

21.  Virtue of the civilized races we could add other minor
reforms touching commerce, agriculture, security of
individual and of property education and others.
 To recapitulate: The Philippines will remains Spanish
if they enter upon the life of law and civilization, if the
rights of their inhabitants are respected, if the other
rights due them are granted, if the liberal policy of the
government is carried out without false interpretation.

22.  Otherwise, if an attempt is made to see in the islands a
love to be exploited, a resource to satisfy
ambitious, however great may be the loyalty of
Filipinos and it will be impossible to hinder the
operations of the laws of history.
 Close indeed are the bonds that unite us to Spain. Two
peoples do not live for three centuries in continual
contract, sharing a same lot, holding their same
belief, worshipping the same GOD but that ties are
formed between them stronger than those engendered
by affection.

23.  We who today are struggling by the legal and peaceful
means of debate so understand it without going
beyond the pale of the law, but if violence first silences
us we have to misfortune to fall then we do not know
what course will be taken that will rush in to occupy
the places that we leave vacant.
 In contemplating such an unfortunate eventually we
must turn away in horror, and so instead of closing our
eyes we will face what the future may bring.

24. MARKRON M. TE
ANDRELYN C. BACABAC
IV - BPW

25. Part IV

26. "The existence of a foreign body within
another endowed with strength and
activity is contrary to all natural and
ethical laws. Science teaches us that it is
either assimilated, destroys the organism, is
eliminated or becomes encysted."

27. The "foreign body" is Spain.
The "within another" is
Filipinas (Philippines).

28. 1) The assimilation of Filipinas into Espanya
(become a province of Spain with Filipinos
having full rights and privileges as accorded
Peninsulares Spaniards or Spaniards born on
the Iberian Peninsula in Europe);
2) The destruction of Filipinas;

29. 3) The elimination of Spain (the foreign
body) from Filipinas.
Dr. Jose Rizal then discusses the
likelihood of each option in the
Philippines and of course the last seems
to be the most likely.

30. The question then arises as to what had
awakened the hearts and opened the
minds of the Filipino people with regards
to their plight. Eventually, the
natives realized that such oppression in
their society by foreign colonizers must
no longer be tolerated.

31. One question Rizal raises in this essay is
whether or not Spain can indeed prevent
the progress of the Philippines:
1. Keeping the people uneducated and
ignorant had failed. National
consciousness had still awakened, and
great Filipino minds still emerged from the
rubble.

32. 2. Keeping the people impoverished also
came to no avail. On the
contrary, living a life of eternal
destitution had allowed the Filipinos to
act on the desire for a change in their
way of life. They began to explore other
horizons through which they could
move towards progress.

33. 3. Exterminating the people as an
alternative to hindering progress did not
work either. The Filipino race was able to
survive amidst wars and famine, and
became even more numerous after such
catastrophes. To wipe out the nation
altogether would require the sacrifice of
thousands of Spanish soldiers, and this is
something Spain would not allow.

34. Spain, therefore, had no means to stop
the progress of the country. What it
needs to do is to change its colonial
policies so that they are in keeping with
the needs of the Philippine society and to
the rising nationalism of the people.

35. What Rizal had envisioned in his
essay came true. In 1898, the
Americans wrestled with Spain to
win the Philippines, and eventually
took over the country. Theirs was a
reign of democracy and liberty.

36. “History does not record in its annals any lasting
domination by one people over another, of
different races, of diverse usages and customs, of
opposite and divergent ideas. One of the two had
to yield and succumb.”

37. Submitted by:
Wilfredo A. Baldoza
IV-BPW
Submitted to:
Prof. Julie Salcedo