This document discusses an article Jose Rizal wrote in La Solidaridad analyzing the past, present, and future of the Philippines. Rizal argued that to understand a people's destiny, one must understand their history. He observed that Philippine history involved clashes of cultures and races as well as bloodshed under Spanish rule. While his predictions may have seemed like prophecies, Rizal claimed he was simply analyzing the situation based on careful observation of the past and present to deduce the future.

3.  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.

4.  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.

5.  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.

6.  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.

7.  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:

8.  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.