We thank Dr. Bob Laubach for permission to put his father's biography of Dr. José Rizal in the World Wide Web as an electronic book. All copyrights remain in effect for the printed work.

Persons may freely quote or copy form this work if acknowledgement of the source is given.

Dr. Robert L. Yoder is responsible for retyping the original. He accepts all errors that were made in it other than any errors that might have occurred the original work. He is responsible for the annotations. Inasmuch as an electronic book may be immediately corrected he would appreciate knowledge of where changes need to be made. Please inform him at the following address:

DrRobertL_Yoder@excite.com

The following persons helped to proofread the work:
> Juan Ayala
> Mr. Chris McMillan
> Mr. Candido Miranda
> Mr. José Sanchez

These persons deserve much credit for they expended many careful hours in carefully discerning the errors that were in the text.

Deep appreciation is expressed to Curtis and Linda Sue Barnes for many hours taken out of their busy schedules to scan pictures for this biography.