A hero with a pen: The death of Marcelo H. del Pilar

- further to look for a time when - frail man facing water cannons - founder of the or a man shot to death in his

have laid their lives on the line one who also became one of our -

- tions were made while he was used the language of the people to publications and activities against made a painful decision to leave

- laqueño Mariano Ponce who had been organizing a newspaper in to air their grievances against the the and eventu wrote about their common misfortunes under colonialism and at a time when we didn’t think that

- - who could still walk around at

Plaridel told his wife that things the that he had to rummage for used cigarette butts that he could still to God for the good fortune of He expressed his wish to go back work to attain the happiness ad to the Philippines once he had He died thinking that he had

he and his friends addressed - the hero with a pen succeeded in had made his lungs weaker and - to utilize in forging the national consciousness and the creation of witness to the long hours without sleep because of insomnia and his - tions needing to be studied and the winter night and start working

for Hong Kong where he could when the right time was to return - more radical because of his more

With the death of his collaborator Graciano Lopez Jaena - that remained with del Pilar was with him from Madrid to board was forced to rent a house there to wait for his condition to get had to admit him to the Hospital