The Social Cancer

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THE SOCIAL CANCER

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The Social Cancer

A Complete English Version of Noli me Tangere
from the Spanish of

José Rizal

By
Charles Derbyshire

Manila
Philippine Education Company
1912

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THE NOVELS OF JOSÉ RIZAL

Translated from Spanish into English
By Charles Derbyshire


Copyright, 1912, by Philippine Education Company.
Entered at Stationers' Hall. Regiatrado en las Islas
Filipinas. All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

Chapters (not listed in original)

Translator's Introduction

I
Translator's Introduction § I
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 1
II
Translator's Introduction § II
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 15
III
Translator's Introduction § III
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 19
IV
Translator's Introduction § IV
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 25

Author's Dedication

Chapter
Page
I
A Social Gathering
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 1
II
Criostomo Ibarra
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 15
III
The Dinner
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 19
IV
Heretic and Filibuster
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 25
V
A Star in a Dark Night
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 33
VI
Captain Tiago
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 36
VII
An Idyl on an Azotea
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 50
VIII
Recollections
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 60
IX
Local Affairs
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 66
X
The Town
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 72
XI
The Rulers
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 76
XII
All Saints
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 82
XIII
Signs of Storm
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 87
XIV
Tasio: Lunatic or Sage
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 91
XV
The Sacristans
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 101
XVI
Sisa
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 106
XVII
Basilio
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 112
XVIII
Souols in Torment
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 118
XIX
A Schoolmaster's Difficulties
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 125
XX
The Meeting in the Town Hall
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 136
XXI
The Story of a Mother
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 149
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XXII
Lights and Shadows
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 157
XXIII
Fishing
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 161
XXIV
In the Wood
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 175
XXV
In the House of the Sage
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 188
XXVI
The Eve of the Fiesta
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 201
XXVII
In the Twilight
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 210
XXVIII
Correspondence
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 218
XXIX
The Morning
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 225
XXX
In the Church
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 231
XXXI
The Sermon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 236
XXXII
The Derrick
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 247
XXXIII
Free Thought
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 258
XXXIV
The Dinner
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 262
XXXV
Comments
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 273
XXXVI
The First Cloud
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 280
XXXVII
His Excellency
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 284
XXXVIII
The Procession
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 294
XXXIX
Doña Consolación
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 300
XL
Right and Might
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 312
XLI
Two Visits
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 321
XLII
The Espadañas
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 324
XLIII
Plans
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 337
XLIV
An Examination of Conscience
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 341
XLV
The Hunted
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 348
XLVI
The Cockpit
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 355
XLVII
The Two Señoras
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 366
XLVIII
The Enigma
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 372
XLIX
The Voice of the Hunted
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 375
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L
Elias's Story
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 386
LI
Exchanges
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 395
LII
The Cards of the Dead and the Shadows
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 399
LIII
Il Buon di si Conosce da Mattina
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 405
LIV
Revelations
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 412
LV
The Catastrophe
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 419
LVI
Rumors and Belief
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 426
LVII
Vae Victis!
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 434
LVIII
The Accursed
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 443
LIX
Patriotism and Private Interests
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 447
LX
Maria Clara Weds
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 459
LXI
The Chase on the Lake
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 472
LXII
Padre Damaso Explains
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 480
LXIII
Christmas Eve
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 484
Epilogue
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 493
Glossary
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 499


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