Produced by Jeroen Hellingman The Social Cancer The Social Cancer A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere from the Spanish of José Rizal By Charles Derbyshire Manila 1912 THE NOVELS OF JOSÉ RIZAL Translated from Spanish into English BY CHARLES DERBYSHIRE THE SOCIAL CANCER (NOLI ME TANGERE) THE REIGN OF GREED (EL FILIBUSTERISMO) Translator’s
The Indolence of the Filipino by Jose Rizal
The most active man in the world will fold his arms from the instant he understands that it is madness to bestir himself, that this work will be the cause of his trouble, that for him it will be the cause of vexations at home and of the pirate’s greed abroad. It seems that these thoughts have never entered the minds of those who cry out against the indolence of the Filipinos.