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I have always pointed out to colleagues who are somehow into Germanistik (German Studies), Philology, and Philippine Studies the incredible amount of data, studies, and possibilities that scholars could learn just researching on both the writings of Ferdinand Blumentritt and Rizal. University of Graz (Austria), a few years ago opened its "Sammlung" or collection of the Blumentritt-Schuchardt Correspondence. Reading it, I was led to consider new territories to understand the beginnings and the minds within the Rizal and Blumentritt friendship. The letter posted here was written by Blumentritt to the eminent German linguist Hugo Schuchardt (1842 – 1927). Their correspondence, which lasted for almost 30 years would often talk about Rizal, the Philippine languages, and the situation in the country at that time. Very interesting to point out also that this letter of Blumentritt to Schuchardt dated 2. January 1882 mentions a Filipino who Blumentritt contacted in Paris an...