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Emilio Jacinto in 20 pesos bill

   Outstanding crisp-uncirculated 20-Pesos Notes, picturing Philippines national heroes, Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto.
  

What he meant..

Ang tunay na kabanalan ay ang pagkakawang-gawa, ang pag-ibig sa kapwa at ang isukat ang bawat kilos, gawa't pangungusap sa talagang katuwiran.  -- Emilio Jacinto

Genuine virtue consists of being charitable, loving one’s fellow men and being judicious in behavior, speech and deed.

Source:
http://tagaloglang.com/Philippine-Literature/Famous-Quotes-by-Filipinos/

Emilio Jacinto y Dizon also known as Emilio Jacinto was born on December 15, 1875 in Trozo, Manila.

His parents were Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon. When his father died, his mother Josefa had to support Emilio’s studies all by herself.

He studied in Colegio de San Juan de Letran and took law at the University of Santo Tomas. Some of his schoolmates in UST were Manuel Quezon, Sergio Osmena and Juan Sumulong. Unfortunately, Emilio wasn’t able to finish college when he became part of Katipunan.

Emilio Jacinto was known to be the"Brain of the Katipunan". At his young age of 19, he became one of the leaders of Katipunan. He was also an adviser, secretary and a fiscal. He was the editor of “Ang Kalayaan”, the newspaper of the Katipunan which informed people about the aims and activities of Katipunan.

“Ang tunay na kabanalan ay ang pagkakawang-gawa, ang pag-ibig sa kapwa at ang isukat ang bawat kilos, gawa’t pangungusap sa talagang katuwiran”

- Emilio Jacinto