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    Published : 2024-11-22
    Vol. 6 (2024)

    “Virtue in the Service of the Nation.” Florian Stablewski’s Speech at the Funeral of Teofil Magdziński on 6 February 1889 in Bydgoszcz

    Katarzyna Grysińska-Jarmuła

    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4830-0101

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/teka24.35

    Abstract

    Teofil Magdziński, a former January Uprising insurgent, belonged to a small group of national activists operating in the second half of the 19th century in Bydgoszcz, a city considered a bastion of Germanness in the east. He was a long-time representative of Poles in the Prussian and the German parliaments. He died on 1 February 1889. We lost another fighter for the Polish cause in the parliamentary forum and the depletion of the circle of Wielkopolska social activists. The funeral of Magdziński, which took place on 6 February 1889 in Bydgoszcz, was a great patriotic manifestation attended by many local Poles and representatives from the entire province. The funeral speech over the coffin was delivered by Father F. Stablewski, an excellent orator. His speech was not only a laudation in honor of the deceased, but also guidance for future generations, explaining what patriotism, love of the homeland and being a good Christian are about. It explained the fate of the Polish nation in an allegorical way.

    Keywords:

    national movement, Bydgoszcz, organic work, funeral speeches



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    Teka of the Historical Sciences Commission of the Learned Society of KUL |ISSN 2658-1175 eISSN 2719-3144 DOI: 10.18290/tkh

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