BS"D
Concerning the Jews - Excerpt from Harper's Monthly,
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September 1899 - By Mark Twain
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one per cent
of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust
lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew aught hardly
be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is
as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial
importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of
his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in
literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse
learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his
numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in this world, in all ages;
and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain
of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian,
and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor,
then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman
followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples
have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned
out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw
them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting
no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no
slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive
mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass,
but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?
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date: 17 Tamuz 5758 / July 12, 1998
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