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March 25, 1927
V'Adar 21, 5687
One Million Must Migrate.
Deputy Isaac Gruenbaum, of the Polish Seim and
one-time president of the Club of Jewish Deputies, has
brought forcibly to the attention of American Jewry
the problem of the emigration of 1,000,000 from Po-
land. lie charges that American Jewry is not suf-
ficiently aware of the desperately critical condition fac-
raj ing those Jews of Poland who have been caught in the
economic debacle of his country. The latter statement
is hardly correct inasmuch as every American Jewish
observer, who has gone to Poland, has brought back
stories of misery, starvation and destitution unparal-
leled in the history of Jewish suffering, Ever since
David A. Brown cabled to the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee that its work would have to be resumed, there
has been an unending stream of information picturing,
in the minutest detail, the story of a people faced with
.7, remorseless, certain extinction if no solutions were
found.
Since this sorry epic first came to the attention of
American Jewry, some relief has been given in the
way of philanthropy, and certain political and religious
betterment have resulted from the overthrow of the
old regime and the success of the Pilsudsky revolution,
yet, despite all these favorable happenings, the eco-
nomic plight of Polish Jewry is just as serious and acute
as it was two years ago. This economic problem is not
amenable to immediate improvement. The complexi-
ties of Polish agricultural industrial, economic and po-
litical life are such that facile solutions are not con-
ceivable. There
are being ground between the
pressing excess peasantry, who are compelled leave
to •
the villages and seek their livelihood in the towns; the
stoppage of immigration to America ; the state laws de-
priving the Jews of the rights to sell tobacco and alco-
hol and, not the least, the loss of the considerable East-
ern market, particularly Russia.
A million Jews must emigrate is the solution of this
formidable, corroding problem. But where are these
Jews to go? What country will admit them? And if
admitted, can they accommodate themselves so as to
lead some sort of normal life? None of these ques-
tions can be dismissed with a gesture. The Ilias is
studying the problem rtith all the seriousness that it
demands and with all the expert ability at its disposal.
South America offers some relief. Canada, South
Africa and other underdeveloped and underpopu-
lated countries are being considered. At the present
writing even Gruenbaum, who is a devoted Zionist,
realizes that Palestine is only a pious wish. To trans-
port these men and women, who are not qualified as
artisans and farmers, to lands whose language, cus-
toms, manners and life are strange, is an undertaking
that must daunt the most courageous. Should these
difficulties be overcome the enormous expense involved
must make them hesitate, for it must he remembered
SiZ that those who would emigrate are poverty-stricken in
a sense which we in America cannot understand. It is
that appalling, cruel poverty that destroys men's souls
as well as their bodies. These people must be supplied
with everything to begin life anew. This is a picture
of hopelessness, but yet such is the present hopeless
predicament of the Jews of Poland. To its there is a
4.4 way out, but not Ivithout difficulties and obstacles, but
of a different character. The essential difficulty is po-
litical rather than economic. What reason is there why
an effort should not be matte to move a considerable
number of Polish artisans to Russia. The Jewish tex-
tile workers of Lodz, Bialystock and Vilna would help
much in increasing Russian textile production, while,
at the same time, they would relieve the situation in
these cities where unemployment has been chronic and
severe. If such a beginning could be made, there would
be nothing to prevent larger migrations of all sorts of
Polish Jews as soon as Russian industrial conditions im-
proved, as they seem destined to do from all present
indications.
Should a practical and feasible plan be worked out
between the J. D. C. or the Bias and the Russian and
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Polish governments, it would mean a sparing of all
these dislocations which must attend migration to South
America or Canada, even if such migrations can be ar-
ranged. In terms of dollars and cents. the amount that
could be saved is almost incalculable, because the coun-
tries are contiguous and because of the subsidies that
the Soviets would give in the event such an understand-
ing could be reached.
A million Jews must emigrate unless fundamental
changes take place in Polish economic, industrial and
political life. These changes are possible and every
effort should be made to bring about those changes, but
in the meantime, the precarious condition of Polish
Jewry demands that some other way out be found for
the excess population. In the meantime, besides relief,
everything possible must be done to prepare the pros-
pective emigrants for work in the lands where they
may go.
Russia may be a fanciful and heroic solution. but. at
a time like this, such solutions seem almost reasonable.
To us it seems no more remote than the taking of the
1,000,000 to these strange lands thousands of miles
away from their homes. Out of this travail and cruelty
may yet come a deliverance in Poland itself. We can
only hope so,
14
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A Theater Closes.
During the avalanche of anti-Semitism which for a
time threatened to engulf Vienna, some of the more
daring, imaginative and intellectual Jew baiters
thought that the creation of an Aryan Theater where
only plays by authors whole blood purity was unques-
ur, Pc't
4 44445, 44.
boned, and whose audiences were made up exclusively
of those who could prove that there was no taint of Al-
pine, Semitic or Mediterranean blood, would be an im-
mediate success.
Ilad the project been completed sonic years ago, it
may have secured a following among even those who
were not hostile but who may have been persuaded by
the Swastika and llakenkreuzler that the venture was
sound and authentic. These madmen were so poison-
ous and clamorous that one would really have imagined
that the whole of Vienna had taken leave of its senses.
If evidence of this condition were needed, it was sup-
plied in large measure by the hooligan outbursts that
attended the World Zionist Congress held there in 1925.
But unfortunately for the race purists, a theater cannot
be built as soon as it is conceived. This is even truer
in Vienna than it is here.
At last, after many difficulties and disappointments,
the Aryan Theater was opened not over two months
ago and recently the report conies that it has already
been closed on account of financial difficulties. Ob-
viously a theater cannot be successfully operated with
hate, malice and discrimination as the motive forces.
The utter imbecility of the whole enterprise struck us
when it was first broadcast. It seems hardly conceiv-
able that sane men could hope to put over a theater
in which the plays, actors and the audience belonged
to a definite group. If the Aryans had no theaters in
Vienna and these promoters wanted to supply the the-
atrical needs and wants of a dramatic hungry group,
it certainly would have met with a response, but the
theaters, playwrights and audiences in Vienna are for
the most part Aryan, so why should the theatergoing
public support a venture that insisted exclusively upon
Aryanism of all participants. In all probability, the
blatant racial chauvinist was given preference over the
abler dramatist who did not exalt race above art and
reality.
In America from time to time groups have attempt-
ed to encourage native playwrights, but the idea of lim-
iting the audiences or actors to a racial group was never
dreamed of
The closing of the Aryan Theater is indicative of a
changed attitude in anti-Semitic ridden Vienna. Slowly
but surely thecosmopolitan, sophistic
ated and gay spirit
that was the boast of old Vienna is returning. The the-
ater without Jews did not work. Perhaps even the
lingering doubts that some anti-Semites still have that
Jews are not needed may be dissipated by a few more
such experiences. It would be a bit of delicious irony
if the Aryan Theater became a Yiddis h P ayhouse.
l
Per-
haps one is needed there. If so, this is probably a good
place to house it. If there is no need then insularity,
parochialism, hate and malice will not enable it to exist,
Construction Not Criticism.
Since the Jewish Agency has become a fact, two
significant statements have appeared that are indicative
of the temper and point of view of the non-Zionist par-
ties to the agreement.
Felix Warburg, who visited in Palestine recently,
made it clear that the attitude of those for whom he
spoke was constructive and not critical. The experts
who are to make a survey will evaluate Palestinian pos-
sibilities with a view to building up the country to its
capacity. All recognize that Palestine is an existing
reality ; that it already has a population of 150,000 Jews
and that this number must be accommodated and in
tegrated so that a sound social and economic life may be
developed. Starting from this premise, the theory of
destructive criticism is untenable. It is not a question
of the support of the enterprise, but a question of the
extent of the support. A thorough-going economic and
political survey of the country will enable those who are
realistic to determine what is the absorption capacity
of the country. It is much more important to have a
smaller solidly rooted, satisfied community than it is to
have a larger, shifting dissatisfied one. • If Palestine
can accommodate and support 1,000,000 Jews with
a fair opportunity for economic, political and social con-
tentment, then assuredly will the Warburgs do all with-
in their power to finance the project so that this end may
be attained. But it is safe to predict that if the experts
conclude that much lesser community can be made self-
supporting that all the propaganda and batty-booing
will not accomplish anything.
The other statement to which we refer is that of
Louis Marshall in his letter of congratulation to Judge
Lewis upon his election as president of the United Pal-
estine Appeal. Mr. Marshall is pleased to note that at
last the apparently warring factions in American Jewry
have made a lasting peace.
As Mr. Marshall sees it, the question of priority
must be forgotten and the only test of the worthiness
or importance of a movement is its actual validity and
the needs of the Jewish people, No end of controversy
was precipitated just because of a stressing of the value
of one group of people in one country and minimizing
the value of a much larger group in another country.
It is true that in the fields of theory and speculation
men are often mistaken and although there is much
more bitterness engendered in these theoretical and
academic discussions than in the discussion of facts,
Will men are ready to kill and the for their pet theories,
yet the fact remains that responsible people should hes-
itate long before they become parties to any movement
or action that involves human life and suffering.
To us the classical illustration of the folly of killing
because of a dogma is that of Soviet Russia. The lead-
ers were so obsessed with the idea of the infallibility of
communist doctrine that Lenin in expansive and extrav-
agant mood was satisfied that half the population of
Russia be wiped out, if through such action communism
could be achieved.
Certainly there is need for idealism, enthusiasm,
even fanaticism in any cause which seeks to make for
more human happiness, but when these passions run
contrary to established facts and have nothing to sup-
port them but the wish of the partisan, then do they
lose their fine flavor and become hardened dogma or un-
reasoning bigotry. All who are concerned about the
Jewish people as such will welcome the utterances of
Felix Warburg and Louis Marshall and will do every-
thing within their power to solve the perplexing, acute
problems facing the 7,000,000 Jews who live precar-
iously between the Rhine and the Urals, as well as
those 150,000 who live, with much hope although at
times with quite desperation in Palestine.
We are happy to see the rapprochement and expect
from it will come a better understanding and friendlier
spirit that will redound to the benefit of all.
Jewish Humor
By Leo M. Glassman.
(Copyright, 1927, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency.)
Chlum's Logic.
Chaim, who was caught eating on
Yom Kippur, was brought before the
rabbi to account for his transgres-
sion.
"How dare you eat on this sure,'
day when all Jews are fasting?" the
rabbi scolded hint.
"Yes, but what if I not sick?"
Chaim queried.
"Well, that depends on how sick
you are. Only when one's life is in
danger is eating permitted," the rabbi
explained.
"So," Chaim protested,
"I am al-
lowed to eat, but I must be danger-
ously ill. I am certainly surprised
that you, It rabbi, should begrudge
we my good health."
The Difference in Luck.
Beryl: "Why is it that a gehr
(convert to Judaism) gn-nerally fares
ill while a meshumad generally fares
well?"
Schmeryl: "Because a gehr is it
Gentile with Jewish luck, whereas a
meshumad is it Jew with a goy's
luck."
His Beard Interfered.
Moishe extracted a promise from
his future father-in-law that he would
give him and his wife board and
lodging until such time as he Moishe,
would grow a beard. After the mar-
riage, however, Moishe took to the
practice of secretly shaving his beard.
Once he was caught by his father-in-
law, who immediately took hint to
the rabbi and lodged a complaint
against hint.
After hearing the complaint the
rabbi exclaimed indignantly to the
young man: "How dare you shave;
don't you now that being a Jew you
must allow your beard to grow?"
To which theyoung man replied:
"Rabbi, I ant doing this only in
accordance with a provision of the
law, which states that a beard may
he cut when it iterferes with one's
food. My father-in-law promised me
that he would give me board until I
had grown a beard, but if I were to
grow at beard he would stop giving
me board. Therefore, is it not clear
that my beard interferes with my
food?
Why He Was Worried.
It was in the days when the feudal
system prevailed in Poland and the
lords or Pans, as they were called,
were absolut• autocrats over the life
and property of all those 'who dwelt
MI their estates. Frequently when
a lord was out of sorts he had it :tut
on the Jews who were in his power
and at his mercy.
One day a certain lord or Pan no-
ticed that his private tailor, a Jew,
was greatly worried over something.
"Why art. you so sad?" he in-
quired of the Jewish tailor.
"Because I have heard that cruel
laws against the Jews are to be' is-
sued."
"Well, why are you afraid? You
know that I will allow no one to harm
you."
"My lord," the Jew replied, "I
thank you for your kindness to me.
I also feel certain that the great God
in heaven who has never forsaken Is-
rael will see to it that no harm comes
to all the other Jews in my town."
"Then there is really no reason for
you to worry," the lord replied.
"Well, you see, my lord, it's this
way. Every time the Jews are saved
from a catastrophe we celebrate
anew. So, I, being a poor man as you
know, am worrying how will I man-
age to get the wherewithal to cele-
brate this new holiday."
Who Was Greater?
Two young men, each of whom
was a follower of a different rabbi
or tzadik, were having a dispute as
to the respective virtues of their
heroes.
"Why." exclaimed one of them,
"my rabbi is so great and wise and
virtuous that everybody fears hint,
even God himself, one might say."
"I admit," replied the other, "that
but I do say that he is no noble and
I cannot claim so much for my rabbi,
virtuous that he is not afraid of
God."
A Reply and a Rejoinder
s.
(Editor's Note1-- Recently Rabbi Leon Frain ed . Temple Beth Ill
wrote it criticism of "This Believing World," by Lewis Browne. Mr.
Browne. answered the criticism of Rabbi Frain and the rabbi re-
joined thereto. The following are the reply and the rejoinder.
Dear Rabbi Fram:--Your lengthy
slot generous review of "This Believ-
ing \Vorld" afforded ni• considerable
pleasure, amusements—and also dis-
may. ihe pleasure was aroused by
your friendly camments on my style,
the amusement by your description of
my eccentricities while at the Hebrew
Union College, and the dismay by your
inexcusable errors in what little bio-
graphical material you give. If you,
who knew me and have talked to me
and can, at any moment, communicate.
with me, make mistakes in telling of
my life and work. how eon you Hanle
Me if I make mistakes in telling of the
life and work of old Solomon, whom I
never knew, with whom I never talked,
and with whom I cannot possibly com-
municate?
To he specific: YOU say that, after
I received that first letter from II, G.
Wells, I suddenly began to affect Eng-
lish ways and speech. "Ile cultivated
the accent of HD Englishman," you
write, "and assumed the dress of an
Englishman." But did you not know
that I was horn 411111 reared in Eng-
land, and that when you first met me
I had been living in America little
More than a year? My English accent
was as natiee to me as your Balti-
morean accent is almost natke to you.
As for the English tweed knickerbock-
ers I suddenly bloomed out in—they
were brought over for me from Eng-
land by my elder brother, who first
visited this country lo 1910.
Or again: "Having established a
reputation as a popularizer, he began
looking about for something else to
popularize•" That is an error. I had
the idea of writing a book on "Com-
parative Religions" long. before 1 was
half-way done with "Stranger Than
Fiction." The first book Wits not pub-
lished until April, 1925, but already,
in March, 1924, I discussed the idea of
it history of religions with Dwight
Franklin, Iletndrik Van Loon, Yfill
Wyck Brooks, and several other people
at it week-end party at Westport,
Conn. And months before. the• publi-
cation of "Stranger Than Fiction" I
seas already being approached by Mac-
millans to sign • contract for that sec-
ond book. The point involved is an
important one, for, as you give the
chronology, the impression is left that
I wrote "This Believing World" more
or less as a pot-boiler. You even go
so unconscionably far as to say: "But
he probably gave himself only one year
of research in the massive libraries of
data on comparative religion." That,
my dear Rabbi Irate, is unforgivable,
for you could easily have asked me
about the length of time I spent in
preparati ■ q, for that work and thus
halve avoided that error. Actually, I
first began gathering material on com-
parative religions when still a young
student at the Hebrew Union College.
Having been a devoted disciple of Prof.
Gotthard Deutsch, I fell into the habit
of jotting down on library cards the
facts I gleaned from Jevons, Tylor,
Max Muller, John Fiske, and the other
scholars I studied as far back as 1915,
And I was able to make use of I hose
self-same cards in 1925, when I wrote
the first draft of "This Believing
World." Not one year of prepara-
tion, but 11)— two of them spent in the
department of Religious Psychology
at the Yale Graduate Schoed—went
into the making of that book.
There are several other such errors
in your otherwise excellent review.
You speak of "Greenwich Village So-
ciety" as only a person in Detroit or
Cincinnati could speak of it. Actually,
there is no such thing any more, for
most of the. bohemian artists and writ-
ers, who once lived south of Four-
teenth street, are now settled (horn as
RABBI FRAM'S REJOINDER
Asked by the Detroit Jewish Chroni-
cle what he had to say on Mr. Browne's
letter, Rabbi Frani said:
"I am very glad that my review was
the oeension for the bringing out of
further information with regard to
the life and career of an author about
whom there is as much public curi-
osity 71S about Mr. Browne. I regret,
of course, the errors made in matters
of detail. \ly general impressions,
however, it seems, were 110t altogether
mistaken. \1 r. Browne concedes that
he did suddenly bloom out in English
dress, and I was, therefore, not far
afield when I made the biographical
association between Mr. Browne's en-
thusiasm for things English and his
emulating the great English popular-
izer, II. G. Wells.
"As for the circumstances under
which 'This Believing World' was
written, I believe Mr. Browne is super-
sensitive when he apprehends that my
review gave the impression that "('his
Believing World' was written as a
'pot-boiler.' No such inference was
intended by the reviewer and I UM
sure it was drawn by very few read-
ers.
"As to the matter of the writer's
preparation for his work, I judged
that by the contents of the book rather
than by statistical and chronological
information. That is, I did make the
inference that, when a subject pre-
senting such complex and various phe-
nomena as the origin of religion pre-
sents, is given so simple an explana-
tion as 31r. Browne's 'fear-explana-
tion,' then the writer's preparation for
his task was inadequate. Of course,
that inference has its limitations. I
draw it lievause I believe that the.
theory of the 'fear-origin' of religion is
untrue. It is altogether possible, t
concede, that Mr. Browne examined
thoroughly all the theories and chose
the 'fear theory' as the one that most
adequately explains till the factors in-
volved. My suspicion is that he se-
lected it both los-ause it is the easiest
and the most dramatic.
"As for the matter of Greenwich
1*illage society, I, too, have no refer-
ence to a geographical 1;reenwieh Vil-
lage. I meant the society of authors
who have exaggerated the place of sex
in life and in literature. I its believe
that it was under such influence that
Mr. Browne was led to describe the
Maypole as 'reminiscently naughty.'
Such a lip-smacking expression is
hardly appropriate. in a hook which at-
tempts to deal seriously with religion
as an outgrowth of human nature.
"On a whole, I would advise my
friend, Lewis Browne, not to be over-
concerned about any review. I happen
to know it for a fact that any criticisms
have brought him many readers both
for 'Stranger Than Fiction' and 'This
Believing World.' I ant seriously con-
sidering charging hint an advertiser's
commission."
Often Quoted by German Anti-Semitic Writers, Had
No Patience With Pseudo-Scientific Theo rist. of Race Hatred,
Letters Just Published Disclose.
F•11101. PI1110110Pher,
By M. A. TENNENBLATT.
(Copyright,
In his stimulating hook On "The
Revolt of Modern Youth," which ought
to he read by every parent today,
Judge Lindsey of Denver says, that
"Marriage, as we have it now, is plain
Hell for most persons who get into it."
I resent this charge as a misleading,
vicious generalization. Judge Lindsey
is not the only one who has confidences
and insights of domestic life. As a
minister of many years' experience. I
have constantly received abundant in-
timate confessions. My education and
intelligence are also entitled to a judg-
ment. It is my convicthm that Den-
ver's Kid Judge has spoken in this
matter like a kid. There are many
marriages, far from the majority,
which are not perfect and never could
he under any system because the par-
ties thereto are imperfect. There are
marriage, which are hellish, but t
say, that "marriage. as we have it
now, is plain Hell for most persons
who get into it," is rank rot that dis
credits the critic more than it does the
institution criticized.
If marriage generally were plain
Hell, human nature would long since
have rehelled and reformed it.
I
would nerd to be weak-minded or im-
b•cile to believe that mankind would
consent to keep themselves in •ondi-
tion which they have the power and
permission to change—The Supple-
ment.
It is well known that the National
German anti-Semites regard them-
selves as disciples of Nietzsche. They
would, especially, declare themselves
to be admirers of the philosopher's
theory of power and partly also of his
idea of the superman. The German
Junkers, with their philosophy of
power and, especially, the ex-Emperor
Wilhelm himself in the role of a dilet-
tante philosopher, made great use of
the famous quotations from Nietzsche's
works. They wanted very much to
get the great philosopher within their
own circle as a justification for their
crude veneration of brutal power and
their general ideology of egotism and
the domination of force. These ele-
ments in Germany have also attempted
to make out that Nietzsche was with
them in their policy of anti-Semitism.
Nietzsche based his fundamental
ideas on the ideals of the Hellenic
world. He was a great admirer of the
ancient heroic epoch of Greek history,
and the German anti-Semites thought
that, because. of Nietzsche's bias for
ancient Greece, they would succeed in
making him hate the Jewish spirit and
the Jewish people. This was before
the great conflict between Niett.che
and Wagner. The German national
jingoes have not yet grasped the whole
attitude of Nietzsche's mind and, es.
pecially. his attitude towards national
and racial prejudices. One of Niet-
zche'sbasic works, "The Dawn." was,
la.fore his controversy with Wagner,
already widely read. That book in-
cludes the famous chapter nn "The
Jewish People," in which the thinker
destroys many moral prejudices with
regard to the Jews.. fiut the anti-
Semites were not perhaps greatly in-
terested in reading through Nietz-
sche's works, for perhaps, just because
they knew Ni•tzsche's attitude towards
the Jewish people, they tried to con-
vert him to their ideas of anti-Semit-
ism. It is, anyway, interesting now
to learn that the German Nationalists
had conducted a correspondence with
the famous philosopher and provided
him, for a long time, with anti-Semitic
SUPERFLUOUS
41+
3
Neitzsche Turned His Back
On German Anti-Semites
RANK ROT
Some of the homes I visit seem to
me to exhibit the desire of their own-
ers to advertise that they, ton, can
afford expensive things. Some of
these expensive things betray the
cheapness of their purchasers. And
yet if people themselves are not in-
teresting their furnishings are a
slight compensatory diversion.
There are homes I enter where I
have never noticed the equipment.
The people themselves are sufficient-
ly interesting. More than this is su-
perfluous.—Alexander Lyon+ in the
Supplement.
gentlemen farmers in Westport, or
bootleggers' patrons at Great Neck.
The only Greenwich Village habitue,:
now are visiting salesmen anti school
teachers from !flichigan and Iowa—
flushed little folk who sit in foul, :lark
little basement restaurants and think
each other famous artists and liber-
tines. I had "entree to that coveted
society" when I first came to New
•
York from
Cincinnati, and I made my
exit from it long before "Stranger
Than Fiction" was begun, let alone.
published.
I think that, in all fairness, you
should make this letter as public as
the review which called it forth.
With all good wishes,
LEWIS BROW E.
1927, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
literature.
It is ant yet possible to
discover the identity of the anonymous
correspondent who tried to exert such
an unfair influence on Nietzsche. It
must have bes.n a well known person-
age in Germany, otherwise Nietzsche
would have probably thrown all his
correspondence into the wastepaper
basket without bothering, to reply.
The whole correspondence is now be-
ing published in the twenty-fifth ithlti-
VerSary number Of the notorious anti-
Semitic paper, "Der Hamnier," in
which two letters by Nietzsche, with
regard to anti-Semitism, have been
published without any preferatory re-
mark by the editor. It is very likely
that the editor of "Der Hammer," the
notorious anti-Semite, Theodor Fritsch,
who has only recently been sentence)
to four months' imprisonment for a
libel action, brought against hint by
the well known Jewish banker, of
Hamburg, Max Warburg, was the au-
thor of the anti-Semitic conspiracy
with regard to Nietzsche, N jet zsche's
two letters are addressed to Theodor
Fritsch himself, who is now over 70
years old.
These two letters are written by
Nietzsche from Nice on the twenty-
third and the twenty-ninth of March,
1557, respectively'. They are as fol-
lows:
"Dear Sir:—You show me so much
honour with your last letter that 1
feel it incumbent upon me to make
known to you another exerpt from my
works which treats of the Jews. My
reference will have the double purpose
of entitling you to speak authorita-
tively about my 'queer ideas.' Please
read 'The Dawn,' page 191.
"Objectively speaking," Friedrich
Nietzsche continued, "the Jews are to
me much more interesting than the
Germans: Their history reveals many
more basic problems. I am accustomed
to disregard completely personal feel.
jugs of sympathy or antipathy in
such important matters, as is neces-
sary with regard to the elevation of
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