“If
the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the
human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the
blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought 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 obtuse learning are also
way out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a
marvelous fight in this world in all the ages, and has done it with
his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself and be
excused for it. The Egyptians, the Babylonians, and the Persians
rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, and faded to dream
stuff and passed away. The Greeks and the Romans 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.”