Could the country
become sober if not for this feeling which one has when about to
receive holy communion? Although proud at the victories of our arms,
we scrupulously hide this pride, we treasure it in our hearts as our
most precious possession, and we hate all swaggering and
self-adulation. Not with the haughtiness of a righteous pharisee do we
approach the altar, but with a prayer of penitence: "like a murderer I
profess Thee."
We must all understand that the end of Jewish sufferings is the
beginning of our self-respect, without which _Russia cannot exist_.
The black days of war will pass, and the "German barbarians" of to-day
will again become cultured Germans, to whose voice the world will once
more hearken with deference. And we must never again allow this or any
other voice to utter aloud: "The Russian barbarians."
FOOTNOTES:
[1] This is an insulting synonym for "Jew."--Translator's Note.
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MR. JACKSON'S OPINION ON THE JEWISH QUESTION
_Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko is to-day universally
recognized in Russia as the most worthy guardian of the best
traditions of Russian letters.
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