Eighteen centuries have belonged
to our enemies; this century and the following must belong to us,
the People of Israel, and will be ours, without fail. Here, for the
tenth time during a thousand years of cruel and incessant struggle
with our enemies, have assembled at this cemetery; at the grave of
the great Master, Caleb, the sainted Rabbi Simeon Ben Judah, the
elect of each of the tribes of the Israelite people, in order to
discuss and agree upon, the means of making use, in the interests
of our cause, of all the tremendous mistakes and errors, which our
enemies--the Christians--have not ceased to commit. Every time the
new Sanhedrin (assembly) proclaimed and preached merciless warfare
against our enemies, but not once during the past centuries did our
forefathers succeed in concentrating in our hands such an enormous
quantity of gold [_and consequently of power_] as the nineteenth
century has given us. We are therefore able, without any senseless
illusions, to flatter ourselves with the hope of attaining our goal
before long, and we can look forward with assurance into the very
eyes of the future.
"Persecutions and insults,--these sombre and tortuous times, which
the people of Israel bore with heroic patience,--have fortunately
come to an end, owing to the progress of civilization among the
Christians, and this progress is the best shield under which we can
hide and scheme, in order that we may cover quickly and decisively
the last leg of that distance which divides us from our supreme
aim.
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