With the press in our hands we
can turn wrong into right, dishonesty into honesty. We can shake
all foundations and separate families. We can destroy faith in all
that our enemies believed until now. We can ruin credits and arouse
passions. We can declare war; we can give fame or disgrace. We can
uplift or ruin talent. (Page 43.)
[_The following are parallel extracts from the imaginary Rabbi's speech
vouched for by the author of the novelette as fact a number of years
later._]
SECOND STAGE OF THE LIE--"THE RABBI'S SPEECH"
When we become at last the sole possessors of all the gold to be
found on earth, the power will practically be transferred to our
hands, and the promises made to Abraham will be fulfilled. Gold--is
the greatest power on earth, it is might, reward, the instrument of
every authority, it is all man, both fears and desires.... The
problem before us now is to facilitate even to a greater extent the
means of contracting these loans and thus to become the sole
managers of all the valuables, after which the exploitation of all
their railroads, mines, forests, large factories and industrial
plants, as well as of all other real property, including duties and
taxes, will fall into our hands, as a security for the capital lent
to us by the various states.
Agriculture will forever remain the principal source of a country's
wealth.
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