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With the same character, with which the individual human being is born, with the same he descends into the grave. The kindly disposed does not become ill-disposed, the judicious does not become…
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Daniel Khvolson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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1871
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Honored colleagues!
One sole consideration persuades me to accept the very high office to which your vote has appointed me, when dwindling forces barely enable the modest duties of teachers and of…
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Ernesto Nathan
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Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)
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1906
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In a country like Russia where various nations live mixed together, the responsibility of disseminating culture…
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The Bund
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Geneva, Switzerland
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1905
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No matter what the body of the Nation, be it in the form of a kingdom or a republic, it comprises various classes of people; as for the nobles, who make the state blossom through commerce, increased…
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Isaac de Pinto
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1748
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He then returned to his city, filled with bitterness, humiliated, oppressed, and weak. He found his wife Ḥaya—who had been a picture of robust health and womanly valor when he had set out on his…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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Russian Empire (Belarus, Belarus)
Date:
1900
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My eldest sister was getting married and the nuptials were held in our cottage courtyard. I can see the scene clearly before me. The courtyard neatly swept and the heap of manure in front of the…
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Vojtěch Rakous
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Austro-Hungarian Empire (Czechia, Czech Republic)
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1905
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The cloak makers have hit upon an outstanding plan. Everybody knows that the greatest enemies of strikes are often the wives of the strikers themselves. That which the bosses cannot achieve with money…
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Unknown
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1894
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The “kindergarten” as a corridor to the salon of education, as a foundation for the tower of learning, has received particular attention among all civilized peoples, and all the more so does it…
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Yitsḥak Alterman
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1917
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We, the young ones of the flock, the holy flock here in Izmir, declare: whereas several…
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The Jewish Community of Izmir
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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First Third of the 17th Century
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My father and mother were left alone and sat down for a moment; then my father said: “Well, shall we go up to bed?”
“As you wish, dear, though I don’t feel in the least like sleeping. I don’t know why…
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Marcel Proust
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Paris, France
Date:
1913