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From B. d. S.
Sir,
Yesterday I received your letter, which was very welcome to me, as much because I wanted to hear some news from you as because I see that…
I am in the process of preparing a rather copious work on Salonica, its past, and its present. The history of the [Jewish] community has given me quite a headache. I have gone through a pile of…
To his excellency, the great sage, the learned and famous rabbiAdolf H. Neubauer, the Head LibrarianOf the Government Library in Oxford, England! My dear Sir and Rabbi!Although I have not hitherto…
Bern, Thursday [18 or 25 May 1905]Dear Habicht,Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing a sacrilege when I break it now with some inconsequential…
To the Very Learned and Experienced Mr. Johannes Bouwmeester
From B. d. S.
Most Learned Sir, special Friend,
I have not been able till now to reply to your last letter, which I received some time…
From B. d. S.
[Dear Friend],
As far as Politics is concerned, the difference you ask about, between Hobbes and me, is this: I always preserve natural Right…
Wisdom rests quietly in a wise man (Proverbs 14:33); nothing which he purposes to do will be withheld from him [see Job 42:2]. I envisioned a man who was diligent in his labor, who was as bright as…
Dear Sir,
You ask me to write extensively about my life. As far as I can, I will gladly do so, but, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do all that much. Here are the reasons: maybe for future…
October 10, 1912Berlin-GrunewaldDelbrückstr. 23 Dear Mr. Strauß!That Jewishness is an inner substance is also my assessment, which, like all reflections and insights concerning my attitude toward…
Kinneret, 12 Nissan, 5674 [8 April 1914]
There was a time when the writing of a letter, like the receiving of a letter, was in itself like a holiday for me. I lived in letters—as I told you once and…