Address at the First Zionist Congress -Max Nordau-1897 - The Western Jew has bread, but man does not live on bread alone. The life of the Western Jew is no longer endangered through the enmity of the mob; but bodily wounds are not the only wounds that cause pain, and from which one may bleed to death. The Western Jew meant emancipation to be real liberation, and hastened to draw the final conclusions therefrom. But the nations made him fear that he erred in being so heedlessly logical.
Napoleon’s Will – Napoleon Bonaparte (1897) - “Napoleon. “This 15th April, 1821, at Longwood, Island of St. Helena. This is my Testament or act of my last will. “1. I die in the Apostolical Roman religion, in the bosom […]
The girl has been given to understand that Sex is impure and indecent-Marriage by Emma Goldman - The subject of sex is a sealed book to the girl, because she has been given to understand that it is impure, immoral and indecent to even mention the sex question. To the boy it is a book whose pages have brought him disease and secret vice, and in some cases ruin and death. Among the rich class it has long been out of fashion to fall in love. Men of society marry, after a life of debauchery and lust, to build up their ruined constitution. Others again have lost their capital, in gambling sports or business speculation, and decide that an heiress would be just the thing they need, knowing well, that the marriage tie will in no way hinder them from squandering the income of their wealthy bride.- The Jewish State and Jewish Problem- Ahad Ha’am (1897) - Jewish State and Jewish Problem Some months have passed since the Zionist Congress, but its echoes are still heard in daily life and in the press. In daily life the echoes […]
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