Viewed in this light, the degradation of the Jewish race is alone a striking evidence of its excellence, for none but one of the great races could have survived the trials which it has endured.
From a biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage argues that the survival of the Jewish race through degradation is evidence of its inherent excellence.
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