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Benjamin Disraeli: All of which proves that it is in vain for man to attempt to battle the inexorable law of nature, which has decreed that…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
All of which proves that it is in vain for man to attempt to battle the inexorable law of nature, which has decreed that a superior race shall never be destroyed or absorbed by an inferior.
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Benjamin Disraeli

Editor's note · Context

Concluding a discussion on the resilience of the Jewish people in his biography of Lord George Bentinck, he states a perceived natural law regarding the survival of superior races.

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