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Benjamin Disraeli: The Jews represent the Semitic principle; all that is spiritual in our nature.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
The Jews represent the Semitic principle; all that is spiritual in our nature.
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Benjamin Disraeli

Editor's note · Context

From his biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage defines the spiritual role of the Jewish people.

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