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Benjamin Disraeli: “The great Transatlantic republic is intensely Semitic, and has prospered accordingly.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
The great Transatlantic republic is intensely Semitic, and has prospered accordingly.
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Benjamin Disraeli

Editor's note · Context

From a political biography, this passage asserts that the United States is fundamentally Semitic in character and has prospered as a result.

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