The Jews represent the Semitic principle; all that is spiritual in our nature.
Benjamin Disraeli: “The Jews represent the Semitic principle; all that is spiritual in our nature.”
On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
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Benjamin Disraeli
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From his biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage defines the spiritual role of the Jewish people.
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