Forty years ago--not a longer period than the children of Israel were wandering in the desert--the two most dishonoured races in Europe were the Attic and the Hebrew, and they were the two races that had done most for mankind.
In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, he makes a striking comparison between the historical contributions of the Attic and Hebrew races despite their past dishonor.
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