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Benjamin Disraeli: “Yet they treat that race as the vilest of generations; and instead of logically looking upon them as the human family…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
Yet they treat that race as the vilest of generations; and instead of logically looking upon them as the human family that has contributed most to human happiness, they extend to them every term of obloquy and every form of persecution.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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Critiquing the historical persecution of the Jewish people despite their significant contributions to human civilization.

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