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Ten years ago, when I first had the pleasure of addressing you on behalf of
the Zionist cause, almost all our hopes were still fixed on the future. To-day
we can look back on these ten years with joy; for in that time the united
energies of the Jewish people have accomplished a splendid piece of
successful constructive work in Palestine, which certainly exceeds anything
that we dared to hope then.
We have also successfully stood the severe test to which the events of the
last
few years have subjected us. Ceaseless work, supported by a noble purpose,
is leading slowly but surely to success. The latest pronouncements of the
British Government indicate a return to a juster judgment of our case; this we
recognize with gratitude.
But we must never forget what this crisis has taught us--namely, that the
establishment of satisfactory relations between the Jews and the Arabs is not
England's affair but ours. We--that is to say, the Arabs and ourselves--have
got to agree on the main outlines of an advantageous partnership which shall
satisfy the needs of both nations. A just solution of this problem and one
worthy of both nations is an end no less important and no less worthy of our
efforts than the promotion of the work of construction itself. Remember that
Switzerland represents a higher stage of political development than any
national state, precisely because of the greater political problems which had
to
be solved before a stable community could be built up out of groups of
different nationality.
Much remains to be done, but one at least of Herzl's aims has already been
realized: its task in Palestine has given the Jewish people an astonishing
degree
of solidarity and the optimism without which no organism can lead a healthy
life.
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Among Zionist organizations "Working Palestine" is the one whose work is of
most direct benefit to the most valuable class of people living there--namely,
those who are transforming deserts into flourishing settlements by the labour
of their hands. These workers are a selection, made on a voluntary basis,
from the whole Jewish nation, an élite composed of strong, confident, and
unselfish people. They are not ignorant labourers who sell the labour of their
hands to the highest bidder, but educated, intellectually vigorous, free men,
from whose peaceful struggle with a neglected soil the whole Jewish nation
are the gainers, directly and indirectly. By lightening their heavy lot as
far as
we can we shall be saving the most valuable sort of human life; for the first
settlers' struggle on ground not yet made habitable is a difficult and
dangerous
business involving a heavy personal sacrifice. How true this is, only they can
judge who have seen it with their own eyes. Anyone who helps to improve the
equipment of these men is helping on the good work at a crucial point.
It is, moreover, this working class alone that has it in its power to
establish
healthy relations with the Arabs, which is the most important political task
of
Zionism. Administrations come and go; but it is human relations that finally
turn the scale in the lives of nations. Therefore to support "Working
Palestine"
is at the same time to promote a humane and worthy policy in Palestine, and
to oppose an effective resistance to those undercurrents of narrow nationalism
from which the whole political world, and in a less degree the small political
world of Palestine affairs, is suffering.
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Good and Evil
It is right in principle that those should be the best loved who have
contributed
most to the elevation of the human race and human life. But, if one goes on to
ask who they are, one finds oneself in no inconsiderable difficulties. In the
case of political, and even of religious, leaders, it is often very doubtful
whether they have done more good or harm. Hence I most seriously believe
that one does people the best service by giving them some elevating work to
do and thus indirectly elevating them. This applies most of all to the great
artist, but also in a lesser degree to the scientist. To be sure, it is not
the fruits
of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge
to
understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive. It would surely be
absurd to judge the value of the Talmud, for instance, by its intellectual
fruits.
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure
and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.