The Admirable Jews
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Part of Panorama
- Title
- The Admirable Jews
- Creator
- Disraeli, Benjamin
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1968
- Subject
- Jews.
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- try. It is astounding what some men accomplish in their leisure. John Stuart Mill was a clerk in the East India Office. He became one of the world’s leading authorities on political eco nomy. Not every person in the world can become such ,a personage. But every person can become a personality. The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Inter esting thoughts can live only in cultivated minds. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental develop ment, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays at the theater, good company, good conver sation — what are they? They are the happiest peo ple in the world; they are not only happy in them selves, they are the cause of happiness in others. — By William Lyon Phelps, con densed from The Delineator, May, 1930. THE ADMIRABLE JEWS They are an ancient people, a famous people, an enduring people, and a people who in the end have generally attained their objects. I hope Par liament may endure forever, and sometimes I think it will; but I cannot help remembering that the Jews have outlived Assyrian kings, Egyptian Phar aohs, Roman Caesars, and Arabian Caliphs. — Benjamin Disraeli 20 Panorama