Thatis,hereandthereinspotsabouttheworld,whereabarbarousignoranceandasortofmereanimalcivilisationprevail;butIdonotthinkthatelsewheretheJewneednowstandinanyfearofbeingrobbedandraided。Amongthehighcivilisationsheseemstobeverycomfortablysituatedindeed,andtohavemorethanhisproportionateshareoftheprosperitiesgoing。IthasthatlookinVienna。Isupposetheraceprejudicecannotberemoved;buthecanstandthat;itisnoparticularmatter。Byhismakeandwaysheissubstantiallyaforeignerwhereverhemaybe,andeventheangelsdislikeaforeigner。IamusingthisworldforeignerintheGermansense——stranger。Nearlyallofushaveanantipathytoastranger,evenofourownnationality。Wepilegrip-sacksinavacantseattokeephimfromgettingit;andadoggoesfurther,anddoesasasavagewould——challengeshimonthespot。TheGermandictionaryseemstomakenodistinctionbetweenastrangerandaforeigner;initsviewastrangerisaforeigner——asoundposition,Ithink。Youwillalwaysbebywaysandhabitsandpredilectionssubstantiallystrangers——foreigners——whereveryouare,andthatwillprobablykeeptheraceprejudiceagainstyoualive。
ButyouwerethefavouritesofHeavenoriginally,andyourmanifoldandunfairprosperitiesconvincemethatyouhavecrowdedbackintothatsnugplaceagain。Hereisanincidentthatissignificant。LastweekinViennaahailstormstrucktheprodigiousCentralCemeteryandmadewastefuldestructionthere。IntheChristianpartofit,accordingtotheofficialfigures,621window-paneswerebroken;morethan900
singing-birdswerekilled;fivegreattreesandmanysmallonesweretorntoshredsandtheshredsscatteredfarandwidebythewind;theornamentalplantsandotherdecorationsofthegraceswereruined,andmorethanahundredtomb-lanternsshattered;andittookthecemetery\'swholeforceof300labourersmorethanthreedaystoclearawaythestorm\'swreckage。Inthereportoccursthisremark——andinitsitalicsyoucanhearitgrititsChristianteeth:\'……lediglichdieisraelitischeAbtheilungdesFriedhofesvomHagelwetterganzlichverschontwordenwar。\'
NotahailstonehittheJewishreservation!Suchnepotismmakesmetired。
PointNo。6——\'WhathasbecomeoftheGoldenRule?\'