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**In “Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet.” See quote cited by himself at “''A Spiritual Centre''” in the collection [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays''] | **In “Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet.” See quote cited by himself at “''A Spiritual Centre''” in the collection [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays''] | ||
*[Zionism] provides an opportunity for communal work and political excitement; his emotions find an outlet in a field of activity which is not subservient to non-Jews; and he feels that, thanks to this ideal, he stands once more spiritually erect and has regained his personal dignity, without overmuch trouble and purely by his own efforts…. For it is not the attainment of the ideal that he heeds; its pursuit alone is sufficient to cure him of his spiritual disease, which is that of an inferiority complex, and the loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to exalt. | *[Zionism] provides an opportunity for communal work and political excitement; his emotions find an outlet in a field of activity which is not subservient to non-Jews; and he feels that, thanks to this ideal, he stands once more spiritually erect and has regained his personal dignity, without overmuch trouble and purely by his own efforts…. For it is not the attainment of the ideal that he heeds; its pursuit alone is sufficient to cure him of his spiritual disease, which is that of an inferiority complex, and the loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to exalt. | ||
** | **Ahad Ha'am in ''Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism''. | ||
*What is national existence if not the existence of a national spirit? What is a nation’s importance if not the importance of the spiritual treasures it has added to human culture? | *What is national existence if not the existence of a national spirit? What is a nation’s importance if not the importance of the spiritual treasures it has added to human culture? | ||
**Quoted in Ha-Shiloah magazine. Volume 6, 1902. | **Quoted in Ha-Shiloah magazine. Volume 6, 1902. | ||