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*If there is in Jerusalem a language of the land for the Jews—that is, a language shared by all—it is only the Hebrew tongue. The number of Jews in Jerusalem is greater than that of all the other inhabitants combined, and it alone unites all the members of the different communities. Only through its power can one heart and one spirit be given to all. [In short:] for the Jews, it is the language of the land.

**In ''HaTzvi'', 26 October 1888, “[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=hzv18881026-01.2.2 The Horn for the House of Israel: Hebrew Language, Studies Language]”

*As long as our people dwelling in the Land ~~of the Holy~~ speak foreign tongues—each man the language of the land from which he came: Spanish, Ashkenazic, Norse, Arabic, Greek, and so on—there is no hope that we shall here become one people, of one heart and one counsel.

*As long as our people dwelling in the Holy Land speak foreign tongues—each man the language of the land from which he came: Spanish, Ashkenazic, Norse, Arabic, Greek, and so on—there is no hope that we shall here become one people, of one heart and one counsel.

*We are a rabble, we are the generation of Babel, who cannot understand one another’s speech; and thus our hearts have grown distant from each other.

*Only when the day comes that we all speak one language — then we shall be one people. That day will surely come, and the one language will be Hebrew.

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 *If there is in Jerusalem a language of the land for the Jews—that is, a language shared by all—it is only the Hebrew tongue. The number of Jews in Jerusalem is greater than that of all the other inhabitants combined, and it alone unites all the members of the different communities. Only through its power can one heart and one spirit be given to all. [In short:] for the Jews, it is the language of the land.
 **In ''HaTzvi'', 26 October 1888, “[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=hzv18881026-01.2.2 The Horn for the House of Israel: Hebrew Language, Studies Language]”
-*As long as our people dwelling in the Land of the Holy speak foreign tongues—each man the language of the land from which he came: Spanish, Ashkenazic, Norse, Arabic, Greek, and so on—there is no hope that we shall here become one people, of one heart and one counsel.
+*As long as our people dwelling in the Holy Land speak foreign tongues—each man the language of the land from which he came: Spanish, Ashkenazic, Norse, Arabic, Greek, and so on—there is no hope that we shall here become one people, of one heart and one counsel.
 *We are a rabble, we are the generation of Babel, who cannot understand one another’s speech; and thus our hearts have grown distant from each other.
 *Only when the day comes that we all speak one language — then we shall be one people. That day will surely come, and the one language will be Hebrew.