Quotes about Palestine: Difference between revisions
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*The generation of Jews we wish to raise in the Land of Israel will be not of the twelfth or of the twentieth century, but, on the one hand, of the thirtieth, and, on the other hand, of a much earlier age, earlier than your entire era, of the period of the Prophets and the Hasmoneans. | *The generation of Jews we wish to raise in the Land of Israel will be not of the twelfth or of the twentieth century, but, on the one hand, of the thirtieth, and, on the other hand, of a much earlier age, earlier than your entire era, of the period of the Prophets and the Hasmoneans. | ||
**Samuel Mohilever, letter to S. Reinach. 1896. Quoted in J. Mark. ''Gdoilim fun undzer Dor''. New York, 1927, 245. | **[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/samuel-mohilever Samuel Mohilever], letter to S. Reinach. 1896. Quoted in J. Mark. ''Gdoilim fun undzer Dor''. New York, 1927, 245. | ||
*The Land of Israel will be small but the people of Israel will make it great. ... Not in opulence but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society. | *The Land of Israel will be small but the people of Israel will make it great. ... Not in opulence but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society. | ||