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* If we wish that the name Israel be not extinguished, then we are in duty bound to create something which may serve as a center for our entire people, like the heart in an organism, from which the blood will stream into all the arteries of the national body and fill it with life. | * If we wish that the name Israel be not extinguished, then we are in duty bound to create something which may serve as a center for our entire people, like the heart in an organism, from which the blood will stream into all the arteries of the national body and fill it with life. | ||
** [[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/257 A Burning Question].” | ** [[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/257 A Burning Question].” | ||
*Only when the day comes that we all speak one language — then we shall be one people. | |||
** [[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]] in ''HaTzvi'', 10 February 1888, “[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=hzv18880210-01.2.2 The Chronicles of the Week]” | |||
* The rebirth of Israel’s national consciousness and the revival of Judaism are inseparable. When Israel found itself, it found its God. When Israel lost itself, or began to work at its self-effacement, it was sure to deny its God. | * The rebirth of Israel’s national consciousness and the revival of Judaism are inseparable. When Israel found itself, it found its God. When Israel lost itself, or began to work at its self-effacement, it was sure to deny its God. | ||
**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Solomon-Schechter Solomon Schechter], 1906. Quoted in J. H. Hertz. ''A Book of Jewish Thoughts''. 116f. | **[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Solomon-Schechter Solomon Schechter], 1906. Quoted in J. H. Hertz. ''A Book of Jewish Thoughts''. 116f. | ||