"In the Middle Ages, the Christian nations and princes, enlightened by the Church, had foreseen this great social peril. On the one hand, they knew that they had a duty to bear with the Jews, and that it was impossible for them to make away with them, since the prophecies announce that they will subsist until the end of the times, and that only then will they return to the true Faith. On the other hand, they knew that they could not live in peace and security if they granted unrestricted freedom to such a grasping, all-pervading race. It is a fact of experience that, wherever the Jews establish themselves and predominate, they turn into despots and ravaging tyrants. That is why, denying them civil and political rights, which they would have abused - and do abuse - wherever wealth has made them masters, Canon Law granted them tolerance. It watched over them so that they might live in peace and go quietly about their activities and their commercial affairs without harming the Christians with whom they mingled; and through these wise measures the Jews were for centuries not only protected, but defended against the universal hatred, the ferment and exasperation of uncomprehending peoples.
Such is the Jewish question which, at the moment, is deeply stirring opinion in Prussia, Austria and Poland; its solution seems fraught with the gloomiest auspices. Now, if we take Israel as a whole, leaving aside the men of that nation who have fallen into rationalism and unbelief, the nucleus of the Jewish race have not ceased to nourish the same illusions that we have just indicated: still expecting a Messias, whom they continue to see as a powerful conqueror who will subdue the earth. Not long ago, one of the most authoritative exponents of the Talmud dared to say:
"A new messianism must be born, a Jerusalem of a new order, set reverently between East and West, must replace the twofold city of Caesars and Popes. "Furthermore, it is an established fact that the majority of orthodox believers have retained, as their slogan and watchword, the remark once uttered by a famous rabbi: ""Jerusalem is still the pivot of our hopes and of our faith."
(The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life)
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