Excerpt from The Message of the World's Religions The perseverance of the Jew and his Judaism is in itself a mission to the world. That it is the wonder of history is generally allowed; but why should a wonder be wrought, if t to teach and enforce a lesson? Goethe looked upon it in that light; for he wrote: In regard to independence, firmness, courage - and where these qualities do t suffice, tenacity - the people of Israel is without compare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.