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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday afternoon in the Jefferson Physical Labratory Professor Toy delivered a lecture on "The Jews in Modern Life." The speaker gave a sketch of the varied history of the Jews up to the modern times and dwelt particlarly on the rich Jews of the present century. Especially did he dwell on the history of the Rothschild house-the energy, skill and sagacity which the Rothschilds showed in attaining the high position they now occupy-for a high position it certainly is. Many of the Rothschilds have been leaders in politics and many have been knighted as is well known...
...front rank of commerce and culture ever since they were driven from their land by the Romans in the first century of the era; they have shown, as they have shown today a surprising power of accepting and pushing the ideas of the people among whom they dwell. It is by the combination and interaction of great national cultures that the civilization of the world has advanced; Christianity itself shows a fusion of Jewish, Greek, and Roman ideas. Each element of civilization must have its due recognition...