The Jews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, and kind against cruelty. Jews constitute but one quarter of one percent of the human race. They have done more to civilize men than any other nation. We are largely indebted to the Jews for our first knowledge of philosophy, botany, medicine, astronomy, and cosmography (the nature of the universe). We Gentiles owe our life to Israel.