Quotation from Auteur inconnu “To this plague-ridden, blighted corner of the Orient” — Apr. 26 1896

In a letter to Grand Duke Friedrich of Baden, Herzl qualifies a country where he had never been.

Thematics :
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If it is God’s will that we return to our historic fatherland, we should like to do so as representatives of Western civilization, and bring cleanliness, order, and the well-distilled customs of the Occident to this plague-ridden, blighted corner of the Orient. We shall have to do this so as to be able to exist there, and this obligation will educate our people to the extent that they need it.

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Theodor Herzl, The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl, Raphael Patai ed (1960 edn), Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 343

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