Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-21

Of divine ~retribution, to humble the
haughtiness of her merchant princes
If the Jews had %aneiently beer
traders and money getters the world
would today not be indebted to then
for its religion, and instead of the ri.
BILE. the richest legacy. they woult
have bequeathed to mankind a l~iterar,
record as barren and blank as hat OF
the Phoenicians
When they were driven into exile
and after the destruction OF their
state and nationality. they fell under
the blighting ban and curse of the
church. They We're forced to desist
from their natural and favorite oc-
equations, and, by sheer necessity. be
came traders and money g%etters. Fol-
centuries they were excluded from al
other pursuits than those of com
merce, finance and the practice OF
medicine, and even If the dire neces-
sity of living had not sharpened their
wits, the cruelty and greed OF those
who prosecuted and exploited then
would have made them develop all
their energies in the narrow sphere to
which they were restricted. There
was only one thing. throughout the
LONG nigbt ~ 81. Middle Ayes bv
which tbo low could Obtain a respite
| from sorrow and suffering and guard
his life from the relentless hand of
his prosecutor, and that was money.
Shakespeare was right. Money
was the suit of the world to the dog
Of the Jew, and if he became an
al. - 4 Al. .xt 80 ,.ttttao 10 Lot III a
blame for it be laid at the door Of
them whose hearts knew of no other
| mercy than that which money could
buy.
mt ovor 60 no ronderad an eveel-
lo,t sor,,ioo - morLtna in heinz mo
otaa1o 49, hotu.aon Tho diffcront
courtrtos 80 r,,rona m office for
,yhtoh ~ nas nr-o-omirentIv fitted ON
oooo,nt -, Nc irtimnto Lnoniodga of
naonfas ana 1ang,oees aaincd Nv his
enforced pilgrimage in an the lands
of the civilized world. In those days
however. the Jew was not only a
money broker for kings and princes
OF tho church. but he was the pur-
vevor Of learning and literature as
well II WAS through him that the
Moors became Acquainted with the
philosophy of the Greeks: through
him. that the works of Aristotle and
his foremost Mohammedan disciple,
Averroes. were brought to the know
ledge OF the Occidental world.
Tboso uho aro IGNORANT of the vast
scientif,c noetic ana u~turpical liter
otnra nrodncod nv rho Iaws Of tho
r,tddto ,aos have 40 idea Of tho in
tonso ,r+eiloctnal zcai that animated
thom In mat dark neriod of enforced
.nolnsioa ana solitude In 1sq2 prof |
Steinscbr.ide of Rerlin nuhlished n
booL Of noarlv 100 closely printed
nages a work crowned nv the French
Academy Of Inscriptions, and this
book contains nothing but the record
OF TRANSACTIONS furnished by the Jews
OF the middle ages TO the storchouse
Of human knowledge.
The hanks II mentions cover every
knowp ffeld OF human research and
thouab+ la addition ia This thev rul-
tivated their own vast library of hin
ucat ana most -hiblicai Literature RutI
evnn ~ go ala NOT have these mas
sive nroofs that our ancestors had
higher idoals than that of making and
hoardine money tho one fact that
tbev All NOT desort 10 the dominant
religion would alone he sufficient to
es,a blisb This fact
If tbav had given mn their faith
ana bacoue renegades / could believe