Born a Jew, a citizen of inferior legal and social status, he had attained to equality with his more enlightened neighbours, had earned their respect as a human being, and had become assimilated into what appeared to him as their more rational and dignified mode of life.
Bir Yahudi, hukuki ve sosyal olarak alt tabakadan biri olarak doğduktan sonra, daha aydın komşuları ile eşit konuma geldi, bir insan olarak saygılarını kazandı ve ona göre daha akılcı ve şerefli bir yaşam tarzı tarafından asimile edildi.