While tracing in detail the growth of these sympathies, I have endeavoured to throw some light on the motives and sentiments appertaining to the most significant instances on record. I had, therefore, to deal with a great variety of subjects which, at first sight, may seem somewhat remote from the main object of this book, but are after all closely connected with it, as for instance:―― The Biblical character of the English People; The Bible in English Literature; The Love for Palestine in England, and English Politics in the Near East. Concerning the last-mentioned subject, it is perhaps necessary to explain why I was compelled to deal at such length with the Wars and Treaties of 1839‒40, of 1853‒54, and _The Lebanon_ events of 1860, _etc._ It can hardly be too often repeated that Zionism has to consider political conditions, and that its realization depends much on the general political situation. It is for this reason that it is necessary to devote much attention to all the events which have more or less determined English policy, and have influenced――in a favourable or unfavourable manner――the evolution of the Zionist idea. The events of 1839‒40, for instance, were responsible for the extension of English protection to Palestinian Jews; those of 1853‒54 caused a revival of Zionist schemes: _The Lebanon_ developments of 1860‒61 created a precedent in Syria for the Charter which modern Zionism included in its programme; while England’s engagements in the Near East in 1878 and 1882 on the one hand, and the Turkish Revolution of 1908 on the other hand, both of which, in different ways, led to the idea of a rejuvenation of the East, indicate the possible course of future events.