_Autoem._ p. 27 [25-26]. Elsewhere (p. 34 [30]) Pinsker insists that
the home of refuge must be secured by _political_ means (“politisch
gesichert.”)
Footnote 51:
Herzl also, in his pamphlet, does not decide on a territory; but he
also looks to America and Turkey, and suggests the Argentine or
Palestine (_Judenstaat_, p. 29).
Footnote 52:
_Autoem._ p. 30 [28].
Footnote 53:
_ib._ p. 35 [31].
Footnote 54:
“Eilig und doch ohne Erschütterung” (_Judenstaat_, p. 85). In one
place Herzl says that the emigration of the whole people from the
various countries to its own State will take “some decades” (p. 27),
but does not say how many. Elsewhere he is more definite; the
emigration will last “perhaps twenty years or perhaps more” (p. 79).
Footnote 55:
It is worth pointing out that Pinsker, too, hints that the company of
capitalists, which is to co-operate with his Directorium, may expect a
good profit. But as soon as he has mentioned this expectation he adds:
“Whether, however, this act of national redemption will be more or
less good business or not—that question is not of great moment in
comparison with the importance of the undertaking for the future of
our people.” (pp. 32-33 [30].)
Footnote 56:
Even in his lifetime Pinsker was not understood, and his pamphlet was
not appreciated at its full value. Smolenskin, in his critique, saw
nothing in the pamphlet beyond the superficial _Chibbath Zion_ which
had then a wide vogue in Hebrew literature, and could find nothing to
say in its praise except that it was written in German—a language in
which “such ideas ... have never been expressed before.”
THE TIME HAS COME
(1906[57])
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