“The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel — the People that has achieved so much of eternal worth, but has rarely succeeded in winning gratitude.”

Exodus I, 8 (p. 206)
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs (one-volume edition, 1937, ISBN 0-900689-21-8

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