“I am persuaded that in Russia, Austria, and Germany nine-tenths of the hostility to the Jew comes from the average Christian's inability to compete successfully with the average Jew in business--in either straight business or the questionable sort.”

Concerning the Jews (Harper's Magazine, Sept. 1899)

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American author and humorist 1835–1910

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