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years of abuse not only was
ihe soil washed away but
malaria in its wake was
brought in. That is the differ
ence, or was the difference, be
tween Palestine and Southern
California as a possible place
for humap epdeavor, for cul
tivation and development. But
while so much was lost and
the evil of malaria brought in,
I found when I went to Pales
tine that in the long range of
time which we have to con
sider, man’s evil effort has on
ly touched the surface. It was
still possible, as the Jewish
settlements demonstrated, that
it could be a land flowing
with milk and honey and with
much besides. Wherever man
has directed intelligent effort
supplemented by science, the
‘land began to bloom almost
as a miracle. I know how I
felt when I saw that. I felt
convinced that all that was
needed was men, means and
intelligent effort. If Palestine
affected me in that way, one
who had lived most of his life
largely apart from the Jewish
people, I realize what it could
do for others who have been
close to Jewish life. I said to
myself devastating Palestine,
2,000 years have developed the
greatest of natural resources.
Palestine has developed
Jewish character. By the vari
ous sufferings to which they
had been subjected in some
parts of the world and in most
of it during all those centuries,
there has been bred a race of
people who could easily sup
plement all that Palestine .has
lost. Jewish suffering not on
ly taught men to think, it
gave them will, it gave them
courage, it gave them pertina
city, which under all possible
circumstances and amidst all
possible difficulties, through
out the world, made them
leaders wherever opportunity
existed and in many places
where it seemed not to exist.
I then acquired that faith
which, as I say, had been
deepened by every year’s ex
perience since. It is only a
question of our will, intelli
gently directed, to make Pales
tine Jewish, and in making it
so, to solve in large part the
Jewish problem for the whole
world. Now I say my convic
tion has been deepened. Why?
In the first place, the thing
which I found as an obstacle
to progress, to financial suc
cess, which accounted for
many of the deficits from
which the farmers were suf
fering, was malaria. I was con
vinced that it was possible to
remedy this because I, myself,
as a boy, lived in a malarial
region on the Ohio River. In
an incredibly shorthand at a
more than incredibly small
expense this scourge has been
eliminated.
Another question that had
disturbed me was: How would
our people coming from di
verse lands so unlike Palestine
.—indeed, so unlike one an
other—how would they adapt
themselves to that country?
How would they grapple
with the problem? And
there was this particular
difficulty that came into my
mind and remained there for
years after I left Palestine,
and it was this: What will be
the effect of doing the very
thing which I thought must
/Jbe done, namely, providing
the money necessary? Would
it have the effect of lessening
ambition, making dependents
instead of men, as men must
be who are pioneers in a new
old country, self-dependent,
self-reliant individuals? I had
for years been much concern
ed as to what effect that neces-
ary act of supplying money, in
which I myself took a small
part, would have in the de
velopment of the people on
whom we have to rely. I am
happy to say that the years
have removed from my mind
all doubt on that question. On
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