They were dissatisfiedwith their lot and cursed the
fate which had hit them so hard.
He provided the State, for the most part, with its
leadingtechnical experts and civil servants.
And I thought that such a policy was a stain on
theideal of liberal democracy. Oftentimes such ways of thinking and such viewswere
quite primitive. He provided the State, for the most part, with its leadingtechnical
experts and civil servants.
Even Vienna could not hold out for a lengthy period
in this conflict. He nowdescends to the adoption of vulgar means in his
defence.
At the time I cameto Vienna I felt opposed to both.
Here was a pestilence, a moral pestilence, with which thepublic was being infected.
Hiscommercial interests comprised almost every section of the heterogeneousEmpire.
Butnext day I would find that it had been all in vain. Oftentimes such ways of
thinking and such viewswere quite primitive. In face of that revelation the scales
fell from myeyes. During such moments I had dark presentiments and feared something
evil.
He thus proved himself a much greater statesman
than theso-called diplomats of that period. The conduct of almost all important
undertakings was in hishands.
Everywhere the same sinisterpicture presented
itself. He provided the State, for the most part, with its leadingtechnical experts
and civil servants. The German-Austrian had very big ways of thinking. But a Jew can
never be rescued from his fixed notions.
When a man has reached his thirtieth year he has
still a great deal tolearn. As a result of careful observation, itsdaily progress
had become obvious to me.
To my mind both alternatives were possible. Within
my small circle I talked to them until my throat achedand my voice grew
hoarse.
But I attributed all this to the overpowering
influence of theworld metropolis.
In this connection we must remember there isno
limit to the number of such people.
And with that I came up against the Jewish problem.