vice of all
mankind. For as we have had a role "in the organization of the
European task," so we still have a role, and in that division of the
labor of civilization in terms of nationality we have our task to
accomplish, our service to render. This task, this service, is the
expression of the Jewish idea, the flowering and fruitage of the
Hebraic spirit, which, rooted in our historic past, planted on our
national soil, shall realize in modern terms, in social organization,
in religion, in the arts and the sciences, a national future that by
its inward excellence will truly make Israel "a light unto the
nations."

The indispensable condition for such a realization is autonomous
nationality; not nationhood, necessarily, but autonomy. This, more
than civil rights among other nationalities, is our stake in this
great war. In the last analysis, the Hebraic culture and ideals which
our Menorah Societies study, can be _advanced_, can be a _living_
force in civilization, only as a national force. Our duty to America,
inspired by the Hebraic tradition,--our service to the world, in
whatever occupation,--both these are conditioned, in so far as we are
Jews, upon the conservation of Jewish nationality. That is the potent
reality in each of us, our selfhood, and service is the giving of the
living self. Let us so serve mankind; as Jews, aware of our great
heritage, through it and in it strong to live and labor for mankind's
good.

[Illustration: Signature: H. M. Kallen]

_I think I see in your Society a recognition of the
real spirit of our country's motto_, e pluribus unum.
_That does not mean a sinking of the differences
between us all into absolute uniformity, but rather
the harmony that can result from the recognition of
these differences and developing our own
individualities so that we shall have variety in
unity.--From an Address before the Yale Menorah
Society by Professor Benjamin W. Bacon of Yale
University._

FOOTNOTES:

[C] For a fuller treatment of this point compare in the New York
_Nation_ for February 18 and 25, 1915, the author's articles on
"Democracy Versus the Melting Pot."

[D] Cardiff Speech, 2d October, 1914.

[E] Dublin Speech, 25th September, 1914.

[F] Cf. Isaiah, II, 2-4; XIX, 23-25; XI, 6-9; LXV, 17-25, etc.

Yankee and Jew

_An After-Dinner Address_

BY G. STANLEY HALL

_President of Clark Univer