I should like to begin by telling you an ancient fable, with a few minor changes-a fable that will serve to throw into bold relief the mainsprings of political anti-Semitism: The shepherd boy said to the horse: "You are the noblest beast that treads the earth. You deserve to live in untroubled bliss; and indeed your happiness would be complete were it not for the treacherous stag. But he practiced from youth to excel you in fleetness of foot. His faster pace allows him to reach the water holes before you do. He and his tribe drink up the water far and wide, while you and your foal are left to thirst. Stay with mel My wisdom and guidance shall deliver you and your kind from a dismal and ignominious state."