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Leo Strauss1899–1973

No nobler dream was ever dreamt. It is surely nobler to be a victim of the most noble dream than to profit from a sordid reality and to wallow in it.

Leo Strauss on hope

Commenting upon the Aleinu prayer, in “Why We Remain Jews” (1962)

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