Then he spoke of the possibilities of America joining the War.
“It will come; we will be forced into it. We Jews will get the worst of it as usual, but that’s good for us; the will to live becomes stronger.”
He continually repeated “we Jews” as if to impress the fact of his race upon Floyd.
“The American aliens will find relatives in every European field of battle; it will be terrible, like the Civil War, brother against brother.”
Floyd had never thought of it that way.
“The Jews are like an old tree—its branches spread all over the world; it roots are in the Bible. The Arian education is Greek, opposite to that of the Hebrew. The Greeks worshipped form, beauty; its idols were in stone. The Hebrews rejected that; they based their religion on the ‘Word.’ You see? the body, the Soul; the Image Greek, the Soul Hebrew.”
After that, Floyd found his way often to the fourth floor. He heard many things foreign to his way of thinking, but of deep interest to him.
“Now,” said Floyd laughingly one evening, “I’ve made myself popular with all the family.”
“No,” answered Julie, “there is one more, Father Cabello.”