[⭘] The Literary Remains of Emanuel Deutsch, ‘The Talmud’, for a larger selection of Talmudic sayings.
[⭘] The Discipline of Sorrow, 1911. ‘The terrible events of life are great eye-openers. They force us to learn that which it is wholesome for us to know, but which habitually we try to ignore, namely, that really we have no claim on a long life; that we are each of us liable to be called off at any moment, and that the main point is not how long we live, but with what meaning we fill the short allotted span—for short it is at best.
As in every battle, so in the great battle of Humanity, the fallen and wounded, too, have a share in the victory; by their sufferings they have helped, and the greenest wreaths belong to them.’ (Felix Adler in Life and Destiny, New York. McClure, Philips & Co.)
[⭘] Aspects of Judaism, ii, 5.
[⭘] Adler: ‘Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild—a Funeral Address’.
[⭘] Penini: translation in Gottheil, Sun and Shield.
[⭘] ‘The Jewels’—based on a version by S. T. Coleridge.
[⭘] Cf. Authorized Prayer Book, p. 318.
[⭘] Ethics of the Fathers: The fourth chapter ends with the words of R. Eleazar Hakkappar:—