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ADDRESSES ON RECONSTRUCTION IN PALESTINE 177
that is to say, the Arabs and ourselves-have got to agree on the
main outlines of an advantageous partnership which shall satisfy
the needs of both nations. A just solution of this problem and
one worthy of both nations is an end no less important and no
less worthy of our efforts than the promotion of the work of construction
itself. Remember that Switzerland represents a higher
stage of political development than any national state, precisely
because of the greater political problems which had to be solved
before a stable community could be built up out of groups
of different nationality.
Much remains to be done, but one at least of Herzl's aims
has already been realized: the Palestine job has given the
Jewish people an astonishing degree of solidarity and the
optimism without which no organism can lead a healthy life.
Anything we may do for the common purpose is done not
merely for our brothers in Palestine but for the well-being and
honor of the whole Jewish people.
II.
We are assembled today for the purpose of recalling to mind
our age-old co=unity, its destiny and its problems. It is a
community of moral tradition, which has always shown its
strength and vitality in times of stress. In all ages it has produced
men who embodied the conscience of the western world,
defenders of hnman dignity and justice.
So long as we ourselves care about this community it will
continue to exist to the benefit of mankind, in spite of the fact
that it possesses no self-contained organization. A decade or
two ago a group of far-sighted men, among whom the unforgettable
Herzl stood out above the rest, came to the conclusion
that we needed a spiritual center in order to preserve our sense
of solidarity in difficult times. Thus arose tl,e idea of Zionism
and the work of settlement in Palestine, the successful realization
of which we have been permitted to witness, at least in its
highly promising beginnings.
I have had the privilege of seeing, to my great joy and satis-