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CHAPTER VII<br />
THE REINSTATEMENT<br />
OF ABRAHAM GEIGER<br />
When <strong>the</strong> wicked spring forth as <strong>the</strong> grass, and when all <strong>the</strong><br />
workers of iniquity flourish; it is that <strong>the</strong>y shall be destroyed<br />
forever.<br />
(Psalms 92:7)<br />
Geiger's non-appointment <strong>to</strong> be head of <strong>the</strong> Breslau<br />
Seminary has been described as "perhaps <strong>the</strong> worst defeat of<br />
his entire career." 43 However bad this setback was, he was <strong>to</strong><br />
be reinstated at a later date <strong>to</strong> his previous full glory for<br />
several reasons, in addition <strong>to</strong> Reform growth in America. One<br />
was because if Geiger would be allowed <strong>to</strong> rebel and flex his<br />
muscles, it could ruin <strong>the</strong> Reform movement. Ano<strong>the</strong>r was that<br />
Geiger had also spawned <strong>the</strong> development of revolutionary<br />
personalities around him, and if Geiger remained <strong>to</strong>o far out of<br />
<strong>the</strong> limelight <strong>the</strong>re would be a danger that his proteges could<br />
become estranged from <strong>the</strong> movement, for example, Lina<br />
Morgenstern (1830-1909), who was 18 at <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong><br />
revolution of 1848, and lived in Breslau.<br />
The International Communist Party carved out a role for<br />
Lina in <strong>the</strong>ir schemes of division. Her specialty was men and<br />
women. She fell in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> pattern of good deeds and<br />
Philanthropy on <strong>the</strong> outside, which brought great prestige <strong>to</strong><br />
herself, and less criticism for her political activities. Lina<br />
Morgenstern was one of <strong>the</strong> forerunners of Women's Lib, and<br />
organized <strong>the</strong> first International Women's Congress in 1896,<br />
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