In the first conversation between these two, Sidonia reveals himself as a great lover of power, and dis¬ courses charmingly of the powerful men of history, ending in this way:
DISRAELI—BRITISH PREMIER, PORTRAYS JEWS 189 "“Aquaviva was General of the Jesuits, ruled every cabinet in Europe and colonized America before he was thirty-seven. What a career!7’ exclaimed the stranger (Sidonia), rising from his chair and walk¬ ing up and down the room; “the secret sway of Europe!”
(p. 120. The references are to Longman’s edition published in 1919. The italics are ours.)
Taking up a study of the character of Sidonia the Jew, Disraeli the Jew begins to refer, to the Jews as “Mosaic Arabs ” If a modern writer were to describe the Jews thus, virtually as Arabs of the Mosaic per¬ suasion, it would be denounced as another attempt at “persecution,” but Disraeli did this a number of times, his purpose evidently being to give the Jew his proper setting as to his original position among the nations* Again he refers to them as “Jewish Arabs ” Both of these terms may be found on page 209.
Disraeli also gives voice to the