Major Languages

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“What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish past—the whole life of a civilization—but also a major share of the Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.”
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“I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.”
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