But what is more disturbing than the opinions uniformly expressed is the hysteria, bordering on mental imbalance, which characterizes them. People we used to think of as harmless drudges pursuing moldy futilities are now revealing to us the explosive power of boredom, a power that may well frighten us.

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Edward Alexander
Edward Alexander is professor emeritus of English at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of a number of books including the just-released “Jews Against Themselves”; “The Jewish Idea and Its Enemies”; “The Jewish Wars”; “The State of the Jews”; and “The Holocaust and the War of Ideas.”