He hath disgraced me and 53 hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, 54 mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted 55 my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine ene- 56 mies—and what’s his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not 57 a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimen- 58 sions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the 59 same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to 60 the same diseases, healed by the same means, 61 warmed and cooled by the same winter and sum- 62 mer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not 63 bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you 64
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