How am I to answer this? Perhaps by observing that if the true measure of a man’s character, as Aristotle says, is his actions, then mine have hardly been those of an energetic anti-Semite. Still, there is nothing like an accusation of anti-Semitism to get all one’s old prejudices flowing, and I write bitterly to a friend: “I knew that one day I would be attacked by the Jews, and notably by the Dreyfuses …” Thus our beautiful cause descends into tantrums, disappointment, reproaches and acrimony.
A bit apologist from Harris. If Picquart was an anti-Semite, let him keep that shame even in drama.
