“Tried to escape,” said Thurston. “The Germans can take Portugal overnight.” “And I’m talking about the arguments that arise in Congress when you try to alter the law,” Slote said, “especially in favor of Jews. Nobody wants any more competition from them, they’re too energetic and smart. That’s the fact of it, Natalie, like it or not.” “We could give refuge to all the Jews in Europe, all five million of them. We’d only be a lot better off,” Thurston said. “Remember your Ruskin? ‘Wealth is life,’ he said. And if that’s a bit too simple, it’s certainly true that wealth is brains.”
