The obstinacy and avarice of the Jews being thus in a measure placed in opposition to the fanaticism that tyranny of those under whom they lived, seemed to increase in proportion to the persecution with which they were visited; and the immense wealth they usually acquired in commerce, while it frequently placed them in danger, was at other times used to extend their influence, and to secure to them a certain degree of protection.
A zsidók szívóssága és kapzsisága tehát szinte védekezésül fejlődött ki elnyomóik fanatikus kegyetlensége és zsarnoksága ellen. A kettő mintha arányosan növekedett volna: minél na­gyobb volt az elnyomás, annál mohóbban vetették magukat a zsidók a pénz után.