'Properly, the JEW ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of... His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine and abstruse learning are also way out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in this world, in all the ages; And has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it.' A letter from Mark Twain written in 1898 in Twain, M. (1934) CONCERNING THE JEW, New York, US: Harper Brothers Publishers.