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Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
THE AUTHOR ON HIS HORSE KOCHBA Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago, in March, 1911
SOLDIERS' TENTS IN SAMARIA
NAZARETH, FROM THE NORTHEAST Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
HOUSE OF THE AUTHOR'S FATHER, EPHRAIM FISHL AARONSOHN, IN ZICRON-JACOB
IN A NATIVE CAFÉ, SAFFÊD Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald
A LEMONADE-SELLER OF DAMASCUS Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald
RAILROAD STATION SCENE BETWEEN HAIFA AND DAMASCUS Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald
CAMELS BRINGING IN NEWLY CUT TREES, DAMASCUS Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald
THE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF ZAHLEH IN THE LEBANON Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
HAIFA Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
HAIFA AND THE BAY OF AKKA. LOOKING EAST FROM MOUNT CARMEL Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
THE BAZAAR OF JAFFA ON A MARKET DAY Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
STORMY SEA BREAKING OVER ROCKS OFF JAFFA Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
THE AUTHOR'S SISTER ON HER HORSE TAYAR Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald in March, 1914
BEIRUT, FROM THE DECK OF AN OUTGOING STEAMER Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
INTRODUCTION
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a little country the soul of which is torn to pieces--a little country that is so remote, so remote that her ardent sighs cannot be heard.
It is the country of perpetual sacrifice, the country that saw Abraham build the altar upon which he was ready to immolate his only son, the country that Moses saw from a distance, stretching in beauty and loveliness,--a land of promise never to be attained,--the country that gave the world its symbols of soul and spirit. Palestine!