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The Speech Circle on Ken-Yona

And a second lesson, in its order:

One of my friends told me about a conversation he had with the English sergeant, an eyewitness to that night. He asked the soldier: What astonished you in that event? Surely you are used to seeing such things. They say, don't they, that most of the Arab lads who were executed died like heroes. And he answered: Yes, I have seen men go to the gallows with their heads held high, and yet with all of them, on the last night, when their time was up, they let their shoulders slump. What does it matter if I sit this way or that? The end has come, after all. What astonished me was that a man, alone, thought about what to say, where to turn, and early in the morning cleaned his razor, and asked in what garment he would be permitted to go. We had never seen such a prologue. A man is a testament to his own aristocracy. King David was restrained in public, and in secret counted the crown. This is the lesson.

The difference between A.Y.H. and an animal – this is convention; between culture and savagery – convention; every great thing in the world – convention. Justice and law were established in the world thanks to the laws of a codified convention. When the judge opens the discussion and gives the floor to the prosecutor and the defense attorney, and before taking testimony they ask the witness for order, demand an oath from him, and if they forget a part of the conflict, there is deliberation and the verdict is not just. Known laws, the rules of election, the freedom of the citizen – all are convention. And if they are not kept – then in the state the elected party becomes corrupt, even if not a single one of them is swept up in the decision not to elect them. If there is no convention – there is nothing of value. If only it were considered important that this open discussion become habit among us, the Hebrew public, and the custom to speak with order in this stance and to walk in this manner and no other. In a game, this is not difficult; in life – it is. I am very sorry when our comrades encounter the harsh reality of daily life, and decide to neglect the convention.

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