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We must, if one can put it this way, "publish" the people of Israel in a revised and enhanced edition; or if we further rely on the terminology of the book market, something like "The People of Israel in Selected Passages." According to this goal, it is necessary that, with a very strict selection, only the "crème de la crème" of the Golah (Diaspora) should enter the Land of Israel. If their number is sufficient to constitute a Jewish majority in the Land of Israel (and all adherents of this outlook hope for this), then the Land of Israel is assured, for it will, in due time, become a Jewish state. Regarding the question of what will be the fate of those who remain, of the "unelected" who are in the Golah—the people of this outlook, who advocate for this type, do not like to speak; but according to the logic of the matter, the issue is clear: the "dregs" will remain in the Golah, along with their descendants—and with all the other prospects entailed in the Golah-existence.

This perception, when I wish to express myself politely, I call "Cultured Zionism"/Luxury/; when I want to express myself candidly, I call it "Pathos"—this is a pathos that arouses disgust, from a moral standpoint precisely. It is pathos because a selection of human material in such a manner is not at all practically possible; but even to the "logic of selection" in the matter, it is bitter and unfeeling. The role of Zionism is, first and foremost, humanitarian: to save from superfluous Jewish suffering all those Jews who need it today or will need it in the future. What their number is and what it will be in the future—about this I have already said, that it is possible a third of all Jewry needs saving, and possibly two-thirds—it is also possible that the number will be much larger or much smaller. It may be that a moment will suddenly come, tomorrow, or in ten, or in thirty years, when the aspiration for emigration will suddenly erupt among the Jews of the world, that is—not when they begin to feel peace and tranquility, either economically or spiritually; but the opposite—it is possible that in this or that country, an emotional explosion will suddenly tear through the Jews, in the form of a general aspiration for emigration. The future will show all this. The role of Zionism is not to guess tomorrow's statistics, but to prepare such conditions in the Land of Israel, in which the Land will be able—tomorrow, or in ten, or in thirty years—to contain and sustain all those Jews who will come, at some point in time, for whatever reason, to knock on its gates.