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Jews were the standard-bearers of the Austrian idea of unity.β A poignant though probably apocryphal tale is of a group of Austro-Hungarian Army officers casting earth into the grave of a fellow soldier: each does it in the name of his own nationality β Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish. Only the Jewish officer speaks for Austria.
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David Edmonds (Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers)