Lewis Einstein

“ Power raised him high above the multitude and separated him from it even against his inclination. A mystic belief in his own mission as the servant of democracy, regardless of all other considerations carried him forward in an isolation which screened him from that humanity to whose service he dedicated his life. ”

“ The United States which participated in the birth of Czechoslovakia, supported the proclamation of its independence and gave it aid in the hour of need, can take satisfaction in the immense forward strides of this Republic during the brief period since the war, and in the respect shown to its leaders in the Councils of the Nations. No one more than Wilson wold have been gladdened by the real fruits of victory which are now ripening under the peace he helped to create. ”

“ In the years of darkness which fell over the world after the war, many, it is true, despaired of what had been achieved and saw only blackness and everywhere around the desolation and the havoc wrought. ”

“ The unselfish purpose of America in bringing the aid of our armies to a struggling cause, and the help of our sustenance to an enfeebled and afamished Europe, will always be a source of pride not only to every American, but to all who believe in the power for good within the human heart. ”

“ Democracy had always been his goal, but in the presence of events as stupendous as they were unfamiliar he interpreted these in his own way and with processes of reasoning which were not always easy to follow. He remained aloof from the environment of men. ”

“ Prague Teachers’ Choir, conducted by Professor Method Doležil.
Address by Dr. Eduard Beneš,
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister.
Speech by the Hon. Lewis Einstein,
U. S . Minister at Prague.
J. Vašák: Funeral Adagio. ”