Have promised to endure
do not want to endure
but she is a world war in me11. This passage and much of what follows refers to a sentiment expressed by Martin Buber at the end of the epilogue to “Gog and Magog”. In the face of World War II, he writes: “There is no way to be shown in this desert night; it is to be helped to persevere with a ready soul until the morning dawns and a way becomes visible where no one suspected it.” (Own translation.)