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A text by this person considers the “desperately slow” ascent of man and wonders at how long it would take for humanity to become as “charitably inclined” as Gotthold Lessing. This person told Kaiser Wilhelm II (“VIL-helm the second”) to ask the Ottoman sultan for “a Chartered Company under German protection.” While working for the Neue Freie Presse (“NOY-uh FRY-uh PRESS-uh”), this person may have been heavily influenced by a scandal in the French Third Republic. This person chaired an 1897 congress where the Basel Program was adopted, (10[1])and later proposed the Uganda (-5[1])Scheme. (-5[1])After being (-5[1])upset by the Dreyfus (“DRY-fuss”) Affair, this person proposed a solution to the title people’s “question” in an address to the Rothschilds. For 10 points, what author of The Jewish State founded modern political Zionism? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Theodor Herzl [or Herzl Tivadar; or Teodor Hertzel; or Binyamin Ze’ev]
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