Louis Marshall eulogized the late Dr. Joseph Goldberger, martyr to science, in a statement to the “Jewish Daily Bulletin.”
“As Jews and Americans we may take justifiable pride in the man and his work,” Mr. Marshall stated. “He will rank as one of the civic heroes of our time. His life was devoted to scientific research. Modestly and heroically he strove for the welfare of the human race. He risked his life over and over again so that the ravages of obscure diseases might be overcome. Few heard of him. He served loyally in the United States Public Health Bureau. His salary was a mere pittance, but he was oblivious of everything but the call of duty.
“In the admirable book of Paul de Kruif, ‘Hunger Fighters,’ which recently appeared, the concluding chapter is devoted to this noble and self-sacrificing man. When I read it I was genuinely thrilled by the intelligence, the steadfastness and devotion of this resourceful dreamer, of him whom the author calls “This mild-faced Jew’ whose ‘father wore a long Orthodox beard’.”
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