MANUSCRITS] Max NORDAU (1849-1923) The Value Scale of Civilization, Manuscript in Maxa Nordau's handwriting. Text in French. 18 numbered p., incomplete numbered to 17 then p 60. First draft with corrections and erasures. "If the criterion for measuring the value of civilization in relation to man is that of the amenities and the amount of happiness it brings him, the result is far from satisfactory...So that we must look for another criterion than hedonism to appreciate the values of civilization". Enclosed: A manuscript entitled: Les trois Grands chiens 10 pp. Numbered on lined paper, 28 x 21.5 cm This is a children's story transcribed by an unknown hand and possibly unpublished. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba