"We have stony hearts toward the living and we erect monuments of stone to the dead. A living memorial is the only kind worthy of living beings, whether they are with us here or have gone Beyond. Better name after him the street in or near which he lived than to erect some obstruction in stone, for the one comes into our life and the other we pass by carelessly. But better set to work the noble ideas which he had and do, as far as we may and can, that which he longed to do. Thus he remains in our lives, the living factor that he was, and the memory of him does not become part of a tombstone or a static statue." -- William Z. Spiegelman.
Letter to Mrs. Willi Spiegelberg (aka Flora Spiegelberg)
Letter to Mrs. Willi Spielberg, dated November 26, 1929, on behalf of Who's Who in American Jewry. (Note: in the summary of the letter being responded to, which appears in the lower left-hand corner, Mrs Willi Spielberg is called "Mrs. Flora (- Willi ) - Spiegelberg," which would seem to be the correct spelling.)
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