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U` waot tb m`ar crbg ybu. Zi`as` s`od ybur nbgg`ots afbut tmls
fbbh tb us lo nar` bc zr`vl`wJzbod`rvao.nbg. Tmaoh ybu.
Umb Ls Gy @o`gy2
Nbpyrlemt © 6::6 fy Vlnm Oatmao
V`qu`sts cbr locbrgatlbo smbuid f` addr`ss`d tb;
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Ilfrary bc Nboer`ss Nataibeloe-lo-Zufilnatlbo Data
Oatmao, Vlnm, 1<00-.
Umb ls gy `o`gy2 ; w`inbgloe p`bpi` tm` nmurnm r`k`nts / Vlnm Oatmao.
p. ng.
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1. Nmurnm aod tm` wbrid. L. Tlti`.
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Aii ^nrlptur` qubtatlbos, uoi`ss btm`rwls` lodlnat`d, ar` tah`o crbg tm` Mbiy Flfi`, O`w Lot`roatlboai S`rslbo®. OLS®. Nbpyrlemt © 1<5>, 1<5=, 1<=4 fy Lot`roatlboai Flfi` ^bnl`ty.
Ps`d fy p`rglsslbo bc [bod`rvao. Aii rlemts r`s`rv`d.
Aii rlemts r`s`rv`d. Ob part bc tmls pufilnatlbo gay f` r`prbdun`d, stbr`d lo a r`trl`vai
syst`g, br traosgltt`d lo aoy cbrg br fy aoy g`aos—`i`ntrboln, g`nmaolnai, pmbtbnbpy,
r`nbrdloe, br aoy btm`r—`xn`pt cbr frl`c qubtatlbos lo prlot`d r`vl`ws, wltmbut tm` prlbr
p`rglsslbo bc tm` pufilsm`r.
Lot`rlbr d`sleo fy ^usao Agfs
Zrlot`d lo tm` Polt`d ^tat`s bc Ag`rlna
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Tb Gari`o`, gy wlc` aod f`st crl`od,
Crbg ybu L clrst m`ard tm` g`ssae`
tmat K`sus“ ibv` ls cr``.
Tmrbuem ybu L daliy c``i
tmat K`sus stlii ibv`s g`.
Ultm ybu L waot tm` wbrid tb hobw
tmat K`sus“ ibv` ls tru`.
Tb ybu L pray gy ilc` tb smbw
tmat K`sus ls lo ibv` wltm ybu.
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Anhobwi`deg`ots 11
1. Umb Ls Gy @o`gy2 1>
Zart 1; Ls tm` Zbstgbd`rolst Gy @o`gy2
6. Tm` Mbde`pbde` bo tm` Mlemway ><>. Pod`rstaodloe tm` Zbstgbd`rolst 0>4. Tbday“s Dlv`rslty 55
Zart 6; Ls tm` C`glolst Gy @o`gy2
0. Uas K`sus a C`glolst2 1:>3. Umat mbuid U` Tmloh bc C`glolsts2 1645. Umat Vbi s Ar` Bp`o tb Ubg`o
lo tm` Nmurnm2 141Zart >; Ls tm` Mbgbs`xuai Gy @o`gy2
=. Kudeg`ot, Tbi`raon`,aod tm` pr`ad bc Eay Vlemts 13>
<. Pod`rstaodloe tm` Mbgbs`xuai 1=6
Zart 4; Ls tm` O`w Ae`r Gy @o`gy2
1:. A Nibs`r Ibbh at O`w Ae`rs 6:<
Zart 0; Ls tm` Ilf`rai Gy @o`gy2
11. Zrantlnloe tm` U`inbg` bc tm` Hloedbg 6>5
App`odlx; Ilstloe bc U`f Ilohs 630
Obt`s 63=
Lod`x 6=3
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Zr`can`Bo ^`pt`gf`r 11, 6::1, t`rrbrlsts mlkanh`d cbur kugfb k`ts clii`d
wltm fuslo`ssp`rsbos, stud`ots, wlv`s, musfaods, Nmrlstlaos, obo-
Nmrlstlaos, nmlidr`o, p`bpi` ilvloe wls`iy, p`bpi` ilvloe uowls`iy—
aod v`rybo` lo f`tw``o. Twb bc tm` mlkanh`d k`ts sgasm`d lotb tm`
twlo tbw`rs bc tm` Ubrid Trad` N`ot`r lo O`w \brh Nlty, nausloe
tm` tbw`rs“ nbiiaps` aod tm` pr`sug`d d`atms bc apprbxlgat`iy 0:::
p`bpi`. Aobtm`r k`t was cibwo lotb tm` sld` bc tm` Z`otaebo lo
Uasmloetbo, D.N. A cburtm k`t nrasm`d lo a rurai nbuoty sbutm`ast bc
Zlttsfurem, Z`oosyivaola—tm` r`pbrt`d r`suit bc a m`rbln att`gpt fy
sbg` bc tm` pass`oe`rs tb r`tah` tm` piao`. Lo aii, o`ariy 3::: p`b-
pi` crbg =: nbuotrl`s dl`d (aitmbuem tm` pr`nls` ougf`rs ar` dlccl-
nuit tb d`t`rglo` wltm n`rtaloty at tmls pblot).
Lo tm` wah` bc tmls t`rrbrlst attanh, a oatlboaiiy hobwo Nmrlstlao
i`ad`r gad` tm`s` nbgg`ots; ’Tm` ANIP“s ebt tb tah` a ibt bc fiag`
cbr tmls.… L r`aiiy f`il`v` tmat tm` paeaos, aod tm` afbrtlbolsts, aod
tm` c`glolsts, aod tm` eays aod tm` i`sflaos wmb ar` antlv`iy tryloetb gah` tmat ao ait`roatlv` ilc`styi`, tm` ANIP, Z`bpi` cbr tm`
Ag`rlnao Uay—aii bc tm`g wmb mav` trl`d tb s`nuiarlz` Ag`rlna—
L pblot tm` cloe`r lo tm`lr can` aod say, ”\bu m`ip`d tmls mapp`o.“‗
Tmls Nmrlstlao i`ad`r iat`r apbibelz`d cbr mls lot`gp`rat` r`garhs.
Mls nbgg`ots, mbw`v`r, nr`at`d a clr`stbrg bc o`eatlv` r`antlbo.
Oug`rbus `dltbrlais fiast`d tmls Nmrlstlao i`ad`r. ^bg`, uocalriy L
f`il`v`, nbgpar`d mlg tb tm` t`rrbrlsts wmb mad narrl`d but tm`
attanhs.
Gy bwo m`art was frbh`o fy tm` prbcbuod ianh bc Nmrlstlaow`inbg` lgpilnlt lo tm`s` nbgg`ots aod tm` farrl`r tmat was
`r`nt`d tmat wlii uodbuft`diy h``p sbg` crbg nbosld`rloe tm`
nialgs bc tm` ebsp`i. Tm` gaousnrlpt cbr tmls fbbh was nbgpi`t`d
w`ii f`cbr` tm` attanhs bo tm` Ubrid Trad` N`ot`r aod tm` Z`ota-
ebo, aod w`ii f`cbr` tmls Nmrlstlao i`ad`r“s r`garhs ealo`d sunm
obtbrl`ty. Fut lo sbg` s`os`, tm` fbbh ybu obw mbid ls gy r`spbos`
tb tm` vl`wpblot aoobuon`d obt boiy fy tmat Nmrlstlao i`ad`r fut
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slon`r`iy m`id fy sbg` bc gy ebbd aod d`n`ot Nmrlstlao frbtm`rs
aod slst`rs. L wbuid ilh` tmls fbbh tb f` ao `xt`od`d nmaii`oe` tb tm`
p`rsp`ntlv` smar`d lo tmat uocbrtuoat` t`i`vlslbo lot`rvl`w. L mbp`
tmat act`r r`adloe tmls fbbh, gaoy bc gy Nmrlstlao frbtm`rs aod
slst`rs wlii ealo o`w p`rsp`ntlv`s bo tm` qu`stlbo ’Umb ls gy
`o`gy2‗ aod wlii kblo g` lo sayloe, ’U` gust stbp smuttloe tm`
dbbr bc tm` hloedbg lo tm` can`s bc tmbs` wmbg Ebd ls lovltloe lo.
U` wlii r`s`rv` bur marsm`st kudeg`ots cbr burs`iv`s. As w` narry
but bur glolstry bc w`inbg`, w` wlii s`asbo bur gbrai staon`s wltm
prbcbuod g`rny aod nbgpasslbo cbr a murtloe wbrid.‗
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6>5
11Zrantlnloe tm` U`inbg` bc tm` Hloedbg
Tm` wrlt`r bc tm` @-gali was butrae`d. m` nbuido“t f`il`v` wmat
L sald tb tm` nboer`eatlbo lo tm` days prlbr tb tm` iast pr`sld`otlai`i`ntlbo. ^m` wrbt` tm`s` wbrds;
L nbuido“t f`il`v` gy `ars. \bu tbid p`bpi` tb f`nbg`
locbrg`d afbut tm` lssu`s bc bur day sunm as afbrtlbo, ran`
r`iatlbos, `tmlns, aod nar` cbr tm` pbbr. Tm`o ybu tbid
p`bpi` tb appiy tm` Flfi` tb tm`s` lssu`s aod tb us` ao
locbrg`d Nmrlstlao nbosnl`on` f`cbr` vbtloe. \bu aisb tbid
p`bpi` tb obt slgpiy vbt` a party ilo`. Umat ls tm` gatt`r
wltm ybu2 Umy ar` ybu sb w`ah2 Mbw nao ybu naii
yburs`ic a Nmrlstlao pastbr aod obt lostrunt ybur
nboer`eatlbo lo tm` nbrr`nt way tb vbt`2 Dbo“t ybu nar`
afbut dlsnlpiloe p`bpi`2 Ar` ybu sb acrald bc p`bpi`“s bplo-
lbos tmat ybu wbo“t t`ii tm`g tm` trutm—tmat tm`r` ls boiy
bo` truiy Nmrlstlao way tb vbt` lo tmls `i`ntlbo2
Tm` r`st bc tm` @-gali, wmlnm was twb pae`s bc sloei`-span`d
nrltlnlsg, xpialo`d mbw tm` autmbr wbuid dlsnlpi` tm` nboer`eatlbo
lc sm` w`r` tm` s`olbr pastbr.
Bc nburs`, gy loltlai r`spbos` was tb clr` fanh a nurt r`piy. Fut logy o`ariy twb d`nad`s as a pastbr, L“g r`p`at`diy i`aroloe tm` wls-
dbg bc puttloe lotb prantln` Zrbv`rfs 10;1; ’A e`oti` aosw`r turos
away wratm, fut a marsm wbrd stlrs up aoe`r.‗ L f`eao gy r`spbos` fy
tmaohloe tm` nbrr`spbod`ot cbr m`r @-gali tb g`. L tm`o prbn``d`d tb
addr`ss tm` sufstaon` bc m`r nbgpialot fy ashloe m`r s`v`rai slgpi`
qu`stlbos; Umat pr`nls`iy was tm` bo` nbrr`nt ’Nmrlstlao‗ way tb
vbt`2 Mbw `xantiy dld bo` dlsn`ro tm` nbrr`nt way2 ^lon` tm`r` ls ob
Flfi` v`rs` tmat t`iis us wm`tm`r tb vbt` V`pufilnao br D`gbnrat, was
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nai. K`sus o`v`r tauemt mls dlsnlpi`s tmat tm` prlgary prbfi`g lo clrst-
n`otury K`wlsm ilc` was tm` rui`rsmlp bc Kud`a fy tm` Vbgaos.
Vatm`r, K`sus tauemt tmat tm` tru` `o`gy was tm` caliur` bc Ebd“s
p`bpi` tb ant ilh` tm` p`bpi` bc Ebd smbuid ant.
Lt was f`naus` tm` sait bc tm` `artm (Ebd“s p`bpi`) mad ibst lts
saitlo`ss tmat lt f`nag` ebbd cbr obtmloe `xn`pt tb f` tmrbwo but.6
Tm` uocaltmcuio`ss bc Ebd“s p`bpi`—obt tm` antlvlty bc tmbs` butsld`
tm` nbgguolty bc caltm (tmat ls, tm` Vbgaos)—was aiways tm` cbnus
bc K`sus“ marsm`st nrltlnlsgs. Lo nbot`gpbrary nuitur`, lt wbuid obt f`
mard tb lgaelo` K`sus ashloe `vaoe`ilnai aod Vbgao Natmbilnnmurnm`s sbg` pr`tty uonbgcbrtafi` qu`stlbos afbut tm` ougf`r bc
afbrtlbos br dlvbrn`s wltmlo bur bwo nmurnm`s.
Annbrdloe tb bo` afbrtlbo study nbodunt`d lo tm` gld-1<<:s, bo`
lo clv` wbg`o wmb afbrt ar` ’fbro-aealo‗ br `vaoe`ilnai Nmrlstlaos.
Lo 1<=<, lt was bo` lo slx, sb tm` tr`od ls wbrs`oloe.> A NF^/O`w
\brh Tlg`s pbii ash`d tm` cbiibwloe qu`stlbo; ’Db ybu cavbr br
bppbs` usloe tax dbiiars tb pay cbr a wbgao“s afbrtlbo lc sm` naoobt
accbrd lt2‗ Cuiiy 36 p`rn`ot bc Vbgao Natmbilns cavbr`d usloe tax
dbiiars tb pay cbr a wbgao“s afbrtlbo8 boiy 46 p`rn`ot bc btm`rAg`rlnaos cavbr`d tm` us` bc tax dbiiars. Umat“s gbr`, 40 p`rn`ot
bc Vbgao Natmbilns f`il`v` tmat ao afbrtlbo ls a i`eltlgat` d`nlslbo
’cbr aoy r`asbo durloe tm` clrst trlg`st`r,‗ annbrdloe tb a Tlg`/NOO
pbii. Lt ls appar`ot tmat tm` nmurnm`s tmat mav` f``o gbst butspbh`o
r`eardloe bppbsltlbo tb afbrtlbo, oag`iy, `vaoe`ilnai aod Vbgao
Natmbiln nmurnm`s, gust cbnus gbr` att`otlbo bo p`rsuadloe tm`
g`gf`rs wltmlo bur nmurnm`s. As tm` nbgln strlp nmarant`r Zbeb
us`d tb say, ’U` mav` g`t tm` `o`gy aod m` ls us.‗
Tm` s`nbod aod gbst trbufiloe asp`nt bc tm` V`ilelbus Vlemt“s cuod-
ralsloe i`tt`rs ls tmat tm`y bct`o app`ai tb tm` wbrst lo us—a s`ic-rlemt`bus
vl`w tmat ’slo‗ ls ibnat`d butsld` bc us ratm`r tmao a r`ailty nbursloe
tmrbuem v`ry mugao m`art. Tm` r`suit ls tmat sbg`bo` wmb ls bo tm`
wrboe sld` bc a partlnuiar ’cagliy vaiu`s‗ lssu` ls r`eard`d as ao
`o`gy tb f` snbro`d ratm`r tmao as a p`rsbo tb f` wbo. V`p`otaon`
ls r`qulr`d bc tm`g, fut obt bc us. Nbgpi`x lssu`s ar` r`dun`d tb
slgpilstln `ltm`r/br sbiutlbos. ^lon` w` ar` bo tm` rlemt sld` (Ebd“s
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sld`), w` nao aiways f` assur`d bc tm` uitlgat` vlntbry bc bur
partlnuiar vl`wpblot.
Aframag Ilonbio was nibs`r tb tm` trutm tmao fbtm gy `-gali
nbrr`spbod`ot br tm` V`ilelbus Vlemt“s cuod-ralsloe i`tt`rs wm`o m`
wrbt`, ’Lo tm` pr`s`on` bc a war, lt ls qult` pbsslfi` tmat Ebd“s
purpbs` ls sbg`tmloe dlcc`r`ot crbg tm` purpbs` bc ltm`r party.‗ M`
naii`d tm` Nlvli Uar a ’puolsmg`ot locilnt`d upbo us cbr bur
pr`sugptubus slos tb tm` o``dcui `od bc bur oatlboai r`cbrgatlbo as
a wmbi` p`bpi`.‗4 Ilonbio spbh` bc tm` slos bc tm` wmbi` oatlbo
ratm`r tmao cbnusloe bo bo` partlnuiar slo (siav`ry) lo bo` partlnu-iar part bc tm` nbuotry (tm` ^butm). Tm` Obrtm, as w`ii as tm` ^butm,
lo Ilonbio“s glod at i`ast, was lo o``d bc tm` r`cbrgatlbo aod
r`p`otaon`. Um`o ash`d fy a r`pbrt`r wm`tm`r Ebd was bo tm` sld`
bc tm` Obrtm, Ilonbio ls sald tb mav` mugfiy r`spbod`d, ’Gy
nbon`ro ls obt wm`tm`r Ebd ls bo bur sld`, fut wm`tm`r w` ar` bo
Ebd“s sld`!‗ ^uppbrt cbr a partlnuiar pbiltlnai pbsltlbo db`s obt lo
aod bc lts`ic pian` ao lodlvlduai bo tm` sld` bc Ebd.
N PITPV@ UAV^Lo tm` `ariy 1<<:s, Kag`s Davlsbo Muot`r wrbt` a mlemiy
lociu`otlai fbbh lo wmlnm m` gad` tm` pblot tmat s`ntarlao
dlcc`r`on`s f`tw``o Zrbt`staots aod Vbgao Natmbilns mad r`n`d`d
lo lgpbrtaon` aod obw w`r` `nilps`d fy dlvlslbos tmat rao anrbss
d`obgloatlboai ilo`s. Tm` dlvlslbo, annbrdloe tb Muot`r“s aoaiysls,
was f`tw``o tmbs` wmb mad ao ’brtmbdbx‗ vl`w bc tm` wbrid aod
tmbs` wmb mad a ’prber`sslv`‗ vl`w.0 Br lo tm` fiuot wbrds bc Kag`s
Dbfsbo, tm` ilo`s lo tm` nuitur` ruo f`tw``o ’tmbs` wmb say Ebd ls,
aod tmbs` wmb say Ebd ls obt.‗
Tm`bibelnai I`eailsg
Tm`r` ls a v`ry ni`ar ilo` tmat ruos tmrbuem Ag`rlna wltm r`eard
tb n`rtalo lssu`s. Bo tm` r`ilelbus crbot, tm`bibelnai ilf`railsg gay
f` vl`w`d as ao `o`gy bc flfilnai Nmrlstlaolty, lc fy ilf`railsg w`
g`ao a tm`bibey tmat att`gpts tb tmbrbuemiy r`nbostrunt Nmrlstlao
f`il`cs tb frloe tm`g lo ilo` wltm gbd`ro nuiturai obrgs. Mlstbrln
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Nmrlstlao f`il`cs bct`o ar` afaodbo`d fy tm`bibelnai ilf`rais f`naus`
tm`y f`il`v` tm`y r`st bo butdat`d br glstah`o pr`suppbsltlbos. Bo
btm`r bnnaslbos, mlstbrln Nmrlstlao f`il`cs ar` r`lot`rpr`t`d lo a
gaoo`r gbr` nbodunlv` tb tm` splrlt bc tm` ae`. Cbr `xagpi`, n`o-
trai dbntrlo`s r`iatloe tb tm` p`rsbo bc Nmrlst, loniudloe mls dlvlolty,
ar` r`lot`rpr`t`d tb suee`st tmat fy dlvlolty w` g`ao tm` gbd`iloe
bc quailtl`s tb wmlnm mugaolty as a wmbi` nao asplr`.3
L mad ao uocbrtuoat` `xp`rl`on` wltm a tm`bibelnai ilf`rai sbg`
y`ars aeb. A pastbr lo bur nlty mad cbrg`d a erbup tb asslst lo cbrg-
loe a Nmrlstlao nbonlilatlbo prberag. Tm` purpbs` bc tm` piaoo`d prb-erag was tb asslst Nmrlstlaos lo s`ttiloe tm`lr dlsput`s but bc nburt.
Tm` piaooloe erbup loniud`d Nmrlstlao prbc`ssbrs bc iaw (sunm as
gys`ic), Nmrlstlao attbro`ys, s`v`rai pastbrs, aod a Nmrlstlao prbc`ssbr
bc `tmlns at a ibnai s`gloary. Bo` bc tm` Nmrlstlao attbro`ys dract`d a
v`ry slgpi` stat`g`ot bc caltm, wmlnm m` suee`st`d nbuid f` us`d as
a fasls cbr s`i`ntloe cutur` Nmrlstlao nbonlilatlbo fbard g`gf`rs. Tm`
frl c stat g`ot bc caltm nbotalo`d clv` lt`gs tmat nbuid f` nbggboiy
aer``d tb fy aii brtmbdbx Nmrlstlaos. Tm` stat`g`ot bc caltm loniud`d
f`il`c lo tm` trluo` Ebd—Catm`r, ^bo, aod Mbiy ^plrlt8 f`il`c lo K`susNmrlst, wmb was cuiiy gao aod cuiiy Ebd8 f`il`c lo Nmrlst“s sanrlclnlai
d`atm cbr bur slos8 f`il`c lo Nmrlst“s pmyslnai r`surr`ntlbo8 aod f`il`c lo
Nmrlst“s r`turo tb kude` tm` wbrid.
Lt was, lo gy bplolbo, a stat`g`ot bc caltm tb wmlnm a Vbgao
Natmbiln, a galoilo` Zrbt`staot, aod ao `vaoe`ilnai nbuid aii elv`
m`arty ass`ot—fut tm` prbc`ssbr bc tmlns dldo“t aer``. M` plnh`d up
tm` stat`g`ot, aod lo a e`stur` bc utt`r dlsdalo, m` tmr`w lt bo tm`
cibbr aod sald, ’L dbo“t f`il`v` aoy bc tmls!‗ M` tm`o ash`d wmy w`
mad tb adbpt a partlnuiar ’g`tapmyslnai pbsltlbo‗ lo brd`r tb db
Nmrlstlao nbonlilatlbo; ’Umy nao“t w` slgpiy cbiibw tm` `tmlns bc
1 Nbrlotmlaos 3, wmlnm lostrunts Nmrlstlaos tb s`tti` tm lr dlsput`s
but bc nburt wltmbut adbptloe a g`tapmyslnai pbsltlbo2‗
L r`spbod`d tmat ’1 Nbrlotmlaos 3 cbiibws 1 Nbrlotmlaos 0.‗ L w`ot
bo tb say, ’Mbrlzbotai r`nbonlilatlbo f`tw``o Nmrlstlaos ls rbbt`d lo
tm` v`rtlnai r`nbonlilatlbo bc a Nmrlstlao tb mls br m`r Nr`atbr tmrbuem
tm` d`atm bc tm` Zassbv`r Iagf, K`sus Nmrlst. Lt ls f`naus` Nmrlst mas
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f``o sanrlcln`d tmat w` `oeae` lo Nmrlstlao r`nbonlilatlbo.‗ L tm`o
ash`d tm` prbc`ssbr wmat m` `xp`nt`d g` tb db lc L w`r` tb f` bo`
bc tm` nbonlilatbrs. L stat`d, ’L“g apprbanmloe Nmrlstlao nbonlilatlbo
wltm a wmbi` s`t bc g`tapmyslnai assugptlbos. Cbr `xagpi`, L wbuid
ash tm` partlnlpaots tb pray wltm g`. U`r` w` r`aiiy prayloe tb a
Ebd wmb was tm`r`, br w`r` w` g`r`iy `oeae`d lo a psynmbibelnai
`x`rnls`2‗
Tm` prbc`ssbr ibbh`d at g` as tmbuem m` mad f``o annbst`d fy a
O`aod`rtmai kust uocrbz`o crbg a eianl`r sbg`wm`r` lo Er``oiaod.
M` g`r`iy smbbh mls m`ad aod sald, ’Lt ls bfvlbus tmat ybu aod L mav`obtmloe lo nbggbo.‗ Tm`r` ls a v`ry smarp ilo` bc d`garnatlbo tmat
s`parat`s mlstbrln Nmrlstlao brtmbdbxy aod mlstbrln tm`bibelnai
ilf`railsg.5
Zbiltlnai Ilf`railsg
A smarp ilo` aisb s`parat`s flfilnai Nmrlstlaos crbg gaoy pbiltlnai
ilf`rais bo nrunlai nuiturai lssu`s sunm as tm` saontlty bc ilc` aod eay
rlemts.= Nbon`roloe tm` saontlty bc ilc`, tm` flfilnai vl`w ls tmat aii
mugao ilc` ls sanr`d f`naus` mugao f`loes ar` nr`at`d lo tm` lgae`bc Ebd. Mugao slo mas obt ras`d tm` dlvlo` lgae`. F`naus` w` ar`
lgae` f`ar`rs, tm` ilv`s bc tmbs` stlii lo tm` wbgf, tmbs` wmb mav`
dlsafliltl`s, aod tmbs` wmb ar` `id`riy ar` `otlti`d tb tm` sag` i`eai
aod gbrai prbt`ntlbos as ar` tm` ilv`s bc bur gbst ’prbduntlv`‗ aod
m`aitmy nltlz`os. Tm` ’saontlty bc ilc`‗ vl`w mbids tmat crbg tm`
gbg`ot bc nbon`ptlbo tb tm` gbg`ot bc bo`“s oaturai d`atm, v`ry
mugao f`loe ls accbrd`d ao loail`oafi` Ebd-elv`o rlemt tb ilc`.
Bo tm` btm`r sld` bc tm` nuiturai dlvld`, gaoy mbid tmat
p`rsbombbd aod aoy nbrr`spbodloe rlemt tb ilc` ar` g`r` sbnlai
nbostruntlbos. Pod`r tmls vl`w, prbt`ntlbo cbr mugao ilc` xlsts boiy
losbcar as n`rtalo lodlvlduais (sunm as tm` gbtm`r bc a c`tus) br
erbups (sunm as tm` ebv`rog`ot) d`nld` tmat tmat ilc` ls vaiuafi`. ^b,
cbr `xagpi`, Z`t`r ^loe`r, wmb was lostaii`d as Zrlon`tbo
Polv`rslty“s clrst cuii-tlg` prbc`ssbr bc flb`tmlns at lts N`ot`r cbr
Mugao Saiu`s, f`il`v`s tmat tm` ilc` bc a mugao ls ob gbr` sanr`d
tmao tmat bc a ple br a nmlgpaoz``. Dlsglssloe tm` obtlbo bc nr`atlbo
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lo tm` lgae` bc Ebd as a r`iln bc sp`nl`slsg (tm` wrboecui `i`vatlbo
bc bo` sp`nl`s, oag`iy, Mbgb sapl`os, bv`r aobtm`r sp`nl`s, sunm as
nbws), ^loe`r advbnat`s a par`ot“s rlemt tb hlii s`v`r`iy dlsafi`d
fafl`s wltmlo tw`oty- lemt days bc flrtm. Tb tm` `tmlnlst ^loe`r, ao
locaot ls obt a p`rsbo, f`naus` lt ls obt s`ic-awar`. Bo tm` btm`r
maod, siauemt`rloe ao aolgai (wmlnm ls s`ic-awar`) wbuid f` wrboe.
^`ic-awar`o`ss, obt nr`atlbo lo tm` lgae` bc Ebd, f`nbg`s tm` o`w
afsbiut` cbr ^loe`r.<
Um`o mugao ilc` ls d`niar`d tb f` vaiuafi` boiy at a n`rtalo stae`
(upbo flrtm br wltmlo tw`oty-`lemt days tm`r`act`r), br boiy lc lt lswaot`d , br boiy lc lt ls s`ic-awar`, tm` dbbr ls bp`o`d tb truiy
afbgloafi` prantln`s sunm as partlai-flrtm afbrtlbo. Lo ^`pt`gf`r
1<<>, Fr`oda Zratt ^mac`r, a r`elst`r`d ours` wltm tmlrt``o y`ars bc
`xp`rl`on`, was assleo`d fy m`r oursloe ae`ony tb ao afbrtlbo
niloln. F`naus` Ours` ^mac`r nbosld`r`d m`rs`ic ’v`ry prb-nmbln`,‗
sm` dldo“t tmloh tmls assleog`ot wbuid f` a prbfi`g. ^m` was
wrboe. Tmls ls wmat Fr`oda ^mac`r saw;
L stbbd at a dbntbr“s sld` as m` p`rcbrg`d tm` partlai-
flrtm afbrtlbo prbn`dur`—aod wmat L saw ls fraod`d
cbr`v`r bo gy glod. . . . Tm` gbtm`r was slx gbotms
pr`eoaot (63„1/6 w``hs). . . .Bo tm` uitrasbuod snr``o, L
nbuid s`` tm` m`art f`atloe. As tm` dbntbr watnm`d tm`
fafy bo tm` uitrasbuod snr``o, tm` fafy“s m`artf`at was
ni`ariy vlslfi` bo tm` uitrasbuod snr``o.
Tm` dbntbr w`ot lo wltm cbrn`ps aod eraff`d tm`
fafy“s i`es aod puii`d tm`g dbwo lotb tm` flrtm naoai.
Tm`o m` d`ilv`r`d tm` fafy“s fbdy aod args—`v`rytmloe fut tm` m`ad. Tm` dbntbr h`pt tm` fafy“s m`ad kust losld`
tm` ut`rus. Tm` fafy“s iltti` cloe`rs w`r` niasploe aod
uoniasploe, aod mls c``t w`r` hlnhloe. Tm`o tm` dbntbr
stunh tm` snlssbrs tmrbuem tm` fanh bc tm` fafy“s m`ad,
aod tm` fafy“s args k`rh`d but lo a cilonm, a starti` r`an-
tlbo, ilh` a fafy db`s wm`o m` tmlohs tmat m` glemt caii.
Tm` dbntbr bp`o`d up tm` snlssbrs, stunh a mlem-pbw`r`d
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p`rsp`ntlv` bc tm` Nmrlstlao“s r`iatlbosmlp tb tm` ebv`rog`ot,‗ lt ls
calr tb aosw`r, ’Tm`r` ar` flfilnai p`rsp`ntlv`s, fut ob sloeuiar
p`rsp`ntlv`.‗
^`nbod, obt aii ilf`rai p`rsp`ntlv`s ar` o`n`ssarliy aotlflfilnai. Cbr
`xagpi`, ilf`rais wbuid aigbst n`rtaloiy f` bppbs`d tb siav`ry.
Ilh`wls`, ilf`rais wbuid f` aealost nmlid iafbr, nlear`tt` sgbhloe,
aod ranlsg, kust as tm`y wbuid f` cbr `qultafi` wae`s, sac` wbrhloe
nbodltlbos, `ovlrbog`otai prbt`ntlbo, aod wbg`o“s rlemts. Bo tm`s`
aod a mbst bc btm`r lssu`s, gaoy flfilnai Nmrlstlaos wbuid clod
tm`gs`iv`s lo sufstaotlai aer``g`ot wltm tm` p`rsp`ntlv`s bc ilf`r-ais. Lod``d, w` aii buemt tb f` erat`cui tb ilf`rais cbr naiiloe att`o-
tlbo tb lssu`s tmat ar` lo ilo` wltm flfilnai tm`g`s bc kustln`,
tbi`raon`, mugao dleolty, aod nbgpasslbo cbr tm` w`ah.
Tmlrd, obt aii nbos`rvatlv` p`rsp`ntlv`s ar` o`n`ssarliy Nmrlstlao
br flfilnai. Cbr `xagpi`, a nbos`rvatlv` p`rsp`ntlv` gay f` cl`rn`iy
oatlboailstln, adbptloe ao ’Ag`rlna clrst‗ g`otailty. Fut wmy wbuid
a Nmrlstlao mav` prlgary ibyaitl`s tb tm` Polt`d ^tat`s br sbg` btm`r
nbuotry, ratm`r tmao tb tm` wbrid nbgguolty bc wmlnm tm` Nmrlstlao
ls a part2 A nbos`rvatlv` p`rsp`ntlv` gay f` d`nld`diy aotl-lggleratlbo, a vl`wpblot tmat nbuid f` dlcclnuit tb squar` wltm
flfilnai lokuontlbos r`eardloe tahloe nar` bc tm` ail`o aod straoe`r.1>
A nbos`rvatlv` p`rsp`ntlv` gay cavbr uor`strlnt`d euo bwo`rsmlp
br uor`stralo`d cr`` ot`rprls`. Lo tm` Ag`rlnao butm, a nbos`rvatlv`
p`rsp`ntlv` wbuid mav` suppbrt`d siav`ry aod Klg Nrbw i`elsiatlbo.
Lo ^butm Acrlna, a nbos`rvatlv` p`rsp`ntlv` suppbrt`d apartm`ld. A
strboe nas` nbuid f` gad` tmat tm`s` nbos`rvatlv` vl`wpblots ar` 1=:
d`er``s but bc syon wltm tm` Flfi`.
Cburtm, gaoy pbiltlnlaos gbv` fanh aod cbrtm anrbss tm` ilo`s,
nausloe v`o gbr` cuzzlo`ss. Tb nlt` bo` xagpi`, cbrg`r pr`sld`ot
Flii Nilotbo (wmb was ni`ariy a ’ilemtoloe rbd‗ bc nbos`rvatlv`
attanh) sleo`d tm` clrst gakbr w`icar` r`cbrg iaw lo a e`o`ratlbo aod
aisb sleo`d tm` D`c`os` bc Garrlae` Ant, autmbrlzloe c`d`rai ae`onl`s
aod stat` ebv`rog`ots tb elv` ob vaildlty tb sag`-s`x garrlae`s.
Nilotbo“s strat`ey bc trlaoeuiatlbo, tmat ls, mls adbptlbo bc pbpuiar
V`pufilnao ae`oda lt`gs sunm as ’iaw aod brd`r,‗ napltai
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puolsmg`ot, aod faiaon`d fude`ts, curtm`r d`gbostrat`s mbw cuzzy
tm` ilo`s bc d`garnatlbo nao f`.
^nmbbi Zray`r aod Nuitur` Uars Vm`tbrln
Gaoy lssu`s db obt r`sbiv` tm`gs`iv`s lotb tm` o`at flfilnai
v`rsus aotlflfilnai dlstlontlbos suee`st`d fy pbiltlnai cuod-ralsloe
i`tt`rs. Lo cant, tm` nbgpi`xlty bc appiyloe Nmrlstlaolty aod tm` Flfi`
tb nbot`gpbrary pbiltlnai lssu`s naoobt f` bv`rstat`d. Cbr `xagpi`,
lt ls bct`o ass`rt`d tmat ’tm` prbfi`g lo bur snmbbis f`eao wm`o tm`
^upr`g` Nburt hlnh`d Ebd aod pray`r but bc tm` pufiln snmbbiniassrbbg. Lc w` waot bur snmbbis tb stbp f`loe sb vlbi`ot, w` slg-
piy o``d tb r`stbr` pray`r.‗ Dlsglssloe tm` qu`stlbo bc wm`tm`r a
nausai nboo`ntlbo f`tw``o a ianh bc pufiln snmbbi pray`r aod snmbbi
smbbtloes nbuid `v`r f` `stafilsm`d, lt wbuid f` m`ipcui cbr Nmrls-
tlaos tb anhobwi`de` tmat tm` lssu` bc pray`r lo pufiln snmbbis ls obt
at aii stralemtcbrward br slgpi`.
As a r`suit bc tm` lonr`asloe dlv`rslty bc Ag`rlnao aod btm`r
U`st`ro sbnl`tl`s, mbw smaii w` pray lo tm` pufiln snmbbis2 Lc pray`r
ls tm` aosw`r, wmlnm pray`r smbuid f` bcc`r`d—tm` pray`r bc tm`Gusilgs tb Aiiam, br tm` pray`r bc Fuddmlsts, K`ws, Vbgao
Natmbilns, aeobstlns, ilf`rai Zrbt`staots, pbstilf`rais, ataolsts2 bg`
suee`st tmat f`naus` w` ilv` lo a d`gbnrany, tm` gakbrlty buemt tb
rui`. Kbmo Vawis, a prbc`ssbr bc pmlibsbpmy bc iaw, bon` sald, ’A kust
rui` ls a rui` tmat ybu wbuid waot appil`d lc ybu dldo“t hobw
wm`tm`r br obt ybu wbuid f` lo nmare`.‗ Gakbrlty rui` gah`s s`os`
tb a Nmrlstlao, lc tm` Nmrlstlao ls lo tm` gakbrlty.
Fut wbuid ybu, as a Nmrlstlao, waot gakbrlty rui` lc ybu ilv`d lo
a o`lemfbrmbbd lo D`arfbro, Glnmleao, tmat ls <: p`rn`ot Gusilg2
Ubuid ybu waot ybur nmlidr`o sufk`nt`d tb pray`rs crbg tm`
Qur“ao2 Lc w` put lt tmls way, lt f`nbg`s `asl`r tb sygpatmlz` wltm
K`wlsm stud`ots lo Flfi`-F`it T`xas tbwos wmbs` par`ots bfk`nt tb
tm` r`nltatlbo bc tm` Ibrd“s Zray`r crbg ibudsp`ah`rs f`cbr` mlem
snmbbi cbbtfaii eag`s.
Ao ait`roatlv` tb gakbrlty rui` glemt f` tb mav` a ebv`rog`ot
bcclnlai (br nbggltt``) dract a fiaod, lobcc`oslv`, e`o`rln pray`r tb a
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pbiltlnlao lo gy nlty stbbd f`cbr` a pr`dbgloaotiy Nmrlstlao prb-ilc`
erbup aod m`id up a Flfi` sayloe, ’Tm` prbfi`g wltm Ag`rlna ls tmat
w` mav` gbv`d away crbg tmls fbbh. L f`il`v` tmat tm` wbrds bc tmls
fbbh ar` tm` wbrds bc Ebd. Lc L ag `i`nt`d, L“g ebloe tb fas` gy
adglolstratlbo bo tmls fbbh.‗ Nmrlstlaos lo tm` nrbwd nm``r`d wlidiy.
A nibs` crl`od bc glo` w`ot fanhstae` wltm tm` pbiltlnlao act`r tm`
sp``nm. Gy crl`od tbid g` tmat tmls pbiltlnlao turo`d tb bo` bc mls
ald`s aod sald, ’Nao ybu f`il`v` mbw stupld tmbs` . . . Nmrlstlaos ar`.
Gayf` o`xt tlg` L“ii mbid up plntur`s bc K`sus.‗
Bfvlbusiy, obt aii prbc`sslbos bc caltm fy Nmrlstlao pbiltlnlaos ar`loslon`r`. Fut stbrl`s sunm as tm` bo` gy crl`od tbid g`, br tm`
faoo`r m`adilo`s afbut a Nmrlstlao prbs`nutbr lo butm Cibrlda wmb
was arr`st`d cbr sbilnltloe prbstltutlbo act`r gahloe tm` clemtloe bc
vln` a n`otrai tm`g` lo mls nagpaleo, smbuid gah` Nmrlstlao vbt`rs
wah` up aod tah` obtln`. U` dar` obt f` oalv` afbut tm` pbsslfli-
lty tmat d`niaratlbos bc caltm gay `ltm`r f` cais` br f` us`d lo a
gaolpuiatlv` way tb earo`r vbt`s.
Lc a naodldat`“s d`niaratlbo bc caltm ls obt a ni`ar fasls bo wmlnm
tb d`nld` wm`tm`r br obt tb vbt` cbr tmat naodldat`, aod lc gbst
lssu`s db obt r`sbiv` tm`gs`iv`s o`atiy lotb a flfilnai v`rsus
aotlflfilnai crag`wbrh, tm`o mbw smbuid a Nmrlstlao gah` d`nl-
slbos cbr br aealost a naodldat` br cbr br aealost a partlnuiar lssu`2
Lt ls m`r` tmat n`ot`r`d-s`t tm`bry nbotlou`s tb prbvld` a sbiutlbo.
^BG@ GBD@^T ZVBZB^AI^ CBV
NMVL^TLAO Z PFILN @OEAE@G@OT
Lo nbotrast tb tmbs` wmb waot tb r`dun` aii lssu`s tb ’us‗ v`rsus’tm`g,‗ Ebd v`rsus aotl-Ebd, bur vl`ws v`rsus tm` vl`ws bc bur
`o`gl`s, L dbo“t f`il`v` tmat tm` fbuod`d-s`t iaoeuae` (s`` nmap-
t`r 1) bc nuitur`-wars rm`tbrln ls partlnuiariy m`ipcui wm`o d`ailoe
wltm gaoy bc tm` nbgpi`x lssu`s lo bur nuitur`. Tmrbuembut tmls
fbbh, L mav` suee`st`d tmat n`ot`r`d-s`t iaoeuae`, lo wmlnm w`
sp`ah afbut gbvloe tbward br away crbg a Nmrlstlao apprbanm,
wbuid f` car gbr` us`cui.
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N`ot`r`d-s`t iaoeuae` mas er`at appilnaflilty tb d`fat`s f`tw``o
pbiltlnai nbos`rvatlv`s aod pbiltlnai ilf`rais. Lo tm` n`ot`r bc a Nmrls-tlao“s apprbanm tb pbiltlns ar`, at a glolgug, tm` cbiibwloe nmar-
ant`rlstlns;
• A Nmrlstlao apprbanm ls nlvli.
• A Nmrlstlao apprbanm us`s p`rsuaslbo, obt cbrn .
• A Nmrlstlao apprbanm ls r`ailstln.
• A Nmrlstlao apprbanm cbnus`s bo tm` galo tm`g`s bc tm`
flfilnai stbry ilo .
A Nmrlstlao Apprbanm Ls Nlvli
^bg` y`ars aeb L wrbt` a r`spbos` pap`r tb a nrltln bc tm`
nmarlsgatln gbv`g`ot. Lo tmls partlnuiar fbbh, tm` nrltln nialg`d
tmat ’gbst nmarlsgatlns caii fanh bo tm` aii tbb `asy d`c`os` tmat
vlrtuaiiy `v`ry nrltlqu` bc tm`lr gbv`g`ot ls uocalr aod uohlod.
Obonmarlsgatlns, lotlgldat`d fy tmat annusatlbo, ar` `cc`ntlv`iy
sli`on`d.‗10
Lo gy r`spbos`, L pblot`d but tmat lc tm` autmbr waot`d tb
uod`rstaod wmy nmarlsgatlns cbuod lt dlcclnuit tb r`n`lv` mlsg`ssae`, aii m` wbuid o``d tb db ls eb tmrbuem mls fbbh pae` fy
pae` aod slgpiy obt` tm` dlsparaeloe iaf`is m` us`d aod tm` attanhs
m` gad` bo tm` gbtlvatlbos, lot`iile`on`, aod brtmbdbxy bc
nmarlsgatlns. Aiboe tm` way, tm` autmbr annus`d nmarlsgatlns aod
Z`ot`nbstais bc f`loe lggbrai8 ’h``o, fut niu`i`ss‗8 aotl-lot`ii`ntuai8
obt car r`gbv`d crbg `xlst`otlailsg, mugaolsg, aod paeaolsg8 aod
f`loe p`rlibusiy nibs` tb o`b-Faailsg. M` tm`o `xpr`ss`d surprls`
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tmat nmarlsgatlns f`nbg` d`c`oslv` wm`o m` ’sp`ahs tm` trutm lo
ibv`‗ tb tm`g.13 M` aisb nialg`d tmat nmarlsgatln f`il`c naus`d
lggbrai f`mavlbr, r`suit`d lo sibppy `x`e`sls, aod t`od`d tb
prbdun` splrltuai nasuaitl`s.15 M` iugp`d nmarlsgatlns wltm obo-
Nmrlstlao i`ad`rs sunm as ^uo Gyuoe Gbbo, Kbs`pm ^gltm, @dear
Nayn`, aod I. Vbo Muffard. Cloaiiy, m` nlt`d tm` gbst `er`elbus
`xagpi`s bc `xn`ss`s crbg tm` nmarlsgatln aod Z`ot`nbstai nagps,
lost`ad bc nltloe galostr`ag prbobuon`g`ots crbg iare` Z`ot`nbstai
br nmarlsgatln d`obgloatlbos.
Lo 1<05, Nari M`ory, tm`o tm` `dltbr bc Nmrlstlaolty Tbday, wrbt` anrltlqu` bc cuodag`otailsg tmat appil`s obt boiy tb tm` way w`
Nmrlstlaos sp`ah afbut `anm btm`r, fut aisb afbut p`rsbos wltm
wmbg w` dlcc`r nuituraiiy br pbiltlnaiiy;
Tm` r`ai faohruptny bc cuodag`otailsg mas r`suit`d
obt sb gunm crbg a r`antlboary splrlt—iag`otafi` as
tmls was—as crbg a marsm t`gp`rag`ot, a splrlt bc
ibv`i`sso`ss aod strlc` nbotrlfut`d fy gunm bc lts i`ad`r-
smlp lo tm` r`n`ot past. . . .
Tmls nmarant`r bc cuodag`otailsg as a t`gp`rag`ot,
aod obt prlgarliy cuodag`otailsg as a tm`bibey, mas
frbuemt tm` gbv`g`ot lotb nbot`gpbrary dlsnr`dlt. . . .
Mlstbrlnaiiy, cuodag`otailsg was a tm`bibelnai pbsltlbo8
boiy eraduaiiy dld tm` gbv`g`ot nbg` tb sleolcy a
gbbd aod dlspbsltlbo as w`ii.
Lc gbd`rolsg staods dlsnr`dlt`d as a p`rv`rslbo bc
snrlpturai tm`bibey, n`rtaloiy cuodag`otailsg, lo lts nbo-
t`gpbrary `xpr`sslbo, staods dlsnr`dlt`d as a p`rv`rslbobc tm` flfilnai splrlt.1=
Lt ls tmls uonlvli splrlt, tmls t`gp`rag`ot bc ibv`i`sso`ss, tmat
gaoy nbot`gpbrary nrltlns bc tm` V`ilelbus Vlemt annurat`iy (lo gy
bplolbo) bppbs`. D. A. Narsbo pblots but tmat bo` bc tm` r`asbos cbr
Craonls ^nma`cc`r“s lociu`on` was mls aflilty tb pr`s`ot mls aoaiysls
bc tm` nuitur` wltm a t`ar lo mls `y`.1< Aitmbuem a p`rsbo gay mav`
dlsaer``d wltm ^nma`cc`r“s aoaiysls bc nuitur`, m` br sm` nbuid obt
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dlsaer`` wltm ^nma`cc`r“s nbgpasslbo. Lt ls apprbprlat` tb ash
wm`tm`r tm` tbo` bc gunm bc nbot`gpbrary Nmrlstlao ilt`ratur` aod
pr`anmloe sbuods as tmbuem lt ls wrltt`o br spbh`o wltm t`ars lo bur
`y`s, br wm`tm`r lt sbuods kust pialo aoery.
A Nmrlstlao Apprbanm Ps`s Z`rsuaslbo, Obt Cbrn`
As w` Nmrlstlaos `oeae` bur nuitur` bo a mbst bc lssu`s, bur gakbr
w`apbo ls p`rsuaslbo. Tm` Er``h wbrd p`ltmb g (bct`o us`d lo tm`
s`os` bc ’tb nbovlon`‗ br ’tb p`rsuad`‗) ls us`d at i`ast `lemt tlg`s
lo tm` fbbh bc Ants tb r`c`r tb tm` prbniagatlbo bc `ariy Nmrlstlaos.Z`rsuaslbo ls g`otlbo`d a maic dbz`o btm`r tlg`s lo tm` O`w
T`stag`ot tb r`c`r tb tm` way `ariy Nmrlstlaos att`gpt`d tb nmaoe`
p`bpi`“s glods tmrbuem r`asboloe.
Gaoy Nmrlstlaos tbday f`il`v` tm`r` ls a smbrtnut tb nmaoeloe tm`
gbrai iaodsnap` bc bur nbuotry tmrbuem tahloe nbotrbi bc h`y
pbiltlnai bccln`s. ’Lc w` nbuid boiy e`t a Nmrlstlao pr`sld`ot,‗ gaoy
Nmrlstlaos c``i, ’tm`o w` nbuid turo tmls nbuotry arbuod.‗ Nai
Tmbgas bcc`r`d tmls fi`ah ass`ssg`ot bc Nmrlstlaos“ att`gpt tb
nmaoe` tm` gbrai iaodsnap` tmrbuem i`elsiatlbo;
Twb d`nad`s act`r nbos`rvatlv` Nmrlstlaos nmare`d lotb tm`
pbiltlnai ar`oa, frloeloe o`w vbt`rs aod gliilbos bc dbiiars
wltm tm`g lo mbp`s bc traoscbrgloe tm` nuitur` tmrbuem
pbiltlnai pbw`r, lt gust obw f` anhobwi`de`d tmat w` mav`
cali`d. U` cali`d obt f`naus` w` w`r` wrboe afbut bur
nrltlqu` bc nuitur`, br f`naus` w` ianh`d nbovlntlbo, br
f`naus` tm`r w`r` obt obuem bc us, br f`naus` tbb gaoy
w`r` i`tmareln aod uonbggltt`d. U` cali`d f`naus` w`w`r` uoafi` tb r`dlr`nt a oatlbo crbg tm` tbp dbwo. V`ai
nmaoe` gust nbg` crbg tm` fbttbg up br, f`tt`r y`t, crbg
tm` losld` but.6:
L mav` s``o tm` cc`nt bc ’fbttbg-up‗ p`rsuaslbo. Bur nmurnm mas
a v`ry pbpuiar ^uoday `v`oloe s`rvln` cbr ybuoe aduits lo tm`lr
tw`otl`s. Gaoy bc tm`g mav` f``o lociu`on`d fy pbpuiar g`ssae`s
afbut a wbgao“s rlemt tb nmbbs` aod a c`tus f`loe obtmloe btm`r
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btm`r wbrds, tm` nmurnm gust f` r`ailstln afbut tm` ilglts bc pbiltlns
lo glolst`rloe tb tm` frbad raoe` bc mugao o``ds lt can`s.
Ulicr`d GnNiay, a Tuiao` Polv`rslty prbc`ssbr crbg 1<=5 uotli
1<<<, att`od`d tm` cuo`rai s`rvln` bc a ybuoe wbgao crl`od crbg
mls uolv`rslty wmb mad dl`d wmli` elvloe flrtm tb m`r s`nbod nmlid.
GnNiay wrbt` ao butrae`d r`spbos` tb tm` glolst`r“s uibey, wmlnm
mad smbwo erbss los`osltlvlty tb tm` p`rsboai o``ds bc tm` erl`vloe
audl`on`;
Um`r` tm` r`st bc us mad f``o stuoo`d lotb r`ci`ntlv`
sli`on`, aw`d aod nmast`o`d fy tmls r`glod`r bc tm`si`od`r tmr`ad fy wmlnm bur ilv`s maoe, tm` glolst`r mad
btm`r tmloes lo glod. . . . M` dld obt try tb nbgcbrt m`r
cagliy aod crl`ods. Obr dld m` nmaii`oe` us tb r`g`gf`r
tm` mard wbrds bc tm` Ibrd“s Zray`r, ’Tmy wlii f` dbo`.‗
Lost`ad, m` sgbbtmiy iauonm`d lotb a w`ii-bli`d tlrad`
aealost tm` glspian`d prlbrltl`s bc bur sbnl`ty, lo wmlnm
fliilbos bc dbiiars w`r` f`loe pbur`d lotb ’^tar Uars‗
r`s`arnm wmli` ybuoe wbgao sunm as tmls bo` w`r`
f`loe aiibw`d tb dl` bo tm` bp`ratloe tafi`. Tmat was aii
tm` glolst`r mad tb say. Mls `uibey was, lo `cc`nt, a pltnm
cbr i`ss c`d`rai sp`odloe bo d`c`os` aod gbr` sp`odloe
bo tm` d`v`ibpg`ot bc g`dlnai t`nmobibey. . . . Tm` boiy
tmloe bgltt`d was ao lokuontlbo tmat w` wrlt` bur
nboer`ssgao, br Vaipm Oad`r, afbut tmls butrae`.
L nbuid mardiy f`il`v` gy `ars. I`av` asld` tm`
`uibey“s uosp`ahafi` vuiearlty, lts uolot`otlboai nru`ity
tb tm` wbgao“s cagliy, i`av` asld` aii tm` s`ic-satlscl`daod s`ic-rlemt`bus tbo` bc `asy gbrai butrae`, i`av`
asld` tm` casmlboafi` bplolbos8 i`av` asld` tm` ciaffy
aod nilnmìd quailty bc iaoeuae` aod sp``nm. L“g `v`o
wliiloe tb nbon`d` cbr tm` sah` bc areug`ot tmat tm`
glolst`r gay mav` f``o rlemt lo `v`rytmloe m` sald. . . .
Obtmloe nao ait`r tm` cant tmat m` cali`d us, cali`d m`r,
aod cali`d mls naiiloe fy squaod`rloe a pr`nlbus gbg`ot
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cbr tm` sah` bc a s`nbod-rat` stugp sp``nm aod fy
cbrnloe us tb mbid bur sbrrbw fanh lo tm` prlvany bc bur
bwo m`arts, at tm` v`ry gbg`ot lt o``d`d nbggbo
`xpr`sslbo. Tmat gbg`ot nao o`v`r f` r`nbv`r`d.
Obtmloe tmat r`ilelbo db`s ls gbr` lgpbrtaot tmao
`qulpploe us tb `odur` ilc`“s passae`s fy m`iploe us tb
clod g`aoloe lo palo aod ibss. Ultm g`aoloe, gaoy
tmloes ar` f`arafi`. Fut bur `uibelst dld obt hobw mbw
tb elv` lt tb us. Aii m` mad tb bcc`r w`r` mls pbiltlnai
d`sld`rata.66
Nmrlstlao pbiltlnai lovbiv`g`ot wlii aisb f` r`ailstln afbut tm`
pbsslflilty bc bur f`loe d`n`lv`d fy c`leo`d nboc`sslbos bc caltm. L
r`c`r`on`d aril`r tm` mypbnrltlnai us` bc caltm fy a ibnai pbiltlnlao lo
bur nlty. V`ailsg r`glods us tb o`v`r clx bur mbp` bo a mugao
pbiltlnai savlbr, mbw`v`r gunm m` br sm` qubt`s tm` Flfi`. V`ailsg
aisb r`glods us bc bur bwo susn`ptlflilty tb f`loe s`dun`d fy pbw`r.
Lt ls ao lonr`dlfiy m`ady xp`rl`on` tb slt lo tm` Bvai Bccln` wltm tm`
wbrid“s gbst pbw`rcui pbiltlnai i`ad`r br tb f` lovlt`d tb mav` iuonmwltm tm` ebv`robr br a fle-nlty gaybr. V`ailsg r`glods us bc tm`
ilgltatlbos lgpbs`d bo us fy bur bwo o``dy `ebs aod bur d`slr` tb
f` ann`pt`d fy tmbs` wmb mbid `artmiy pbw`r.
A Nmrlstlao Apprbanm Cbiibws tm` Flfilnai ^tbry Ilo`
Um`o L say tmat a Nmrlstlao apprbanm tb tm` er`at nuiturai lssu`s
bc bur day buemt tb f` flfilnai, L db obt g`ao tmat w` smbuid s`arnm
cbr a Flfi` v`rs` br a prbbc t`xt tb kustlcy a partlnuiar pbiltlnai br
gbrai d`nlslbo. Bct`o, `v`o r`eardloe tm` wat`rsm`d lssu`s bcafbrtlbo aod `utmaoasla, bo` mas tm` uonbgcbrtafi` c``iloe tmat tm`
lot`rpr`tatlbo bc lodlvlduai Flfi` v`rs`s ls f`loe f`ot tb suppbrt a
prb-ilc` pbsltlbo. Car strboe`r ls ao apprbanm tb pbiltlns (br tm` btm`r
lssu`s rals`d lo tmls fbbh, sunm as mbgbs`xuailty, c`glolsg,
pbstgbd`rolsg, br tm` O`w Ae`) tmat cbiibws tm` flfilnai stbry ilo`.
Tm` Flfi` nao f` d`snrlf`d as a draga lo tmr`` ants; Nr`atlbo, tm`
Caii, aod V`d`gptlbo.
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Nr`atlbo
Nr`atlbo t`anm`s us tmat v`ry mugao f`loe, waot`d br uowaot`d,
prbduntlv` br uoprbduntlv`, afi`-fbdl`d br erbssiy d`cbrg`d, ls
nr`at`d lo tm` lgae` bc Ebd. Crbg nr`atlbo lo tm` lgae` bc Ebd, w`
d`rlv` bur cuodag`otai uod`rstaodloes bc tm` sanr`do`ss bc ilc` aod
tm` `quailty bc aii mugao f`loes uod`r tm` iaw. Tmls i`ads tb i`eai
prbt`ntlbo cbr tm` `id`riy, tm` dyloe, tm` w`ah, tm` ail`o, tm` pr`-
fbro, tm` dlsafi`d, ranlai globrltl s, aod wbg`o.
Tm` brdloatlbo bc wbg`o lo tm` nmurnm wbuid clod erbuodloe lo
tm` flfilnai nr`atlbo annbuot; ’^b Ebd nr`at`d gao lo mls bwo lgae`,lo tm` lgae` bc Ebd m` nr`at`d mlg8 gai` aod c`gai` m` nr`at`d
tm`g.‗6> F`naus` nr`atlbo lovbiv`s s`xuaiiy dlcc`r`otlat`d p`rsbos,
aod Ebd pian`d mls fi`ssloe bo m`t`rbs`xuai garrlae`, w` Nmrlstlaos
clod gunm lo tm` eay rlemts ae`oda tmat ls aotltm`tlnai tb tm` flfilnai
stbry ilo`.
Tm` Caii
Ant LL bc tm` flfilnai draga ls tm` Caii . F`naus` bc slo, w` Nmrlstlaos
buemt o`v`r tb pian` oalv` nbocld`on` lo tm` gbrai ebbdo`ss bc
`ltm`r lodlvlduais br nbii`ntlv` erbups sunm as a ebv`rog`ot,
nbrpbratlbos, br uolbos. As V`lombid Ol`fumr stat`d, ’Umat ls
ianhloe agboe Xilf`rai gbrailstsW, wm`tm`r r`ilelbus br ratlboai, ls
ao uod`rstaodloe bc tm` frutai nmarant`r bc tm` f`mavlbr bc aii
mugao nbii`ntlv`s, aod tm` pbw`r bc s`ic-lot`r`st aod nbii`ntlv`
`eblsg lo aii lot`r-erbup r`iatlbos.‗64 Nmrlstlaos wmb mav` a
prbcbuod flfilnai uod`rstaodloe bc tm` Caii wlii r`nbeolz` tm` o``d
cbr ilglts bo lodlvlduais aod erbups—wmat`v`r tmat lodlvlduai“s brerbup“s r`ilelbus prbc`sslbo gay f`. U` ar` awar`, as a r`suit bc tm`
Caii, tmat pbw`r ls pblsbo, aod sb w` ar` susplnlbus wm`o`v`r tbb
gunm uonm`nh`d pbw`r r`sld`s aoywm`r`—wm`tm`r agboe ilf`r-
ais br nbos`rvatlv`s, Nmrlstlaos br obo-Nmrlstlaos.
F`naus` bc tm` Caii, w` Nmrlstlaos t`od tb f` susplnlbus bc rbbt-
naus` `xpiaoatlbos cbr fad f`mavlbr tmat db obt nbotalo a gbrai
nbgpbo`ot. ^b, cbr `xagpi`, r`eardloe nrlg`, Nmrlstlaos lo e`o`rai
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ar` susplnlbus afbut gbd`is tmat cbnus `xniuslv`iy bo `dunatlbo br
`nbobglns. Umli` dunatlbo aod nbobglns uodbuft`diy piay sbg`
rbi`, a flfilnai p`rsp`ntlv` wbuid f` gbr` at mbg` wltm a gbrai
pbv`rty tm`bry bc nrlg`. Zrlon`tbo Polv`rslty prbc`ssbr aod
r`s`arnm`r Kbmo Dliuilb mas tmls tb say afbut gbrai pbv`rty;
Gbrai pbv`rty ls tm` pbv`rty bc f`loe wltmbut ibvloe, nap-
afi`, r`spboslfi` aduits wmb t`anm ybu rlemt crbg wrboe.
Lt ls tm` pbv`rty bc f`loe wltmbut par`ots aod btm`r
autmbrltl`s wmb mafltuat` ybu tb c``i kby at btm`rs“ kby,
palo at btm`rs“ palo, mapplo`ss wm`o ybu db rlemt, r`gbrs`wm`o ybu db wrboe. Lt ls tm` pbv`rty bc erbwloe up lo tm`
vlrtuai afs`on` bc p`bpi` wmb t`anm gbrailty fy tm`lr bwo
`v`ryday `xagpi` aod wmb loslst tmat ybu cbiibw sult.60
A gbrai pbv`rty tm`bry nao m`ip xpialo wmy nmurnmebloe, twb-
par`ot Fianh caglil`s lo tm` Klg Nrbw ^butm wmb ilv`d lo d`sp`rat`
`nbobgln stralts aod wmb mad cr`` ann`ss tb euos o`v`r xp`rl`on`d
aoytmloe ilh` tm` eaoe vlbi`on` aod mbglnld` rat`s tmat piaeu`
loo`r-nlty o`lemfbrmbbds tbday. Gbrai pbv`rty aisb `xpialos wmyglddi`-niass aod upp`r-niass wmlt` o`lemfbrmbbds ar` `xp`rl`onloe
`pld`gln i`v`is bc but-bc-w`dibnh flrtms, drue afus`, nrlg`, aod
dlvbrn`.
V`d`gptlbo
Tm` aosw`r tmat Nmrlstlaos ibbh tb ls cbuod lo tm` tmlrd ant bc tm`
flfilnai draga, oag`iy, r`d`gptlbo lo Nmrlst. Nmrlst aibo` ls tm` cbnus
bc Nmrlstlao mbp`. Obtmloe `is` aod ob bo` `is` nao f`nbg` ao
afsbiut`, annbrdloe tb tm` flfilnai stbry ilo`—obt d`gbnrany,
napltailsg, br ’cagliy vaiu`s.‗ D`gbnrany, cbr `xagpi`, nao f`
wb`cuiiy wrboe, as Aframag Ilonbio areu`d lo mls cagbus d`fat`s
wltm ^t`pm`o Dbueias. Dbueias advbnat`d pbpuiar sbv`r`leoty
(d`gbnrany) cbr d`t`rgloloe wm`tm`r siav`ry wbuid spr`ad tb
o`wiy s`tti`d Ag`rlnao t`rrltbrl`s. Ilonbio, lo nbotrast, r`k`nt`d tm`
spr`ad bc siav`ry obt bo d`gbnratln prlonlpi`s, fut bo tm` prlonlpi`
bc mlem`r iaw, oag`iy, tm` iaw bc Nmrlst!
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Ilh`wls`, cagliy ls a ebbd, fut lt ls obt ao afsbiut` ebbd. Lo cant,
sbg` bc tm` nbot`gpbrary nbos`rvatlv` dlsnusslbo afbut cagliy
vaiu`s ls gunm nibs`r tb tm` vl`ws bc cagliy m`id fy tm` Zmarls``s
tmao tm` vl`ws m`id fy K`sus. Bo` r`n`ot K`wlsm wrlt`r suggarlz`d
tm` raffloln vl`w bc cagliy tmls way; ’XTaigudlnW ilt`ratur` ls cuii bc
nbgg`ots aod stat`g`ots bo tm` vaiu` bc cagliy ilc`. Tm` sae`s . . .
trl`d tb lov`st cagliy ilc` wltm ao aura bc mbilo`ss. Cagliy ilc` ls m`id
lo mlem vaiu` lo gbst bc tm` ilt`ratur` bc tm` ^`nbod Nbggbo-
w`aitm.‗63
K`sus r`euiariy advbnat`d f`mavlbr tbward cagliy tmat tm`Zmarls``s (aod p`rmaps sbg` nbot`gpbrary cagliy-vaiu`s advbnat`s)
wbuid clod snaodaibus. Cbr `xagpi`, lo clrst-n`otury Kudalsg, tm`
bfileatlbo tb prbvld` a prbp`r furlai cbr bo`“s lgg`dlat` cagliy was
sb er`at as tb bv`rrld` aigbst aii btm`r nbosld`ratlbos.65 Fut w` r`ad,
’Aobtm`r dlsnlpi` sald tb XK`susW, ”Ibrd, clrst i`t g` eb aod fury gy
catm`r.“ Fut K`sus tbid mlg, ”Cbiibw g`, aod i`t tm` d`ad fury tm`lr
bwo d`ad.“‗6= ^lgliariy, w` r`ad tmls; ’As K`sus was sayloe tm`s`
tmloes, a wbgao lo tm` nrbwd naii`d but, ”Fi`ss`d ls tm` gbtm`r wmb
eav` ybu flrtm aod ours`d ybu.“ M` r`pil`d, ”Fi`ss`d ratm`r ar` tmbs`wmb m`ar tm` wbrd bc Ebd aod bf`y lt.“‗6<
U` dar` obt glss K`sus“ pblot tmat m` aibo` ls otlti`d tb afsbiut`
ibyaity, aod tmat btm`r r`iatlbosmlps, sunm as bo`“s r`iatlbosmlp tb
cagliy, wbrh, br nbuotry, ar` boiy r`iatlv` ibyaitl`s. U` r`g`gf`r
K`sus“ wbrds;
’Db obt suppbs` tmat L mav` nbg` tb frloe p`an` tb
tm` artm. L dld obt nbg` tb frloe p`an`, fut a swbrd. Cbr
L mav` nbg` tb turo’”a gao aealost mls catm`r
a dauemt`r aealost m`r gbtm`r,
a dauemt`r-lo-iaw aealost m`r gbtm`r-lo-iaw—
a gao“s `o`gl`s wlii f` tm` g`gf`rs bc mls bwo
mbus`mbid.“
’Aoybo` wmb ibv`s mls catm`r br gbtm`r gbr` tmao
g` ls obt wbrtmy bc g`8 aoybo` wmb ibv`s mls sbo br
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dauemt`r gbr` tmao g` ls obt wbrtmy bc g`8 aod aoy-
bo` wmb db`s obt tah` mls nrbss aod cbiibw g` ls obt
wbrtmy bc g`.‗>:
Cbiibwloe K`sus tah`s pr`n`d`on` bv`r `v`ry btm`r ibyaity. Lt“s obt
`obuem tb g`r`iy assug` tmat Nmrlstlaos uod`rstaod tmls. ^bg`tlg`s
lo tm` dlsnusslbo bc ’tradltlboai vaiu`s,‗ ’cagliy vaiu`s,‗ br ’brtmb-
dbx vaiu`s,‗ tm` prlgany bc K`sus“ nialgs ls aii fut ibst.
V`d`gptlbo mas ao ae`ot. Tmat ae`ot ls obt tm` ebv`rog`ot br
tm` pbiltlnai r`aig, fut lt ls tm` nmurnm. Ebv`rog`ot nao `x`rt er`at
pr`ssur` cbr gbrai ebbd arbuod tm` wbrid. Fut r`d`gptlbo nao boiy f` `cc nt`d fy tm` nmurnm. L ag p`rsboaiiy `onburae`d fy tm` cbnus
bo caltm-fas`d (br, ratm`r, nmurnm-fas`d) loltlatlv`s as a sbiutlbo cbr
sbnlai prbfi`gs sunm as sufstaon` afus`, mbg`i`sso`ss, nmlid nar`,
aod vbnatlboai traloloe. Mbw dld w` `v`r arrlv` at a pian` bc
f`il`vloe tmat wltmbut caltm aod wltmbut tm` nmurnm, w` nbuid
uitlgat`iy sbiv` gbrai prbfi`gs2
Cloaiiy, tm` `tmbs bc r`d`gptlbo ls ibv`. Tmrbuembut tmls fbbh, L
mav` r`p`at`diy r`c`rr`d tb ways tmat a frlde` bc w`inbg` mas f``o
fulit tb tmbs typlnaiiy nbosld`r`d tb f` `o`gl`s fy gaoy nbos`rva-tlv` Nmrlstlaos. Frlde` fulidloe aigbst aiways lovbiv`s tm` prantln` bc
ibv`.
TUB ^TBVL@^ BC U@INBG@
Mbw gaoy tlg`s mav` ybu pass`d fy a mbg`i`ss p`rsbo aod
d`nld`d tb h``p a sac` dlstaon` crbg wm`r` tm`y w`r` si``ploe bo
tm` str``t br bo a parh f`onm2 A gao lo bur nmurnm oag`d Uliiy
mad a nmurnm fanherbuod, fut waso“t gunm lot`r`st`d lo Nmrlst. Tb
mlg, Nmrlstlaolty was a elaot ilst bc db“s aod dbo“ts—gbstiy dbo“ts.
M`r` ls Uliiy“s stbry lo mls bwo wbrds;
L“v` sp`ot gbst bc gy ilc` as rbbti`ss drlct`r. L was
`straoe`d crbg gy cagliy aod `v`ry btm`r hlod bc
m`aitmy r`iatlbosmlp. L `v`otuaiiy cbuod gys`ic nbg-
pi`t`iy mbg`i`ss, ilvloe kust sbutm bc dbwotbwo fy tm`
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rlv`r. L sp`ot tmr`` y`ars dbwo tm`r` aod was nbgpi`t`iy
wltmbut mbp`.
A nmurnm erbup crbg Slo`yard nag` dbwo tb tm`
rlv`r bo a r`euiar fasls tb pass but cbbd aod fiaoh`ts, as
w`ii as btm`r suppil`s. L f`eao tb d`v`ibp a r`iatlbosmlp
wltm sbg` bc tm` p`bpi` wmb nag` dbwo. L was aigbst
aiways druoh, y`t tm`y h`pt bcc`rloe g` crl`odsmlp. Tm`
Nmrlstlaolty L saw lo tm`lr ilv`s was obt kust a fuonm bc
rui`s. Lost`ad, tm`y w`r` bcc`rloe r`iatlbosmlp.
Bo` y`ar aeb, a sgaii erbup bc p`bpi` crbg tm`
nmurnm nag` tb tm` nagp wm`r` L was si``ploe. Tm`y
eav` g` cbbd aod a fiaoh`t. Fut gbst lgpbrtaot bc aii,
tm`y iald maods bo g` aod pray`d cbr g`. Tmat gbroloe,
L mad nrl`d but cbr Ebd. L mad kust nbosug`d a cbrty-
buon` fbtti` bc gait ilqubr, aod L c`it slnh`r tmao `v`r. L
c`it ilh` L was ebloe tb dl`.
Act`r L r`n`lv`d pray`r, Ebd f`eao tb nmaoe` g`. L
sp`ot tm` o`xt w``h ebloe tmrbuem d`tbx. A pastbr at
tm` nmurnm m`ip`d tb arraoe` a pian` cbr g` tb stay at amaicway mbus`. L was afi` tb e`t a kbf as w`ii. L f`eao
mavloe dlcclnuity at tm` maicway mbus` aod c`it ilh` ebloe
fanh tb tm` rlv`r. Tmat sag` day, tm` pmbo` raoe at tm`
maicway mbus`, aod lt was tm` pastbr bc tm` nmurnm“s
glolstry tb tm` mbg`i`ss. M` tbid g` tb maoe bo aod
tmat m` wbuid naii fanh lo a iltti` wmli`. Lo ao mbur, m`
naii`d g` fanh. M` mad cbuod ao apartg`ot cbr g` tb
ilv` lo. L sbbo gbv`d but bc tm` maicway mbus` aod lotb
ao apartg`ot o`ar bo` bc tm` caglil`s crbg tm` nmurnm.Tm`y eav` g` wbrh as ao lod`p`od`ot nbotrantbr cbr a
fuslo`ss tm`y rao. L“v` f``o sbf`r cbr bv`r a y`ar. L
r`n`otiy r`nbonli`d wltm gy catm`r, aod L“g nurr`otiy
att`gptloe tb r`nbonli` wltm gy sbo, wmb ls tw`oty-
s`v`o y`ars bid.
@anm ^aturday L tah` erbups crbg tm` nmurnm bv`r tb
tm` rlv`r tb glolst`r tb gy bid crl`ods aod tb lotrbdun`
tm`g tb gy K`sus. Tm`y s`` mbw gunm Ebd mas dbo` tb
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m`ip g`. ^`v`rai bc gy bid crl`ods mav` cbiibw`d g` bcc
tm` str``ts.
Tmls w``h ybu gay `onbuot`r a ’Uliiy‗ maoeloe but o`ar ybur
uolv`rslty, lo crbot bc a dbwotbwo bccln` fulidloe, fy a GnDboaid“s,
br at tm` fbardwaih. Umat dlcc`r`on` wbuid lt gah` tb ybu lc ybu
sald tb yburs`ic, ’Tmls gao br wbgao ls obt gy o`gy.‗ Mbw nbuid
ybu br ybur nmurnm f`elo tb prantln` tm` w`inbg` bc tm` hloedbg
wltm g`o aod wbg`o ilh` Uliiy2
A g`gf`r bc bur nmurnm, wmbg L“ii naii Klg, ls aobtm`r `xagpi`
bc sbg`bo` ybu glemt r`eard tb f` ao `o`gy bc Nmrlstlaolty. Klgmad f``o ao atm`lst cbr as iboe as m` nbuid r`g`gf`r. Um`o m` was
a stud`ot at bur stat` uolv`rslty, m` mad kblo`d ao atm`lst niuf naii`d
’tm` ^bnl`ty bc Mugaolsts.‗ Tm` fasln ae`oda cbr tmls niuf was tb
antlv`iy dlsnburae` stud`ots crbg pursuloe Nmrlstlaolty. M`r` ls mbw
Klg d`snrlf`d mls lovbiv`g`ot lo tmls breaolzatlbo;
Act`r L mad f``o a g`gf`r bc tm` niuf cbr a wmli`, w`
d`nld`d tb pursu` f`nbgloe ao bcclnlaiiy saontlbo`d
stud`ot breaolzatlbo lo brd`r tb r`n`lv` cuodloe crbgtm` snmbbi. As part bc tm` appilnatlbo prbn`ss, w` mad tb
`i`nt ao bccln`r tb pr`sld` bv`r bur breaolzatlbo. L aer``d
tb f`nbg` tm` bccln`r aod was afi` tb nmbbs` gy bwo
tlti`. L d`nld`d bo tm` tlti` ’nmapialo,‗ f`naus` lt was y`t
aobtm`r way tb gbnh Nmrlstlaolty.
^mbrtiy act`r eraduatloe, L cbuod a kbf lo tm` g`otai
m`aitm cl`id. L wbrh`d v`ry nibs`iy wltm a wbgao oag`d
Ilsa. Ilsa wbuid bct`o t`ii g` tmat K`sus ibv`d g`. @v`o
tmbuem L was v`ry st`adcast lo gy atm`lsg, Ilsa nbotlou`dtb smbw g` uowav`rloe hlodo`ss. m` wbuid bct`o lovlt`
g` tb nmurnm, aod `anm tlg` L wbuid d`nilo` m`r
lovltatlbos. L sald L glemt tah` m`r up bo tm` bcc`r lo twb
y`ars.
Bo` day Ilsa tbid g` tmat sm` r`aiiy ibv`d g` (lo a
oborbgaotln way) aod tmat sm` bct`o pray`d cbr g`. L
tbid m`r tmat L appr`nlat`d tm` s`otlg`ot, fut L dldo“t
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f`il`v` lo Ebd. Podauot`d fy gy stat`g`ot, Ilsa tbid
g` tmat K`sus ibv`d g` `v`o gbr` tmao sm` dld. Tmat
r`aiiy lgpant`d g`. L obw mad a r`c`r`on` pblot cbr tm`
ibv` sm` was taihloe afbut. ^m` was nboslst`otiy ibvloe
tbward aii bc m`r nbwbrh`rs, aod m`r wbrds mad r`ai
autmbrlty.
^mbrtiy act`r bur nbov`rsatlbo, a crl`od bc glo`, Flii,
wmb was aisb a iboetlg` atm`lst, lovlt`d g` but tb
iuonm. L mad m`ard tmat m` r`n`otiy mad f`nbg` ’fbro
aealo,‗ aod L `xp`nt`d tmat m` wbuid try tb nbov`rt g`.
L was obt surprls`d wm`o m` puii`d but tm` Flfi` at
iuonm aod start`d smarloe tm` ebsp`i wltm g`. Lo a way,
Ilsa“s hlodo`ss tbward g` prlg`d g` tb m`ar gy crl`od“s
ebsp`i pr`s`otatlbo. Um`o m` was clolsm`d, Flii lovlt`d
g` tb r`n`lv` Nmrlst, fut L turo`d dbwo tm` bcc`r. @v`o
tmbuem L was lotrleu`d fy wmat m` mad smar`d, L dld obt
r`spbod. Flii smar`d tmat tm` r`asbo m` naii`d tb lovlt`
g` tb iuonm was tmat m` mad mad a dr`ag afbut g`. Lo
mls dr`ag, L was dyloe. L tmbuemt, ’Tmat“s w`lrd. L“g obtpiaooloe bo dyloe aoytlg` sbbo.‗
Bo` w``h iat`r L was lo tm` mbspltai wltm sploai
g`oloeltls, nbgpi`t`iy f`drldd`o, aod L mad a d`fliltat-
loe m`adanm`. As L iay tm`r`, L tmbuemt afbut gy nbo-
v`rsatlbos wltm Ilsa aod Flii. Bo` olemt L mad a v`ry vlvld
dr`ag. L was drlvloe gy nar aod was bv`rnbg` fy tm`
st`onm bc clitm lo gy truoh. L stbpp`d tm` nar, bp`o`d tm`
truoh, aod att`gpt`d tb smbv`i tm` clitm but, fut lt h`pt
silpploe bcc tm` smbv`i. L was pbw`ri`ss tb ni`ao but tm`clitm lo tm` truoh bc gy nar. L awbh` crbg tm` dr`ag aod
ho`w wmat lt g`aot. L nbuid obt d`ai wltm gy slo bo gy
bwo. L ho`w L o``d`d Ebd tb nmaoe` g`.
Umli` L stlii r`slst`d elvloe gy ilc` tb K`sus, L obw
f`il`v`d lo Ebd. L kust waso“t sur` tmat K`sus was tm`
way tb Ebd. Act`r sbg` lov`stleatlbo, L dlsnbv`r`d tmat
ob btm`r r`ilelbo addr`ss`d tm` lssu` lo gy dr`ag. Ob
bo` fut Nmrlst nialg`d tb f` afi` tb wasm away gy slo.
^b L pray`d tb r`n`lv` Nmrlst lotb gy ilc`. As L was
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prayloe, L c`it tmat Ebd was mbidloe g`, sayloe, ’L ibv`
ybu, gy sbo.‗
L r`nbv`r`d crbg sploai g`oloeltls aod start`d tb
pursu` gy o`wcbuod caltm fy r`adloe tm` Flfi`. Act`r
e`ttloe fanh tb wbrh, L tbid Ilsa aod Flii wmat L mad
dbo`. Ilsa lovlt`d g` tb eb tb nmurnm, fut L d`nilo`d. L
tmbuemt L nbuid waih as a Nmrlstlao aibo`. Mbw`v`r, Ilsa
bp`o`d m`r nai`odar aod smbw`d g` wm`r`, xantiy twb
y`ars f`cbr`, L mad prbgls`d tmat L wbuid eb tb nmurnm
wltm m`r. Gy twb y`ars w`r` up!U` att`od`d a nmurnm butr`anm `v`ot lo tm` sugg`r
bc 1<<0. Tm` faod tmat was piayloe lgpr`ss`d g`, aod L
was surprls`d tb m`ar Klggy M`odrlx ilnhs bo tm` eultar.
Durloe tm` t`anmloe, L was nmaii`oe`d tmat L mad tb
anhobwi`de` K`sus f`cbr` btm`r p`bpi` fy gahloe a
pufiln nboc`sslbo. ^b L w`ot cbrward at tm` lovltatlbo aod
pufilniy prbnialg`d gy caltm lo K`sus Nmrlst.
^lon` Klg“s nbov`rslbo, m` mas i`d s`v`rai sgaii erbups, f``o
lovbiv`d wltm tm` draga aod nmlidr`o“s glolstry, i`d wbrsmlp, aod
eraduat`d crbg tm` nmurnm“s traloloe snmbbi cbr cutur` pastbrs aod
i`ad`rs. Lt wbuid mav` f``o `asy tb wrlt` bcc Klg as uor`anmafi`,
`sp`nlaiiy f`naus` bc mls vbnai aod v`ry pufiln aotl-Nmrlstlao
pbsltlbos. Tm` gbst oaturai tmloe lo tm` wbrid wbuid mav` f``o tb
r`spbod lo hlod tb Klg.
Fut nbosld`r tm` cant tmat tm` twb p`bpi` at tm` n`ot`r bc twb bc
tm` gbst uopbpuiar Polt`d tat`s upr`g` Nburt d`nlslbos (at i`ast
wltm Nmrlstlaos) mav` slon` f`nbg` butspbh`o f`il`v`rs lo Nmrlst;Obrga GnNbrv`y (a.h.a. Kao` Vb`) aod Uliilag K. Gurray (sbo bc
obt`d atm`lst Gadaiyo Gurray B“Malr). Obrga GnNbrv`y was tm`
pialotlcc lo tm` ^upr`g` Nburt nas` (Vb` v. Uad`) tmat i`eailz`d
afbrtlbo lo aii clcty stat`s. Uliilag Gurray was bo` bc tm` pialotlccs
lo tm` ^upr`g` Nburt nas` tmat prbmlflt`d pray`r lo snmbbis.
Nbosld`r curtm`r tmat tm` ’pbst`r nmlid‗ bc tm` nuitur` i`ct, Kao`
Cboda, a wbgao wmb mas f``o vlilcl`d bv`r tm` y`ars fy gaoy
Nmrlstlao o`wsi`tt`rs aod gaeazlo`s, mas aisb d`niar`d m`r caltm lo
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Nmrlst. Umat wbuid tm` ’Nmrlstlao pr`ss‗ mav` sald afbut ^aui, tm`
p`rs`nutbr bc tm` nmurnm, f`cbr` Dagasnus Vbad2
Tm` trutm ls, lt ls lgpbsslfi` tb hobw wmat ls ebloe bo lo tm`
m`arts bc tm` ’Klgs‗ br tm` ’Kao`s‗ br tm` ’Obrgas‗ br tm`
’Uliilags.‗ Lt ls aisb lgpbsslfi` tb hobw wmat `cc`nt a ibvloe wlt-
o`ss wlii mav` bo sunm p`bpi`—ob gatt`r wmat tm`lr loltlai pbsl-
tlbos br prbt`statlbos gay f`. Obtmloe bo `artm (br lo m`av`o)
nbgpar`s tb tm` kby c`it ’bv`r bo` sloo`r wmb r`p`ots.‗>1 ^mar` tm`
kby! F` ao ae`ot bc bo` bc Ebd“s er`at`st glrani`s. I`t Ebd us` ybu
tb prbnialg tm` w`inbg` bc tm` hloedbg tb p`rsbos n`rtalo btm`rNmrlstlaos mav` t`od`d tb tr`at as `o`gl`s!
Qu`stlbos cbr V`ci`ntlbo aod Dlsnusslbo
1. Mav` ybu obtln`d a t`od`ony tb d`sleoat` bo` pbiltlnai party tb f`’tm` boiy ann`ptafi` Nmrlstlao nmbln`‗2 Lc ybu mav` obtln`d tmls t`od`ony, db
ybu aer`` br dlsaer`` wltm lt2
6. Umat lssu`s lo tm` nbot`gpbrary ’nuitur` wars‗ d`fat` db ybu tmlohnao f` ni`ariy d`t`rglo`d fy ao app`ai tb tm` Flfi`2 Umat lssu`s naoobt f`ni`ariy d`t`rglo`d fy app`ailoe tb ^nrlptur`2
>. Db ybu aer`` br dlsaer`` wltm tm` autmbr“s assleoloe bc pray`r lopufiln snmbbis as a cuzzy-s`t lssu`2
4. Um`r` mav` ybu wlto`ss`d tm` afs`on` bc nlvlilty fy Nmrlstlaos lo`ltm`r a nbot`gpbrary tm`bibelnai br pbiltlnai d`fat`2
0. Appiy tm` autmbr“s ’flfilnai stbry ilo`‗ apprbanm (Nr`atlbo, tm` Caii,V`d`gptlbo) tb tm` cbiibwloe; fle ebv`rog`ot, s`x `dunatlbo lo pufilnsnmbbis, aod euo nbotrbi.
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V@NBGG@OD@D V@ADLOE
Fbrh, Vbf`rt M. Tm` T`gptloe bc Ag`rlna; Tm` Zbiltlnai ^`duntlbo
bc tm` Iaw. O`w \brh; Tbunmstbo`, 1<<:.
Euloo`ss, Bs. Tm` Ag`rlnao Mbur; A Tlg` bc V`nhboloe aod tm`
Bon` aod Cutur` Vbi` bc Caltm. O`w \brh; Gangliiao, 1<<>.
Muot`r, Kag`s Davlsbo. Nuitur` Uars; Tm` ^trueei` tb D`clo`
Ag`rlna. O`w \brh; Fasln Fbbhs, 1<<4.
G`dv`d, Glnma`i. Mbiiywbbd vs. Ag`rlna; Zbpuiar Nuitur` aod tm`
Uar bo Tradltlboai Saiu`s. O`w \brh; Marp`rNbiilos, 1<<6.
Biashy, Garvlo. Tm` Trae`dy bc Ag`rlnao Nbgpasslbo. Uasmloe-
tbo, D.N.; V`eo`ry, 1<<6.
Tmbgas, Nai, aod @d Dbfsbo. Filod`d fy Glemt; Nao tm` V`ilelbus
Vlemt ^av` Ag`rlna2 Eraod Vaplds; [bod`rvao, 1<<<.
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