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The aryan man is superior culturally, they are the founders of civilization Sieg Heil
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<blockquote data-quote="Naofumi" data-source="post: 47447" data-attributes="member: 39"><p>greatness of one's country-quite apart from the earlier education of the</p><p>individual.</p><p>I then came to understand, quickly and thoroughly, what I had never</p><p>been aware of before. It was the following:</p><p>The question of 'nationalizing' a people is first and foremost one of</p><p>establishing healthy social conditions that will furnish the grounds</p><p>necessary for the education of the individual. For only when family</p><p>upbringing and school education have imparted to the individual cultural</p><p>and economic knowledge and, above all, a sense of the political greatness</p><p>of his own country-only then will it be possible for him to feel proud of</p><p>being a citizen. I can fight only for something that I love. I can love only</p><p>what I respect. And in order to respect something, I must at least have some</p><p>knowledge of it.</p><p>2.11 ARCHITECT AND WATERCOLOR PAINTER</p><p>As soon as my interest in social questions was awakened, I began to</p><p>study them in a fundamental way. A new and previously unknown world</p><p>was thus revealed to me.</p><p>In the years 1 909- 1 9 10, I had so improved my position that I no longer</p><p>had to earn my daily bread as a manual laborer. I was now working</p><p>independently as a draftsman and painter in watercolors. This career was a</p><p>poor one indeed, at least as far as earnings were concerned. I barely had</p><p>enough to meet the necessities of life. Yet it was interesting for me, in light</p><p>of the profession that I aspired to.</p><p>Moreover, when I came home in the evenings, I was now no longer</p><p>dead-tired as before, when I was unable to glance at a book without falling</p><p>asleep almost immediately. My present work was therefore aligned with</p><p>my future profession. Furthermore, I was master of my own time, and could</p><p>distribute my working-hours better now than before.</p><p>I painted to make a living, and I studied for pleasure.</p><p>Thus I was able to acquire theoretical knowledge of the social problem,</p><p>something that was a necessary complement to what I was learning through</p><p>daily experience. I studied all the books I could find that dealt with this</p><p>question, and I thought deeply about what I read.</p><p>I believe that those around me considered me an eccentric person.</p><p>Apart from my interest in the social question, I naturally devoted</p><p>myself with enthusiasm to the study of architecture. Along side music, I</p><p>70</p><p>CHAPTER 2</p><p>considered it queen of the arts. It was pleasure, not work, to study it. I could</p><p>read or draw until late at night without ever getting tired. And I became</p><p>more and more confident that my dream of a brilliant future would become</p><p>true, even though I might have to wait years to achieve it. I was firmly</p><p>convinced that one day I would make a name for myself as an architect.</p><p>The fact that, along side my professional studies, I took the greatest</p><p>interest in everything political did not seem to be especially important. On</p><p>the contrary-I looked upon this practical interest in politics as the obvious</p><p>duty of every thinking man. Those who have no understanding of the</p><p>political world around them have no right to criticize or complain.</p><p>I therefore continued to read and study politics extensively.</p><p>2.12 THE ART OF READING</p><p>Reading, however, had a different meaning for me than it has for the</p><p>average run of our so-called 'intellectuals. '</p><p>I know people who read endlessly, book after book, from cover to</p><p>cover, and yet I would not call them 'well-read. ' Of course they 'know' an</p><p>immense amount; but their brain seems incapable of sifting and organizing</p><p>the information they have acquired. They don't have the ability to</p><p>distinguish between what is useful and what is useless. They may retain</p><p>the former in their minds and, if possible, skip over the latter while reading</p><p>it-and if that's not possible, they will throw it overboard as useless ballast.</p><p>Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose</p><p>is to help towards filling in the framework that comprises each person's</p><p>talents and abilities. Thus each one acquires for himself the tools and</p><p>materials needed for the fulfillment of his life's work-regardless whether</p><p>this is the elementary task of earning one's daily bread or a calling that</p><p>responds to higher human aspirations. Such is the first purpose of reading.</p><p>And the second purpose is to provide an overall worldview.</p><p>In both cases, however, the information acquired through reading must</p><p>not be stored up in the memory, corresponding to the successive chapters</p><p>of the book. Rather, each little piece of knowledge thus gained must be</p><p>treated as if it were a stone to be inserted into a mosaic, so that it finds its</p><p>proper place among all the other elements that form a general worldview</p><p>in the reader's mind. Otherwise only a confused jumble of chaotic notions</p><p>will result from all this reading. That jumble is not merely useless, but it</p><p>also tends to make the unfortunate possessor of it conceited. He seriously</p><p>7 1</p><p>MEIN KAMPF</p><p>thinks himself to be well-educated, and that he understands something of</p><p>life. He believes that he has acquired knowledge, whereas the truth is that</p><p>every increase in such 'knowledge' draws him further away from real life</p><p>until he finally ends up either in some sanatorium or in parliament.</p><p>Such a person never succeeds in making practical use of his knowledge</p><p>when the moment .calls for it. His mental equipment is not organized to</p><p>meet the demands of everyday life. His knowledge is stored in his brain as</p><p>a literal transcript of the books he has read, and in the order in which he</p><p>has read them. And if fate should one day call upon him to use his book</p><p>knowledge, it will have to give him the title and page number-otherwise</p><p>he will never be able to recall the needed information. But if the page is</p><p>not mentioned at the critical moment, the bright boy will find himself in a</p><p>state of hopeless embarrassment. Highly agitated, he searches for</p><p>comparable cases, and it is almost certain that he will finally deliver the</p><p>wrong prescription.</p><p>If that's an incorrect description, then how can we explain the political</p><p>achievements of our parliamentary heroes, who hold the highest positions</p><p>in government? Otherwise we would have to attribute their actions to</p><p>malice and chicanery, rather than to pathology.</p><p>On the other hand, one who has cultivated the art of reading will</p><p>instantly perceive, in a book or journal or pamphlet, what should be</p><p>remembered--either because it meets one's needs or it has value in general.</p><p>What he thus learns is incorporated into his mental picture of a problem or</p><p>a thing, further correcting or enlarging it, so that it becomes more exact</p><p>and precise. If some practical problem suddenly demands examination or</p><p>a solution, memory will immediately select the appropriate information</p><p>from the mass that has been acquired through years of reading. Memory</p><p>will also place this information at the service of one's powers of judgment,</p><p>so as to get a new and clearer view of the problem in question, or to produce</p><p>a definitive solution.</p><p>Only thus can reading have any meaning or purpose.</p><p>For example, a speaker who does not have at hand the sources of</p><p>information that are necessary to a proper treatment of his subject is unable</p><p>to defend his opinions against an opponent, even though those opinions</p><p>may be perfectly solid and true. In every discussion, his memory will</p><p>abandon him. He cannot summon up arguments to support his statements,</p><p>or to refute his opponent. As long as the speaker only has to defend himself,</p><p>the situation is not serious; but the evil comes when fate places such a</p><p>know-it-all-who in reality knows nothing-in charge of a state.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Naofumi, post: 47447, member: 39"] greatness of one's country-quite apart from the earlier education of the individual. I then came to understand, quickly and thoroughly, what I had never been aware of before. It was the following: The question of 'nationalizing' a people is first and foremost one of establishing healthy social conditions that will furnish the grounds necessary for the education of the individual. For only when family upbringing and school education have imparted to the individual cultural and economic knowledge and, above all, a sense of the political greatness of his own country-only then will it be possible for him to feel proud of being a citizen. I can fight only for something that I love. I can love only what I respect. And in order to respect something, I must at least have some knowledge of it. 2.11 ARCHITECT AND WATERCOLOR PAINTER As soon as my interest in social questions was awakened, I began to study them in a fundamental way. A new and previously unknown world was thus revealed to me. In the years 1 909- 1 9 10, I had so improved my position that I no longer had to earn my daily bread as a manual laborer. I was now working independently as a draftsman and painter in watercolors. This career was a poor one indeed, at least as far as earnings were concerned. I barely had enough to meet the necessities of life. Yet it was interesting for me, in light of the profession that I aspired to. Moreover, when I came home in the evenings, I was now no longer dead-tired as before, when I was unable to glance at a book without falling asleep almost immediately. My present work was therefore aligned with my future profession. Furthermore, I was master of my own time, and could distribute my working-hours better now than before. I painted to make a living, and I studied for pleasure. Thus I was able to acquire theoretical knowledge of the social problem, something that was a necessary complement to what I was learning through daily experience. I studied all the books I could find that dealt with this question, and I thought deeply about what I read. I believe that those around me considered me an eccentric person. Apart from my interest in the social question, I naturally devoted myself with enthusiasm to the study of architecture. Along side music, I 70 CHAPTER 2 considered it queen of the arts. It was pleasure, not work, to study it. I could read or draw until late at night without ever getting tired. And I became more and more confident that my dream of a brilliant future would become true, even though I might have to wait years to achieve it. I was firmly convinced that one day I would make a name for myself as an architect. The fact that, along side my professional studies, I took the greatest interest in everything political did not seem to be especially important. On the contrary-I looked upon this practical interest in politics as the obvious duty of every thinking man. Those who have no understanding of the political world around them have no right to criticize or complain. I therefore continued to read and study politics extensively. 2.12 THE ART OF READING Reading, however, had a different meaning for me than it has for the average run of our so-called 'intellectuals. ' I know people who read endlessly, book after book, from cover to cover, and yet I would not call them 'well-read. ' Of course they 'know' an immense amount; but their brain seems incapable of sifting and organizing the information they have acquired. They don't have the ability to distinguish between what is useful and what is useless. They may retain the former in their minds and, if possible, skip over the latter while reading it-and if that's not possible, they will throw it overboard as useless ballast. Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose is to help towards filling in the framework that comprises each person's talents and abilities. Thus each one acquires for himself the tools and materials needed for the fulfillment of his life's work-regardless whether this is the elementary task of earning one's daily bread or a calling that responds to higher human aspirations. Such is the first purpose of reading. And the second purpose is to provide an overall worldview. In both cases, however, the information acquired through reading must not be stored up in the memory, corresponding to the successive chapters of the book. Rather, each little piece of knowledge thus gained must be treated as if it were a stone to be inserted into a mosaic, so that it finds its proper place among all the other elements that form a general worldview in the reader's mind. Otherwise only a confused jumble of chaotic notions will result from all this reading. That jumble is not merely useless, but it also tends to make the unfortunate possessor of it conceited. He seriously 7 1 MEIN KAMPF thinks himself to be well-educated, and that he understands something of life. He believes that he has acquired knowledge, whereas the truth is that every increase in such 'knowledge' draws him further away from real life until he finally ends up either in some sanatorium or in parliament. Such a person never succeeds in making practical use of his knowledge when the moment .calls for it. His mental equipment is not organized to meet the demands of everyday life. His knowledge is stored in his brain as a literal transcript of the books he has read, and in the order in which he has read them. And if fate should one day call upon him to use his book knowledge, it will have to give him the title and page number-otherwise he will never be able to recall the needed information. But if the page is not mentioned at the critical moment, the bright boy will find himself in a state of hopeless embarrassment. Highly agitated, he searches for comparable cases, and it is almost certain that he will finally deliver the wrong prescription. If that's an incorrect description, then how can we explain the political achievements of our parliamentary heroes, who hold the highest positions in government? Otherwise we would have to attribute their actions to malice and chicanery, rather than to pathology. On the other hand, one who has cultivated the art of reading will instantly perceive, in a book or journal or pamphlet, what should be remembered--either because it meets one's needs or it has value in general. What he thus learns is incorporated into his mental picture of a problem or a thing, further correcting or enlarging it, so that it becomes more exact and precise. If some practical problem suddenly demands examination or a solution, memory will immediately select the appropriate information from the mass that has been acquired through years of reading. Memory will also place this information at the service of one's powers of judgment, so as to get a new and clearer view of the problem in question, or to produce a definitive solution. Only thus can reading have any meaning or purpose. For example, a speaker who does not have at hand the sources of information that are necessary to a proper treatment of his subject is unable to defend his opinions against an opponent, even though those opinions may be perfectly solid and true. In every discussion, his memory will abandon him. He cannot summon up arguments to support his statements, or to refute his opponent. As long as the speaker only has to defend himself, the situation is not serious; but the evil comes when fate places such a know-it-all-who in reality knows nothing-in charge of a state. [/QUOTE]
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