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-156- 1 ; and then condemning then to rib*th. When his officer*L hi« out to do special propaganda work because they bellaT«d he bad a talent for speaJd-rig, h» n s oTerJcjod. This was the beginning of his political carear, and here too *e can find many vftnifeBtetioDfl of his search for a leader. In the beginning he utay well bare thought of hlas^LT as tli# ita waJ heralding the coning of the graftt leadsr* it ia that during th* early years of hi& caraar h* waa niflBiTe to a entieeflsicni of iaiportant DAQ to when he looked for guidanc* - VOD KahrF Ludandorff and Hindenburg, to nane only a few* It ia truo that in the and bo turned upon then one after another and treated them ID 6 daBplcable fflflhlon, but usually thia ehaqg* cane aft»r ha diecoTsr*d th»ir pBrsaaal Bhortcotdufifl and inadequacies. As in many neurotic people of Hitler >s type who haim a dsop craving for guidanea from an oldar nan, their araqixireibant* grow vitA Use ywara, Ely th« time thay reach natufitj they are looking forp and can only aubnit tat a par son who ia perfect in every reapact—literally a auper-jnan. The result ia that thay are always trying to aoue in contact with new peraona of high fltatua in the hopo that each one, in turn, kill prove to bo tha ideal. So sooner - do they discover a dingle waakneea or abortocmlng than they d«poM him fron the p«d«8tal on which they ha^s placed him. They then tr*at tholr fallen h^roep tadiy for haflng failad to REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES