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\ beco»e substitutes for the sati sfacti on obtained fron re*l • - f , nents* Tfe tfust suppose that this la the fltata that Hitler tau in • during the seven yours that elXpe«d betwMn the death of hi* pother and the outbfe&k of the war when he WAS wasting hi£ tiae lying • r nroxmd in flophouses and sitting IJP cafes in Fiamm, Or.ly when hi* hiitiger became acute couj-d h& mister the energy necessary to "• • ' _ - * • . A . ' hintaelf to fl fe.v hours of wo^k. As soon as this hunger was - • • ; • • . tlB laps&ti back into his form&r fltateof procrastination and sioh. We Bust as&una thftt thn periods of procrastination at the present ttm& have'a slnilar origin, Hs withdraws from society, is nnd dnwdlef; away hifi tine until ^the situation beconeft • then hft forces hijneelf to action, li* Forks for s t±*» eod as Boon as tb* job ,is tindarway "tie loses interest in it" and ellpc. bnck into his leisurely lif^ in ^rhitih he doea nothlcg J . • • y what he is forced to do or iLkes tt> ^Qt Mow, of course, i t is no logger huii^er that drives him to work but another notice, even - powerful, of which he -xa not fully conscious* Thfe nEture of this be discussed in tha iteptt section, I ' As one surrey e Hitler1^ behavior patterns ^ a A bie close • ' • / • i '• ' observe thetnf _bne ^ets "the distijict impression that this is not one person but two mhith inhabit the came body and alternate end forth - The os.e is a very soft, sentimental and indeclsivo 1 k •• d i , who has, l i t t l e drive pjid wants nothing ^uite fto much as ' to be aauaad, liked" and'looked after* The other1 is Just the opposite - hard* cruel and-decisive tfith ansabundant reservoir of energy at hie • command - who knows Tihat he wante nnd ia ritudy to ga sftei1 i t nnd get / - • • - REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES