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r There Xa not, however, a complete dissociation of tha personality. ID such a case we would expect to find the. personali- ties alternating with ench other luite beyond the voluntary control • J r n of tho individual* This ia claarly not fahe case with Hi tie* who can adopt either role aore or less at will. At least, he Is able, on ' * • • < occasion, to induce the Fu&hrer personality to cone into existence - when the occasion demands* This ia what he doev At almost every speech- At the. beginning as we hare mentioned he i£ nervous and insecure on the platform• At times he ha& considerable difficulty in finding anything to say, Thie is "Hitler". But under these •• -m - m eircunetaiicee the "Hitler" jaereonfility doe? not usually predomin- ate for ajiy length of time. As soon a a he gets tha feel of tha audience the tesapo o* the speech increases and the "Fuehrer" per- bonality begins to H^sert itself. Heiitun ^ayai "The atrena of him like a stream of water stiffens a bade.11 As ha ha aoducee hiafiel/ into believing that he ie aolually and fundament ally the "rushr^r11, or ae Hauscbning (ESS) 3«ysi "He do**e himself with the morphine of hi a oiirt Verbiage -11 It i& this tranafortwtiou, of the l i t t l e Hitler into the great ftiehrer, which • " / / • • takes place under th& eye& of hi a audlance which probably fasclnatee them. By complicated poychological proceaaea they are able to - Identify theaB&Lvaff with bin ftnd aa the epaach are temporarily trnnaforued aal * • • He mist also undergo a tranfifpupation of this Itind whan he i to. expac&trl to cake a decifllori or take definite action* AB we " | • / - ( - seen, Hitler procrastinates until the aituatioa becomes dangeroqs / ' ; intolerable. When he can procrastinate no longer, he is able to in* REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES