the rage against god by peter hitchens, excerpt

8/9/2019 The Rage Against God by Peter Hitchens, Excerpt

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Aiogt, mcy hos`gvar tba adh gn cii gur

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ôsot www.zgdharvcd.nm.Zaquasts ngr odngrmctogd sbguih ja chhrassah tg, 3?8>, 3?8;, 3?82 jy Poaknroah Pcssggd. Qsah jy par-

mossogd gn ôeodk Vadkuod, c hovosogd gn Vadkuod Krgup (QPC) Od`.

Cdy Odtardat chhrassas (wajsotas, jigks, at`.) cdh taiapbgda dumjars prodtah od tbosjgge cra gnnarah cs c rasgurà. Xbay cra dgt odtadhah od cdy wcy tg ja gr ompiy cd

adhgrsamadt jy \gdharvcd, dgr hgas \gdharvcd vgu`b ngr tba `gdtadt gn tbasa sotas

cdh dumjars ngr tba iona gn tbos jgge.

Cii rokbts rasarvah. Dg pcrt gn tbos pujio`ctogd mcy ja raprghuàh, stgrah od c ratroavci

systam, gr trcdsmottah od cdy ngrm gr jy cdy macds aia`trgdo`, ma`bcdo`ci, pbgtg`gpy,

ra`grhodk, gr cdy gtbar axàpt ngr jroan qugtctogds od prodtah ravoaws, wotbgut tba progr

parmossogd gn tba pujiosbar.

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Vrodtah od tba Qdotah Ptctas gn Cmaro`c

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jy wgrhs wotbgut edgwiahka7

Korh up dgw tby igods ioea c mcd5

ngr O woii hamcdh gn tbaa, cdh cdswar tbgu ma.

[bara wcst tbgu wbad O icoh tba ngudhctogds gn tba acrtb7

Ha`icra, on tbgu bcst udharstcdhodk.

[bg bctb icoh tba macsuras tbaragn, on tbgu edgwast7

Gr wbg bctb strat`bah tba ioda upgd ot7

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Gr wbg icoh tba `grdar stgda tbaragn7

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Xboda chvarscroas rgcr od tba mohst

gn tby `gdkrakctogds.XBA ;8XB VPCIM

Gdiy gda tbodk gmngrts ma wbad O igge jcè ct tba crdovcign chgiasàdt patuicdà, odkrctotuha, `ruaity, cdh odsadso-tovoty tbct wcs my Kghiass parogh. O wcs ct iacst dgt hgodk ot tg

not od wotb tba sporot gn tba cka. O baih cii my rcho`ci pgsotogds

wbad tbay wara dgt yat ncsbogdcjia, cdh ot wcs daàsscry tg ja

quota hatarmodah, gr parbcps lust crrgkcdt, tg bgih tbam. O kgt

mysain hosioeah cdh hoscpprgvah gn jy tba vary eodhs gn pagpiawbg dgwchcys wguih ja grtbghgx suppgrtars gn hovarsoty cdh

saùicrosm, praòsaiy ja`cusa tbay cra grtbghgx.

O hoh wbct avarygda aisa gn my kadarctogd wcs dgt yat hgodk.

Cics, O stoii cm hgodk wbct avarygda aisa od my kadarctogd os dgt

yat hgodk. [bad O cm od `bur`b od Adkicdh dgw, O dgtoà tbct ot

os pagpia gn crgudh my cka (O wcs jgrd od 3?13) wbg cra mgstiy

cjsadt. Xbara cra piadty wbg cra gihar tbcd savadty gr ygudkar

tbcd ngrty, jut vary naw od jatwaad. Od tba Qdotah Ptctas, O


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suspa`t tbct c kract hana`togd gn tba scma eodh os dgw udhar

wcy od tba `giiaka kadarctogd cdh tbct tbgsa dgw od `giiaka,

gr bcvodk raàdtiy iant ot, cra mgra bgstoia gr parbcps wgrsa,

odhonnaradt tg raiokogd tbcd cdy pravogus Cmaro`cd kadarc-

togd. Gda grtbghgxy os kovodk wcy tg cdgtbar, cs bcppadah od

Jrotcod. Xg axpicod tbos, O woii bcva tg axpicod tba ùrogus tbodk

tbct bcppadah tg tba @brostocd raiokogd od my `gudtry.

Od axpicododk tbos, O woii has`roja odniuadàs O jaioava bcva

gparctah gd my jrgtbar, @brostgpbar, mu`b cs tbay bcvacnna`tah ma. Ot os dgt ngr ma tg scy bgw somoicr gur axparoadàs

mcy bcva jaad. [a cra sapcrcta pagpia wbg, ioea mcdy sojiodks,

bcva iovah adtoraiy honnaradt iovas. Jut sodà ot os gjvogus tbct tbos

jgge crosas gut gn my cttampt tg hajcta raiokogd wotb bom, ot

wguih ja cjsurh tg pratadh tbct mu`b gn wbct O scy bara os dgt

odtadhah tg `gudtar gr udharmoda crkumadts ba bcs prasadtah

od bos gwd jgge gd tbos sujla`t.

My jgge, ioea cii su`b jgges, os comah mcodiy ct mysain. Cii

pgiamo`ci cutbgrs saae tg parsucha tbamsaivas cjgva cii. O bgpa

tba jgge mcy cisg ja gn sgma vciua tg gtbars, parbcps tg jaioav-

ars wbgsa nroadhs gr ncmoiy mamjars bcva iant @brostocdoty gr

cra iacvodk ot dgw gr cra ad`bcdtah jy tba crkumadts gn tba

cdto-raiokogus odtaiia`ts gn gur cka. [bct O bgpa tg hg od tbapckas tbct ngiigw os tg axpicod norst gn cii bgw O, kadtiy jrgukbt

up od c igvodk bgma cdh hoiokadtiy odstru`tah jy `gdsòadtogus

tac`bars, sbguih bcva `gma tg rala`t sg `gmpiataiy wbct tbay

scoh. O bch sgma kggh racsgds ngr ranusodk sgma gn ot. My mos-

tcea wcs tg hospadsa wotb ot cii, odhos`romodctaiy. O bgpa tg sbgw

tbct gda gn tba tbodks O wcs s`bggiah od wcs dgt, od nc`t, raiokogd,

jut c strcdka cdh vuidarcjia `gudtarnaot gn ot c `gudtarnaot

tbct `cd ja hata`tah cdh rala`tah wboia yat iacvodk tba kaduoda


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trutbs gn @brostocdoty udhcmckah. Xbct `gudtarnaot stoii òrù-

ictas, od savarci ngrms, aspaòciiy od tba Qdotah Ptctas.

O wcdt tg axpicod bgw O ja`cma `gdvodàh, jy racsgd cdh

axparoadà, gn tba daàssoty cdh rokbtdass gn c ngrm gn @bros-

tocdoty tbct os mghast, c``gmmghctodk, cdh tbgukbtnui jut

uitomctaiy ud`gmprgmosodk cjgut ots votci trutb. O bgpa vary

mu`b tbct jy hgodk sg, O `cd ct iacst `cusa tbgsa wbg `gdsohar

tbamsaivas tg ja ctbaosts tg basotcta gvar tbaor `bgoà. O cisg

bgpa tg prgvoha @brostocd rachars wotb odsokbts tbay `cd usa,tba jattar tg udharstcdh tbaor udjaioavodk nroadhs cdh sg par-

bcps tg sgw sgma smcii saahs gn hgujt od tba modhs gn tbgsa

nroadhs.

O tbad odtadh tg chhrass tba nudhcmadtci ncoiuras gn tbraa

ctbaosto` crkumadts. Dcmaiy, tbct `gdnio`ts ngukbt od tba dcma

gn raiokogd cra ciwcys cjgut raiokogd5 tbct ot os uitomctaiy pgs-

sojia tg edgw wotb `gdnohadà wbct os rokbt cdh wbct os wrgdk

wotbgut cèdgwiahkodk tba axostadà gn Kgh5 cdh tbct ctbaost

stctas cra dgt c`tuciiy ctbaost. Jaygdh tbos, O bcrjgr dg cmjo-

togds tg mgudt c `gmprabadsova rajuttci gn tba crkumadts gn

su`b prgmodadt ctbaosts cs Vrgnassgr Zo`bcrh Hcweods, cutbgr

gn Xba Kgh Haiusogd, gr my jrgtbar, @brostgpbar.

O cm, gn `gursa, `gdàrdah aspaòciiy cjgut @brostgpbar.Bos pcssogd ckcodst Kgh, cjgut wbo`b ba usah tg scy mu`b iass,

kraw mgra voruiadt cdh `gdnohadt hurodk tba yacrs wboia O wcs

mceodk my krchuci, basotcdt wcy jcè tg tba citcr-rcoi. Cs ba

bcs ja`gma mgra àrtcod cjgut tba dgd-axostadà gn Kgh, O

bcva ja`gma mgra àrtcod tbct wa `cddgt edgw su`b c tbodk

od tba wcy tbct wa edgw cdytbodk aisa, cdh sg must `bggsa

wbatbar tg jaioava gr dgt. O tbode ot os jattar jy ncr tg jaioava. O

hg dgt saae tg tbudhar cs ba hgas, gr tg cdswar nury wotb nury gr


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s`grd wotb s`grd. O hg dgt igctba ctbaosts, cs @brostgpbar icoms

tg igctba jaioavars. O cm dgt cdkarah jy tba ncoiura gn ctbaosts

tg saa wbct cppacrs gjvogus tg ma. O udharstcdh tbct tbay saa

honnaradtiy. O hg tbode tbct tbay bcva racsgds ngr tbaor jaioan, cs

O bcva racsgds ngr moda, wbo`b cra tba raci ngudhctogds gn tbos

crkumadt. Ot os my jaioan tbct pcssogds cs strgdk cs bos cra mgra

ioeaiy tg ja `gudtarah jy tba udaxpa`tah ngrà gn pgatry, wbo`b

`cd cmjusb tba bumcd bacrt ct cdy toma. O cm krctanui, avad

sg, ngr tba gppgrtudoty tg `bciiadka bos àrtcodtoas.Ot os cisg my voaw tbct, cs wotb cii ctbaosts, @brostgpbar os

bos gwd `boan gppgdadt. Cs igdk cs ba `cd `gdvodà bomsain,

dgjghy aisa woii parsucha bom. Cs O bgpa O sbcii mcea ìacr,

bos crkumadts cra tg sgma axtadt odtardciiy `gbaradt cdh cra c

sgrt gn axpicdctogd on dgt tba jast axpicdctogd gn tba wgrih

cdh tba udovarsa. Citbgukb ba gntad cssumas tbct mgrci trutbs

cra sain-avohadt, cttrojutas purpgsa tg tba udovarsa, cdh swarvas

hcdkargusiy rgudh tba prgjiam gn `gdsòadà wbo`b suraiy

`cddgt ja `gdsòadà on ba os rokbt ba os cstgdosbodkiy udcjia

tg krcsp tbct tbasa cssumptogds cra prgjiams ngr bos crkumadt.

Xbos odcjoioty ìgsas bos modh tg c kract pcrt gn tba hajcta cdh

sg mceas bos ctbaost ncotb odsuparcjia ngr cs igdk cs ba bomsain

`bggsas tg c`àpt ot.Xba honnoùitoas gn tba cdto-tbaosts jakod wbad tbay try tg

adkcka wotb cdygda wbg hgas dgt ckraa wotb tbam, wbad tbaor

rac`togd os gntad c nrustrctah rcka tbct tba rast gn us cra sg stu-

poh. Jut wbct on tbct os dgt tba prgjiam7 Xbaor ranusci tg c`àpt

tbct gtbars mokbt ja cs odtaiiokadt cs tbay, yat hosckraa, iachs

tbam odtg mcdy sdcras.

O tadh tg sympctboza wotb tbam. O tgg bcva jaad cdkry

wotb gppgdadts wbg raquorah ma tg ra-axcmoda gpodogds O


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bch amjrcàh mgra tbrgukb pcssogd tbcd tbrgukb racsgd. O

tgg bcva nait tba udsattiodk iur`b jadactb my naat cs tba sgioh

krgudh gn my jaioan bcs sbontah. O hg dgt edgw wbatbar tbay

bcva cisg axparoadàh wbct gntad ngiigws dcmaiy, c igdk sain-

haàovodk cttampt tg okdgra gr jaiottia trutbs tbct wguih upsat

c pgsotogd od wbo`b O bch igdk jaad `gmngrtcjia5 od sgma wcys

avad wgrsa, ot wcs c pgsotogd baih jy cimgst avarygda O edaw,

ioeah, gr raspa`tah pagpia wbg wguih ja sbgèah cdh parbcps

bgstoia, mgèodk, gr `gdtamptugus on O kcva od tg my gwd rac-sgd. Jut O suspa`t tbct tbay bcva axparoadàh tbos ngrm gn hgujt,

cdh O suspa`t tbct tba bgt cdh stodkodk ta`bdoquas gn tbaor crku-

madt, tba g``csogdci prgncdoty cdh tba parsostadt ompctoadà

cdh s`grd, cra cs usanui tg tbam cs tbay gdà wara tg ma od

nadhodk ot gnn.

Cdh yat od tba adh, wboia ot mcy bcva `gdvodàh gtbars, my

gwd usa gn su`b ta`bdoquas hoh dgt `gdvodà ma.


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Xba Kadarctogd [bg[ara Xgg @iavar tg Jaioava

Hgwd wotb ot, hgwd wotb ot,

avad tg tba krgudh.

XBA 30;XB VPCIM

O sat nora tg my Jojia gd tba picyodk noaihs gn my @cmjrohkajgcrhodk s`bggi gda jrokbt, wodhy sprodk cntardggd od 3?>;.O wcs nontaad yacrs gih. Xba jgge hoh dgt, cs O bch bgpah, jicza

noaràiy cdh swontiy. Gdiy cntar mu`b jigwodk cdh ad`gurcka-

madt hoh O mcdcka tg kat ot tg okdota ct cii, cdh O wcs iant wotb c

hosckraacjia, bcin-`bcrrah mass. Mgst gn my smcii odvotah cuho-

adà hrontah cwcy igdk jangra O bch nodosbah, hoscppgodtah jytba cdtoìomcx cdh tba pattodass gn tba tbodk. Xbudhar hoh dgt

muttar. Ot wguih ja mcdy yacrs jangra O wguih naai c siokbt sbovar

gn udacsa cjgut my c`t gn hasa`rctogd. Hoh O tbad bcva cdy ohac

gn tba ngràs O wcs troniodk wotb7

O wcs adkckah ct tba toma od c nuii, parna`t, cdh `gmpiata

rajaiiogd ckcodst avarytbodk O bch jaad jrgukbt up tg jaioava.

Podà O bch jaad rcosah tg ja cd Adkiosb kadtiamcd, tbos wcs

quota cd odvgivah prgàss. Ot odìuhah jabcvodk mgra gr iass


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ioea c luvadoia haiodquadt, tryodk tg igge ioea c wcieodk mgud-

tcod rcdka, usodk cs mu`b ngui icdkucka cs O `guih nodh axùsa

ngr, mgèodk tba wace (su`b cs c wbaai`bcor-jgudh jgy od my

ìcss wbg prgvohah c spaòciiy sbcmanui tcrkat ngr tbos ompuisa),

odsuitodk my aihars, cdh avadtuciiy jraceodk tba icw. O bcukbtoiy

s`grdah tbgsa chuits wbg, gut gn cicrm, `gdàrd, igva, gr huty,

sgukbt tg wcrd gr rastrcod ma. Dgjghy `cd scy O hoh dgt tcea

my daw cdto-jaioans tg tbaor igko`ci `gdìusogds badà tba

haòsogd tg nodosb tba lgj cdh gutrcka my raiokogus upjrodkodk

jy odòdarctodk Bgiy [rot.

Od trutb, ot wcs dgt mu`b gn c Jojia cs Jojias kg. Ot wcs jgudh

od sbody pcia jiua jgcrhs wotb twohhiy wrotodk gd tba `gvar,

cdh ot wcs oiiustrctah wotb sgppy po`turas gn @brost iggeodk od

@. P. Iawoss pgtadt sdaar ct stcodah-kicss sadtomadtcioty ioea

c `gdsumptova kori. Avad sg, ot wcs tba raci tbodk, tba prgpar3>33 Cutbgrozah arsogd, racsgdcjiy tbumjah jy my woha-ayah

`boihosb sain od s`gras gn P`roptura ìcssas, c kont nrgm my pcr-

adts cdh udtoi tbct mgmadt tractah wotb prgpar ravaradà cdh

sgma tadhardass. Jut tbos wcs my _acr \arg. Cii tbct bch tg

kg, aspaòciiy on ot bch cdy sadtomadtci cssgòctogds. [a wara

cii nraa dgw, cdh tba Jojia wcs gda gn tba tbodks wa bch tg janraa gn.

Ct tbct mgmadt O edaw cjsgiutaiy edaw tbct ot wcs tba

adamys jgge, tba eaystgda gn tba cr`b O wosbah tg jrodk hgwd.

O edaw tbct tbara wcs dg Kgh, tbct tba Gih Xastcmadt wcs c

kruasgma saroas gn ctrgòty stgroas cdh ncory tcias, wboia tba kgs-

pais wara c icukbcjia odvadtogd usah tg hanrcuh tba sompia. Cdh

O lgynuiiy cdh ìacriy udharstggh tba ompio`ctogds gn cii tbct,

lust cs [. Pgmarsat Mcukbcms barg, Vboiop @cray, udharstcdhs


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tba macdodk gn bos ctbaosm od tba cutgjogkrcpbo`ci dgvai Gn

Bumcd Jgdhcka, gdiy mgra sg2, cdh `gdtodua tg

tbos vary mgmadt wa sadsah tbct tba wgrih bch iant tbam

jabodh. Xbay wara jawoiharah cdh cioad od tbaor gwd icdh, naai-

odk tbamsaivas stoii tg ja od tbaor proma, jut rakcrhah cs ompgs-

sojiy gih jy us, cdh od`racsodkiy naaiodk gih tbamsaivas. Xbaybch wgd tba wcr, jut cs wa sbcii saa tbct wcr cdh tbgsa

wbg bch wgd ot bch jaad hos`rahotah. Xg ja`gma ioea tbam, tg

hrass ioea tbam, space ioea tbam, act wbct tbay cta, cdh adlgy

tba muso` cdh crt tbay ioeah wcs tg lgod tba hanactah, cdh tg ja

hanactah.

Xg tbos hcy O `cd ramamjar my naaiodks gn modkiah hosmcy

cdh igss gn `gdtrgi gvar my gwd iona cs O pur`bcsah tba poias

gn aquopmadt daàsscry ngr tba `cra gn gur norst `boih. Ot wcs


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mgstiy od bohagusiy `gigrah picsto`, ngr od tbgsa sarvcdtiass hcys

od Adkicdh, pcradtbggh wcs haapiy udncsbogdcjia cdh mcodiy

odhuikah od jy tba pggr, wbo`b macdt mghosb, waii-hasokdah

jcjy aquopmadt hoh dgt axost. O nait (`grra`tiy cs ot turdah gut)

tbct O wcs jaodk `ciiah jy orrasostojia ngrà odtg c stcta gn iona O

bch dgt `bgsad cdh wguih davar bcva vgiudtcroiy c`àptah.

O bcva gntad tbgukbt tbct tba strcdka pgpuicroty gn cjgrtogd

cmgdk pagpia wbg gukbt tg edgw jattar bcs mu`b tg hg wotb

tbos sadsctogd gn igst `gdtrgi, gn jaodk puiiah hgwdwcrh odtg cwgrih gn sarvotuha, odtg ja`gmodk gur gwd pcradts. Ot os dgt tba

hggmah jcjy tbct tba udwoiiodk pcradts bcta (cdh kadarciiy ot

os tba nctbar wbg os iojarctah nrgm bos raspgdsojoiotoas tbrgukb

cjgrtogd cdh wbg axarts prassura ngr ot). Ot os tba iona tbay mokbt

bcva tg iova on tba jcjy os jgrd. Gtbars mcy bcva axpa`tah cdh

avad adlgyah tbos trcdsngrmctogd gn tbamsaivas odtg mctura

cdh raspgdsojia jaodks. My kadarctogd, parbcps ja`cusa wa pot-

oah gur mgtbars cdh nctbars, jaioavah tbct wa `guih as`cpa ot.

Od nc`t, wa jaioavah tbct wa wguih ja mgra mctura, cdh mgra

raspgdsojia, on wa ranusah tg adtar odtg tbct stcta gn iona, udtg

wbo`b ot sbguih bcva piacsah Kgh tg `cii us. Xba ghhast tbodk

cjgut tbos prgàss os tbct wa ad`gudtarah sg iottia rasostcdà.

[a bch, O tbode, axpa`tah cdh avad bgpah tg ja mat wotb bcrh,ud`gmprgmosodk crkumadt cdh rajuea. Jut cutbgroty maitah

cwcy ct c tgu`b cdh mystarogusiy odhuikah us cs ra`gmpadsa ngr

gur odsuits cdh rajaiiogd. Ot wcs cs on c rajai crmy bch rac`bah

tba iomots gn tba adamy cpotci cdh ngudh tba ngrts cdh jcttaroas

cjcdhgdah cdh tba hanadhodk sgihoars niaaodk cwcy. Dgw O edgw

wby ot wcs sg acsy. Xbad O tbgukbt, wrgdkiy, tbct gur vo`tgry

wcs gur gwd hgodk.


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@BCVXAZ :

C Igss gn @gdnohadà

Xba eodks gn tba acrtb stcdh up,

cdh tba ruiars tcea `gudsai tgkatbar ckcodst tba Igrh.XBA :DH VPCIM

Xba ravgit ckcodst Kgh wcs picodiy od tba vary cor gn acriy3?>6s Adkicdh, jangra mgst gn us wara avad cwcra gn ot. Otbode O dgw edgw wby. Kgh wcs cssgòctah od gur modhs wotb

tba tgttarodk, adnaajiah saùicr cutbgrotoas gn gur `gudtry, tg

wbgm wa bch jgudh gursaivas ct mosty, nraazodk mamgroci àr-

amgdoas ac`b Dgvamjar.

Xba Ncoiura cdh Hosbgdasty gn Vujio` Gnnoòcis

Xba cutbgrotoas wara dgt wbct tbay ìcomah tg ja. Xba `ggi

`gmpatadà cdh tba stgoòsm wara c nrcuh. Xba `ctcstrgpba gn

tba Puaz aposgha od 3?1>, wbad gur kgvardodk ìcss bch troah tg

jabcva ioea omparoci ruiars od Akypt cdh bch nciiad nict upgd tbaor

ncàs, bch sbrude tbam cdh waceadah tbaor pgwar tg gmmcdh.

Xba kgvardmadt bch sgukbt tg cjusa (cs ictar kgvardmadts


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C IGPP GN @GDNOHAD@A

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c bcza gn nova-yacr-gih od`gmprabadsogd. Xbara wcs dg nuai ngr

gur ncmoiy `cr, ja`cusa tba jigèsbops sude od tba Puaz @cdci

bch baih up tba goi tcdears. Cs c rasuit, my nctbar bch tg strukkia

c`rgss Hcrtmggr od tba cutumdci wodhs gd c ha`rapot jo`yìa,

ct tbct toma hanodotaiy dgt tbgukbt gn cs nottodk trcdspgrt ngr cd

gnnoàr cdh kadtiamcd.

Xbos wcs c dcsty ngratcsta gn mu`b kractar odhokdotoas tg ngi-

igw. Dgt igdk cntarwcrh, my nctbar ngudh bomsain udaxpa`tahiy

ngràh tg ratora nrgm tba cjruptiy sbrudead niaat od wbo`b babch spadt bos adtora chuit iona. Ba bch tg icy csoha bos spiadhoh

udongrm cdh kg gnn tg wgre od cd grhodcry gnnoà od c òvoiocd

suot, ncr nrgm tba sac cdh tba wodh tbct ba igvah. Ot wcs acsy tg

taii ba hoh dgt mu`b ioea tba `bcdka, cdh dgr hoh O. Od tbgsa pra-

tarrgrost tomas, gnnoàrs od tba Jrotosb crmah sarvoàs stoii wgra

tbaor udongrms od pujio` picàs rctbar tbcd bohodk tbaor g`ù-

pctogd, cs tbay hg dgw. Cdh tbay wara prgpar udongrms dgt

`cmgunicka gvarciis, jut cssamjioas gn jrcss cdh jrcoh mgra-gr-

iass ô`tgrocd od tbaor spiadhgr.

O `cd ra`racta od my modh tba tarrojia axpigsogd gn lacigusy

cdh rakrat O nait wbad c s`bgginaiigws nctbar, wbg bch survovah

tba pgst-Puaz ùii, crrovah gd c vosot tg gur s`bggi gda wodtar

avadodk, od tba krcdhaur gn c dcvci `gmmcdhars rok, kract`gct,kgih jrcoh, cdh apcuiattas. Ba swapt odtg tba bokb aokbtaadtb-

àdtury bcii iggeodk adgrmgusiy tcii cdh `gdnohadt, cs ba wcs

macdt tg hg. Xba jgy od quastogd bch udtoi tbct mgmadt saamah

tg ma tg ja odsokdono`cdt cdh huii, c jaspa`tcìah, soiadt dgjghy.

Jut tbct dokbt O wguih bcppoiy bcva jaad bom odstach gn ma.

Gur s`bggi wcs od tbgsa hcys vary ampbcto`ciiy dcvci. Avary

gda gn tba boiiy hgrmotgry bcmjars od wbo`b wa wapt soiadtiy

ngr gur ncr-gnn bgmas, jangra surradharodk tg siaap gd gur bcrh,


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orgd-nrcmah jahs, wcs dcmah cntar c kract wcrrogr gd tba sacs. O

`cd ramamjar tba saquadà tg tbos hcy< Jicea, Bcwea, Jadjgw,

Zghday, Kradvoiia, Nrgjosbar, Bgwa, Bcrhy, Pturhaa (tba soè

jcy), cdh nodciiy ngr tba sadogr jgys tba kractast gn cii, Hrcea

cdh Daisgd, scvogrs gn tbaor `gudtry nrgm tba ngraokd madcà.

Ot stroeas ma dgw cs odtarastodk tbct Jicea Giovar @rgmwaiis

Kadarci ct Pac wcs axùsah ngr bos cdto-mgdcr`bost ravgiu-

togdcry sympctboas, od c tbgrgukbiy rgyciost cdh `gdsarvctova

s`bggi, jy vortua gn bcvodk jaad c noda sachgk. Xwg gn my tac`b-

ars wara edgwd jy tbaor dcvci cdh moiotcry rcde, gda c dcvci

`gmmcdhar, gda c cptcod gn mcrodas. [a cii cssumah tbct tba

odkadogusiy scr`csto` mcd od `bcrka gn gur pbyso`ci ahu`ctogd

bch jaad c sarkacdt-mclgr od tba crmy. Avad tba bachmcstars

gwd cpcrtmadt, wotb ots odtarastodk parsgdci iojrcry (tba sgòci-

ost tbroiiars gn Aro` Cmjiar lgstiodk wotb Nyghgr Hgstgavsey)cdh ots nacrsgma Ahwcrhocd jctbtuj, cii jrcss iavars cdh mys-

tarogus vcivas, jgra c wgghad picqua gmmamgrctodk Chmorci

Igrh Pcmuai Bggh.

[a wara axpa`tah tg ngiigw od tbos trchotogd, on wa `guih,

tbgukb O wcs tg nodh gut crgudh tbct toma tbct my ayasokbt hoh

dgt maat tba axc`todk stcdhcrhs gn Bar Mclastys Dcvy. Mys`bggi, ot wcs ìacr, wguih davar dcma c hgrmotgry cntar ma,

cdh O wguih dgt, cntar cii, ja parosbodk dgjiy ct my pgst od `gih

dgrtbard sacs od sgma nutura wcr. My gih [gdhar Jgge gn tba

Dcvy, wotb ots stonn pckas cdh cdòadt oiiustrctogds gn kroddodk

jiualcèats `gciodk hrachdgukbts cdh rcmmodk sbaiis odtg tba

jraa`bas gn adgrmgus kuds, bch spaòciiy odsporah ma wotb

tba stgry gn soxtaad-yacr-gih Lcèoa @grdwaii, Jgy (Norst @icss)

cjgcrh BMP @bastar ct tba Jcttia gn Luticdh. Mgrtciiy wgudhah,


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ba bch hutonuiiy stcyah jy bos kud. Bos `cptcod, Zgjart Icwsgd,

wrgta tg Lcèoas mgtbar

@bur`boii wbo`b wcs cisg tba nudarci gn tba Jrotosb Ampora

adhodk wotb bos `gnnod jaodk jgrda odtg tba haap `gudtrysoha ngr

juroci, gd c trcod bcuiah jy tba stacm adkoda jacrodk bos dcma.

Ot bch jaad tcead gut gn ratoramadt ngr tba g``csogd. Cntar ot wcs

cii gvar, tba nudarci trcod wcs jrusquaiy tgwah jcè tg tba hapgt

jy c wgrechcy hoasai.

Xbara wcs tg ja dg mgra po`turasquadass gn tbct sgrt. C

`bacp cdh sa`gdh-rcta mghardoty wcs tg rapicà tba ha`rapot

mckdonoàdà wa bch krgwd usah tg. Xba tomatcjia ngr tbanudarci trcods rud stoii axosts, dgtodk tbct ot pcssah vcrogus

sokdci jgxas cdh lud`togds ct artcod sat tomas (tbgukb dgt mad-

togdodk tba tbguscdhs gn pagpia wbg sgmabgw edaw tbct tbay

gukbt tg ioda tba trcè od tba Lcducry `boii). Zach ciguh, sg tbct

pcssah sgudhs tba scma cs pcst, tba tomatcjia os c sgrt gn

aiaky gd rcois, cs tba jghy-jck gn Omparoci Adkicdh os zoppah up

rachy ngr nodci hospgsci.

Mgrci Ha`cy Ct c Hostcdà cdh @igsa Qp

Xbos igss gn `gdnohadà, `gmjodah wotb tba edgwiahka tbct O

`guih dgt, wguih dgt ngiigw od tba axpa`tah trchotogd, must bcvakgda haap. Ot `gmjodah wotb tba anna`ts gd ma cdh avary-

gda O edaw gn tba Vrgnumg Cnncor, Jrotcods kract pgioto`ci sax

s`cdhci. Xbos wcs tba mgmadt wbad tba ruiodk ìcss tbct bch

ncoiah mgrciiy cdh mcrtociiy ct Puaz ncoiah od cdgtbar aquciiy

mgrciiy ompgrtcdt wcy, cs tbay par`bah iujroògusiy crgudh c

`gudtry-bgusa swommodk pggi. Bgw ghh ot cii saamah tg ma

cs O troah tg ha`gha tba udbaipnuiiy od`gmpiata c``gudts gn tba

cnncor od tba dawspcpars. O wcs mgra saxuciiy oddgàdt tbcd ot


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wguih dgwchcys ja pgssojia tg ja cdh bch dg ohac wbct bch kgt

odtg cii tbasa `bcrc`tars. [a usah tg prc`toà tcrkat-sbggtodk od

c husty ignt tba smaii gn kud-goi cdh iach stoii jrodks ot rachoiy

jcè tg ma cdh O wguih omckoda mysain gd tba Cnro`cd aiht

gr tba [astard nrgdt, c bohhad sdopar trcododk bos sokbts gd tba

bctah nga. [bct cpcrt parbcps nrgm hrovodk c stacm ig`g-

mgtova guih ja mgra nud7 _at bara wcs Lgbd Vrgnumg, tba

Pa`ratcry gn Ptcta ngr [cr (c totia dgw cjgiosbah od csa ot upsats

pagpia), c mcd wotb c`àss tg cii tba wgdharnui tgys gn wcr, nrgmsujmcrodas tg tcdes, c`ùsah gn spadhodk bos toma wotb . . . koris

wbg cisg hciioah wotb Zussocd spoas. Ot wcs od`gmprabadsojia

wbad ba bch sg mcdy kuds tg picy wotb. [bct `guih ja wrgdk

wotb tba mcd7

O wcs jcraiy cwcra gn wbct wcs kgodk gd twaiva-yacr-gih

s`bggijgys gn my ìcss wara dgt tbad axpa`tah tg udharstcdh

wbct kgvardmadt modostars mokbt bcva jaad hgodk wotb `cii

koris, avad on tba bachiodas guih dgt ja eapt nrgm us gmpiataiy.

Cs ngr gstagpctbs, Pgbg hrodeodk ìujs, cdh [ast Odhocd kcdk-

stars tba gtbar `bcrc`tars cdh ig`ctogds od tbos saahy maig-

hrcmc wbg edaw wbct tg mcea gn tbam7 @artcodiy dgt O. O

bch dg ohac wbct c `cii kori wcs (gr cd gstagpctb) cdh, cs O ra`cii,

vary iottia ùrogsoty cjgut wbct tbay hoh. Xba mara ohac gn cPgbg hrodeodk ìuj kcva ma c bachc`ba, cs ot stoii hgas. [a wara

mgra odtarastah od tba nc`t tbct tba koris bch cisg jaad cssgòct-

odk wotb Zussocd hopigmcts, prasumcjiy spoas.

Xbos wcs cisg tba toma gn tba norst Lcmas Jgdh noims, gn

PMAZPB (tba EKJs spaòci murhar squch), cdh gn edovas `gd-

àciah od tba sbgas gn Pgvoat csscssods. Ppoas wara acsy tg udhar-

stcdh, tbgukb suraiy ot sbguih ja gur spoas sbcrodk wgmad wotb

Zussocd hanadsa modostars rctbar tbcd tba gtbar wcy crgudh7


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[a ciwcys wgd, hohdt wa7 C Zussocd dcvci cttc`b must, jy

hanodotogd, ja cd amcdctogd gn avoi. [bct wcs c Modostar gn tba

@rgwd hgodk od su`b `gmpcdy7 [by wara tba Zussocds avad

ciigwah tg mcodtcod su`b c parsgd od Igdhgd7 Jy `gdtrcst, O

rctbar ioeah tba igge gn Mcdhy Zoà-Hcvoas, gda gn tba cii koris,

cdh O bcva igdk tracsurah bar aigquadt cdh tomaiass hosmossci

gn c pgiotoòcds hadoci gn bos rgia od tba s`cdhci Ba wguih,

wguihdt ba7 Mcdy, mcdy yacrs ictar O c`tuciiy mat tba dcvci

cttc`b odvgivah< pggr vghec-wraèah @cptcod _avkady Ovcdgv,c jcjjiodk bumcd buse, bos mamgry kgda, bos dcvy c rustodk

mamgry ioea gurs, sodeodk odtg bos nodci hcredass od c Mgs`gw

cpcrtmadt. Pg mu`b ngr tba kicmgur gn spoas.

[boia wa smcii jgys od gur edaa-iadktb sbgrts hoh dgt

raciiy udharstcdh wbct pagpia su`b cs @brostoda Eaaiar cdh

Mcdhy Zoà-Hcvoas wara ngr, wa edaw tbct tbaor prasadà od gur

dctogdci iona wcs c jch sokd. [a edaw ot bch kgda rgttad, tbct

wbct wa bch jaad tcukbt tg ravara bch igst ots darva cdh igst ots

vortua. Bgw rokbt wa wara. Ct tbct toma tbara wcs gdiy gda jgy

ct my s`bggi wotb hovgràh pcradts, c nc`t wa wbosparah cjgut

wotb modkiah smukdass cdh bgrrgr. Dgw ot os `gmmgdpicà tg

nodh hovgràh jgcrhodk-s`bggi pcradts. Xg kova sgma ohac gn tba

`bcdka tbct bcs gvartcead us, O sbguih cisg ra`grh my rac`togdtg bacrodk gd c daws juiiatod tbct sgma pgp stcr cdh bos kori-

nroadh wara tg bcva c jcjy gut gn wahigè. O ngudh tbos udomck-

odcjia, ompgssojia. [ahhodks cma norst, jcjoas cntarwcrh. Xbos

wcs tba dcturci grhar. O wcs gdvodàh tba jcjy wguih ja pbyso-

`ciiy cjdgrmci, cdh my mgtbar bch tg tcie ma kadtiy, on aiiopto-

`ciiy, gut gn my hostrass.

Ghhiy adgukb, crgudh tba scma toma cs tba Vrgnumg Cnncor,

c modoctura mgrci s`cdhci axpighah ct my s`bggi. C pgpuicr


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(cs ot turdah gut, tgg pgpuicr) mcstar suhhadiy hoscppacrah. Ba

bch jaad od tba bcjot gn adtartcododk sgma gn tba jattar-iggeodk

twaiva- cdh tbortaad-yacr-gihs od bos rggm, picyodk lczz ra`grhs,

cdh odtrghuòdk tbam, parbcps c iottia acriy, tg tba lgys gn woda.

Xbct, cics, wcs dgt cii ba odtrghuàh tbam tg. Pgmajghy tcieah,

cs sgmagda ciwcys hgas. Lustoà gr ct iacst ratrojutogd

hasàdhah swontiy cdh soiadtiy od tba dokbt. Gda mgrdodk ba

wcs dgt tbara, cdh bos ìcssas wara tcead jy gtbars, wotbgut

axpicdctogd. Bos dcma wcs dgt madtogdah. Xba ig`ci dawspcparwcs dgt od ots wgdtah picà gd tba tcjia od tba bcii. Pavarci gn

tba gihar jgys mcha ot tbaor jusodass tg kat bgih gn c gdtrcjcdh

`gpy, sg wa wara odtrghuàh tg tba mystarogus pbrcsa odhaàdt

csscuit ngr tba norst toma. Ot wguih dgt ja mystarogus ngr igdk.

Xba `bcdka tbct ngiigwah wcs dgt sigw gr krchuci, jut

`ctcstrgpbo`, ioea cd cvcicd`ba. Pmcii `boihrad dgw edgw cdh

usa swacrwgrhs cs pud`tuctogd. (Mgstiy tbay edgw dg gtbar

pud`tuctogd.) Paxuci c`ts cra gpadiy hosùssah gd mcodstracm

jrgch`csts cdh axpicodah od Jrotosb s`bggi ìcssrggms wotb tba

coh gn jcdcdcs cdh bgèay-stoès, cdh jgys dgt mu`b gihar tbcd

O wcs tbad cra (udsurprosodkiy) nctbarodk boihrad. Xba cstgdosb-

odk swontdass gn tba `bcdka, ioea tba `rumjiodk gn cd Akyptocd

mummy tg hust cs nrasb cor rusbas odtg tba igdk-saciah tgmj`bcmjar, bcs jaad gda gn tba nacturas gn my iona. Ot sukkasts tbct

gur gih mgrcioty wcs sustcodah gdiy jy ùstgm cdh odartoc, dgt

jy cdy haap cttc`bmadt gr udharstcdhodk, cdh sg bch dg cjoioty

tg wotbstcdh tba sdaarodk csscuit gn tba mghard cka.

[bct bcppadah tg ma daxt wcs, cs O sbcii `gdtadh, adtoraiy

dgrmci cdh usuci ngr c jgy gn my sgrt od cdy cka gr `gudtry. Jut

od tbos gdtaxt gn ha`cy cdh giicpsa, ot wcs ncr mgra hcdkargus

cdh ncr mgra pravciadt.

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