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Vrile ajl Vatrintisk

Rarpel ajl Kispcadel

_aoao Kaher

Vrnul tn oe . . .

Gnr as cnjb as I daj rekekoer, I dnucl jnt, ajl sticc dajjnt,

ujlerstajl whej we state we are prnul ng nur rade,

jatinjacity ajl ethjidity. A questinj acways gcnatel ij ky kijl0

Hnw daj we oe prnul whej there was jn dhnide, dnjtrioutinj

nr addnkpcishkejt>

It is irratinjac tn kaijtaij prile oedause ng smij dncnur ajl

ethjid nribij gnr Accïhى

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  dreatel us that way. As gnr

jatinjacity, ig it is a pcade ng oirth, it was jnt a dhnide where

we were onrj.

Tn why ln we dnjtijunuscy dcaik prile whej they are withnut

dhnnsijb>

All tn that, gnccnwers ng ajy recibinj assertijb prile oedause

ng recibinus oecieg rather thaj ekonlyijb it as a way ng cige.

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Rhej we ledcare sudh jnjsejse, – prnul tn oe . . .‛, we are

ngtej tryijb tn prnve snkethijb tn nursecves — aj aggirkatinj — 

with a jeel tn share with nthers —  dnkpejsatinj gnr a

legidiejdy.

Re either cnst the keajijb nr jever mjew what the wnrl prile

keajt tn oebij with.

Verjidinus (jatinjac) patrintisk

Ij the wnrls ng Arthur Tdhnpejhauer,

\he dheapest snrt ng prile is

jatinjac prile . . . every kiseraoce

gnnc whn has jnthijb at acc ng whidh

he daj oe prnul alnpts, as a cast

resnurde, prile ij the jatinj tn

whidh he oecnjbs= he is realy ajl

bcal tn legejl acc its gaucts ajl

gnccies tnnth ajl jaic, thus

reikoursijb hiksecg gnr his nwj

ijgerinrity.

Jatinjac prile, cnve gnr nje’s dnujtry –ethjidaccy‛ nr

–jatinjacistidaccy‛, is aj ekpty prile ajl a gacse nje tnn.

It is a vide, gar grnk oeijb virtunus.

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\here is snkethijb listuroijbcy wrnjb with ajynje whn dcaiks

jatinjac prile gnr radisk is ijvncvel, ij varyijb lebrees, with

aj aosejde ng kerdy gnr hukajity. A sekocajde ng superinrity,

thnubh the sikpce gadt is a leepcy rnntel sejse ng ijgerinrity,

ij knre ways thaj nje.

Evej knre lisdnjdertijb, ig radisk is presejt withij us, we

jeel tn ijtrnspedt leepcy gnr we are jnt reacisijb the

ikpcidatinj oehijl it. Accïhى

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  dreatel us tn cnnm a

dertaij way, sn what lnes it keaj whej we are ekphasisijb

nur nwj, nr assertijb a liscime gnr ajnther geccnw hukaj

oeijb’s dnkpcexinj ajl geatures>

Histnry is repcete with ij`ustides oedause ng the gaccady ng

patrintisk, prile, ethjidity, jatinjacity ajl rade, whidh is sticc

njbnijb tnlay.

_ akocers ng patrintisk ngtej are0 penpce whn are aousijb their

pnwer with suokissive gnccnwers= have cittce nr jn

addnkpcishkejts nptijb tn bn nj aonut snkethijb they lil jnt

ln= use it tn expcaij ij`ustides= ajl/nr oibnts whn hile oehijl

it.

Rhejever the UT nr Ceoajnj, as twn exakpces, rave nj aonut

their dnujtry nr arky prile, I dajjnt hecp out caubh.

Dnjsilerijb the gnrker, acc nje jeels tn ln is real the ocnnly

histnry ujtic tnlay, acc shel ujler the buise ng patrintisk. \he

catter dnujtry is nje ij utter ruijs with a usecess arky that

dajjnt evej legejl its cajl.

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Yet, onth dnujtries — nje with a superinrity dnkpcex ajl the

nther aj ijgerinrity nje — bn nj ajl nj aonut cnve gnr the cajl

ajl arky via ajtheks, snjbs, etd. Nje daj njcy wnjler as tn

why.

Ijaskudh as ynu wnucl jnt ledcare prile ng ynur heibht nr onje

strudture, — thnubh I wicc jnt oe shndmel ig there are penpce

whn ln this —  it is equaccy ij`ulidinus tn say sn aonut rade,

jatinjacity ajl ethjidity.

As cnjb as this exists, this wnrcl wicc jever ever oe at peade,

with ijequacity njcy risijb. As Benrbe Oerjarl Thaw

artiducatel,

Ynu’cc jever have a quiet wnrcl ticc

ynu mjndm the patrintisk nut ng the

hukaj rade.

\rue prile ajl patrintisk

\he ribhtguc geecijb ng prile shnucl arise whej nje has

adhievel nr has a quacity that is wnrthy ng sudh a sejtikejt.

Hnwever, knre ngtej thaj jnt, penpce whn are prnul ng their

lnijbs (ajl pradtises) tejl jnt tn ledcare it as their dharadter

ajl wnrms pnrtray their prile. \hey are dnjgilejt persnjacities

whn have jn lesire tn –shnw ngg‛. 

Ayj _ajl sail it sn ecnquejtcy,

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Vrnludtive wnrm is the dejtrac

purpnse ng a ratinjac kaj's cige, the

dejtrac vacue that ijtebrates ajl

leterkijes the hierardhy ng acc his

nther vacues. _easnj is the snurde,

the prednjlitinj ng his prnludtive

wnrm —  prile is the resuct.

Vrile is, withnut questinj, jnt ij katters ynu hal jn dhnide ij

nr dnjtrnc nver ajl it is jnt a oalbe, pcadarl nr brnup.

Knrenver, it is jnt ij snkenje ecse’s adhievekejts.

Vatrintisk shnucl oe aonut the dnujtry ynu resile rebarlcess

ng rade, jatinjacity nr ethjidity, levnil ng ajy pre`ulides. It is

speamijb nut whej a wrnjb nr aj ij`ustide is dnkkittel ajl

abaijst aousive pnwer, ij legejde ng ribht ajl the legejdecess.

As the cate Hnwarl Pijj wisecy sail,

Lissejt is the hibhest gnrk ng

patrintisk.

It is aj avnwac ng cnve gnr hukajmijl gnr oetter civijb uphnclijb

virtues cime equacity, greelnk, `ustide ajl respedt.

Gnr this, it is essejtiac tn legije jatinjacisk ajl patrintisk gnr

they are jnt syjnjyknus. Ij the wise wnrls ng Benrbe Nrwecc,

. . . nje kust lraw a listijdtinj

oetweej thek, sijde twn liggerejt

ajl evej nppnsijb ileas are

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ijvncvel. Oy "patrintisk‛ I keaj

levntinj tn a partiducar pcade ajl

a partiducar way ng cige, whidh nje

oecieves tn oe the oest ij the wnrcl

out has jn wish tn gnrde nj nther

penpce. Vatrintisk is ng its jature

legejsive, onth kicitaricy ajl

ducturaccy. Jatinjacisk, nj the nther

hajl, is ijseparaoce grnk the

lesire gnr pnwer. \he aoilijb

purpnse ng every jatinjacist is tn

sedure knre pnwer ajl knre

prestibe, jnt gnr hiksecg out gnr the

jatinj nr nther ujit ij whidh he has

dhnsej tn sijm his nwj ijliviluacity.

Vatrintisk is jnt nosequinusjess, nstejtatinus puocid lispcays

nr shrnulijb ij gcabs ajl cyrids.

\n oe prnul ajl tn oe a patrint, acc dnkes lnwj tn nje thijb0

hnjest adtinj, gnr njesecg ajl nthers. It is the cnulest

ledcaratinj nje daj kame withnut ajy pretejdes.

ACC gnr Accïhى

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Tn, what are ynu – prnul tn oe‛ ajl, ig ynu are, why> \ame a

knkejt tn regcedt nj this.

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