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    Out fy bdtahr adc trhfhjc`us s`lndi l`fph-thjlh. Ah„c jdvnmdth tahsh dwkwdrc f`fhjts wnta

    l`jmhjndi hdsh. Ah„c sfnih dt ans `wj fnstdkh, tahj`bbhr fh phradps d midss `b ordjcy, djc snt c`wj djcquhstn`j fh do`ut fy w`rk, `r thii fh `b d o``k tadtah wds rhdcnjm, `r sadrh wnta fh dj djhlc`th do`utans `wj ldrhhr.

    \`fhtnfhs ah w`uic inmat ans pnph. (Ah inkhc t`

    tdkh ans tnfh pdlknjm tah t`odll .̀) Sah dr`fd `b tahsf`kh ds nt r`sh up do`ut anf rhfdnjs nj fy fhf-`ry, l`fb`rtdoiy njthrtwnjhc wnta tah shjsh `b rhidx-dtn`j, l`jfflchjlh, djc ldif tadt N nchjtnfflhc wnta diita`sh `tahr qunht djc l`js`injm l`jvhrsdtn`js whadc adc `vhr tah yhdrs.

    Sahj, nj 4>>4, ah stdrthc t` mht i`st dt jnmat wahjah„c m` `ut t` tdkh d wdik nj L`pihy \qudrh, wanlans nj tah jhnmao`ra``c `b O`st`j wahrh ah djc fyf`tahr invhc. Ah„c l`fh a`fh tarhh a`urs idthr djcrhp`rt phradps tadt ah adc fdch brnhjcs wnta d l`u-pih vnsntnjm br`f I`jc`j `r Mhjhvd, `r tadt ah adcohhj dt Oucchjor``ks, d o``kst`rh tadt wds li`sh

    t` ans dpdrtfhjt, djc adc adc d l`jvhrsdtn`j wnta db`rhnmj stuchjt wa`f ah fnmat advh fht tahrh. Fyf`tahr w`uic w`rry thrrnoiy, `b l`ursh, wahj ah wdsm`jh s` i`jm. Ans njthrhstnjm jdrrdtnvhs, N ta`umat,whrh fhdjt t` rhdssurh ahr.

    Nj spnth `b ans l`jbusn`js, ah l`jtnjuhc t` try

    vhry adrc t` mht s`fh w`rk c`jh hvhry cdy. Ah adcmnvhj up ans fhcnldi prdltnlh oy tadt tnfh, out ah wdschthrfnjhc t` l`fpihth s`fh pdphrs ah„c ohmuj– 

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    suffdtn`js `b nchds tadt ah„c chvhi`phc nj tahl`ursh `b ans ldrhhr `j tah jhur`i`mnldi djc psylan-

    dtrnl `rnmnjs `b lhrtdnj b`rfs `b pdta`i`mnldi ohadv-n`r. D brnhjc `b fnjh, d thdlanjm dssnstdjt dt d i`ldiujnvhrsnty, wds ahipnjm anf t` `rmdjnzh ans ta`umatsdjc ornjm l`ahrhjlh t` ans wrntnjm. @j `lldsn`j,wahj fy bdtahr dskhc, N w`uic ahip anf t``.

    Nt wds j`t i`jm dbthr tans, a`whvhr, tadt fy

    bdtahr„s rhstihssjhss w`uic `vhrl`fh ans ldpdonintyb`r l`jlhjtrdtn`j. Dbthr dj a`ur `r tw` `b w`rk, ahw`uic pusa tah pdmhs dsnch, mht up br`f ans chsk, put`j ans gdlkht djc dj `vhrl`dt, nb nt wds l`ic whdtahr,m` c`wj t` tah i`ooy `b tah ounicnjm, djc ahdc `bbnjt` tah jhdroy strhhts b`r dj`tahr `b ans hvhjnjm

     g`urjhys.@jh jnmat nj 4>>?, ah dskhc fh t` snt c`wj wntaanf nj d r``f `b ans dpdrtfhjt tadt ah„c ohhj usnjmt` st`rh dj `ic hxdfnjdtn`j tdoih djc s`fh `tahrnthfs br`f ans b`rfhr `bffllh. Ah sdnc tahrh wds s`fh-tanjm ah jhhchc t` cnsluss wnta fh. Ah t`ic fh tadtah adcj„t yht chlnchc wahtahr nt wds wnsh t` cnsluss

    tans wnta fy f`tahr.Dbthr ah adc li`shc tah c``r, djc o`ta ̀ b us whrh

    shdthc, ah stdrthc t` idy `ut t` fh, nj bdnriy mrdpanlthrfs, wadt ah chslrnohc ds ’jhw djc f`rh sphlnffllnjcnldtn`js‖ `b pr`oihfs ah wds advnjm, wanla, ahsdnc, whrh ’lihdriy jhur`i`mnldi.‖ Ah lahlkhc dmdnj

    t` oh surh tah c``r wds fflrfiy li`shc djc tahj ohmdjhxpidnjnjm t` fh wadt ah fhdjt oy ’f`rh sphlnffllnjcnldtn`js.‖

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    fh oy tah pidlhfhjt `b ans adjc hxdltiy wahrh tahanpp`ldfpus inhs. Ah sphluidthc dis` tadt ’fnjn-

    str`khs `b vhry sa`rt curdtn`j,‖ wanla ah thrfhc ’dvdsluidr pahj`fhj`j,‖ whrh nj dii inkhina``c tahrhds`j b`r ans hpns`chs `b njthrrupthc l`jsln`usjhss.

    Hvhj f`rh sphlnffll wds tah chtdni tadt ah or`umatt` tah p`rtrdydi `b tadt durd `b djtnlnpdtn`j tadt prh-lhchc tans. Ah chslrnohc nt ds ’d bhhinjm `b ujl`f-

    f`j djc ujl`fb`rtdoih ahdt, ‑d a``c `b ahdt,„ ds ntwhrh, tadt s`fh`jh `r s`fh ujkj`wj b`rlh ns crdw-njm c`wj `vhr fy b`rhahdc djc fy hyhs . . . , ds bdrc`wj fdyoh ds fy lahst `r tar`dt,‖ djc nj dj`tahrdjc, t` fh, f`rh fhf`rdoih pardsh, ’d bhhinjm `bnfphjcnjm chshlrdtn`j `b fy `wj dut`j`fy– d prh-

    f`jntn`j `b fy nffnjhjt rhf`vdi br`f l`jthxtudirhdinty. . . .‖Curnjm tadt hxphrnhjlh, `r njthrfnjmihc s`fh-

    a`w wnta tah i`ss `b l`jsln`usjhss tadt b`ii`whc,fy bdtahr t`ic fh ah wds succhjiy dwdrh `b ’dvhry ornmat inmat,‖ inkh tadt `b ’d i`l`f`tnvh ohdr-njm c`wj up`j y`u nj d stdtn`j.‖ Out tahj, dbthr d

    f`fhjt ̀ b rhhltn`j, ah l`rrhlthc tans br`f snjmuidrt` piurdi– ’J`. J`t d snjmih inmat. Fdjy inmats‖– djctahj, ds nb ah wds, sthp oy sthp, rhtrnhvnjm tah hxph-rnhjlh wnta f`rh djc f`rh prhlnsn`j, ah sdnc, ’N„fj`w rhldiinjm nt f`rh lihdriy. Sans wds j`t d stdtnlinmat. Nt wds f`rh inkh dsanjm inmats, l`fnjm up nj

    raytaf. Sa`usdjcs `b inmats sa``tnjm upwdrc . . . djcsyffhtrnldi. N rhfhfohr tadt tans brnmathjhc fh. Njhhchc y`u t` kj`w tans.‖

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    Nt wds tah fflrst tnfh nj tah l`jvhrsdtn`j tadt ahiht anfshib l`jlhch tadt ah adc ohhj didrfhc oy tans

    hxphrnhjlh. ’Sa`sh dsanjm inmats drh wdrjnjms `bnrrhmuidr hihltrnldi dltnvnty nj tah jhur`js, ̀ r ohtwhhjtah jhur`js, wanla fdy thrfnjdth qunth rdpnciy– ̀ rfdy j`t. Nj fy ldsh, nt hjchc vhry qunlkiy.‖

    Nj tah f`st rhlhjt njlnchjt, ah rhldiihc, ’Ds Nwds l`fnjm `ut `b tans, N wds dwdrh `b ohnjm vhry

    l`ic. Sahrh wds l`ic swhdt `j fy upphr inp. ^`urf`tahr wds wnta fh. \ah l`uic shh fh sanvhrnjm.‖

    ]ahj N dskhc anf wahrh ah wds, ah sdnc, ’Njd rhstdurdjt. ]h whrh advnjm cnjjhr.‖ Ds tah dttdlksuosnchc, ah whjt `j, ’N ahdrc d i`uc v`nlh. ‑Adrry,drh y`u ahdrnjm fh0„ ‖ Dita`uma fy f`tahr rhdinzhc

    tadt ah wdsj„t whii, ah cnc j`t rhvhdi t` ahr wadt ah„c gust ohhj tar`uma, ohldush, ah sdnc, ’ `̂ur f`tahr„sl`jstdjt w`rrynjm ns w`rsh tadj djytanjm fy anp-p`ldfpus fdy njthjc t` c` t` fh.‖ N a`phc fyf`tahr wdsj„t insthjnjm `utsnch tah c``r wanih ahwds sphdknjm. . . .

    Advnjm sdnc tans fula, ah shhfhc t` oh rhinhvhc,

    djc ah bhii njt` d f`rh rhhltnvh djc f`rh l`jthf-pidtnvh stdth `b fnjc. \phdknjm j`w wnta ihss `b tahdidrf ah adc cnspidyhc d f`fhjt hdrinhr out `jlhdmdnj nj tah f`rh fhdsurhc t`jh wnta wanla ah adcohmuj tah l`jvhrsdtn`j, ah sphluidthc tadt tah inmatpahj`fhjd ah adc rhldiihc (ta`sh ’dsanjm inmats

    l`fnjm up nj raytaf . . . djc syffhtrnldi‖) ’w`uicadvh t` advh hfhrmhc br`f tah `llnpntdi‖– ’br`ftah p`sthrn`r `b tah `llnpntdi,‖ ah sphlnfflhc, wanla ah

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    tahj hxpidnjhc t` fh, ds nb N whrh ans stuchjt nj dlidss `j paysn`i`my, ’ns tah rhmn`j `b tah ordnj tadt

    pr`lhsshs `ur vnsudi hxphrnhjlh.’Sans pdrt,‖ ah sdnc, ’ns s`fhtanjm `b d puzzih-

    fhjt. Nt„s s`fhtanjm tadt N„vh jhvhr shhj nj djy `bfy pdtnhjts. . . .‖

    Dt tadt p`njt, N summhsthc– j`t wnta`ut s`fhahsntdtn`j– tadt phradps ah `umat t` sphdk do`ut

    tahsh hpns`chs wnta `jh `b ans l`iihdmuhs. N dskhcanf wahtahr nt wds wnsh b`r anf t` try t` fflii tah r`ih`b ohnjm ans `wj c`lt`r.

    Ah i``khc dt fh b`r d i`jm f`fhjt, shdrla-njmiy, nt shhfhc. Sahj ah sdnc tadt ah njthjchc t`tdik wnta d jhur`i`mnst wnta wa`f ah„c l`jsuithc `j

    fdjy `b ans ldshs–

     ’N tanjk N t`ic y`u ah wds `jlhfy stuchjt‖–

     out ah t``k tah `pp`rtujnty t` hjthr-tdnj anfshib oy rhfdrknjm tadt, dita`uma tah fdjnj quhstn`j wds ’vhry ornmat‖ djc ’t`p-rdth nj tahfflhic,‖ ah wds ’d phluindr bhii`w, auf`rihss djc c`ur.Diwdys wds, ds i`jm ds N advh kj`wj anf. N ushc t`wdjt t` dsk anf wadt nt„s inkh t` m` tar`uma inbh wnta-

    `ut d phrs`jdinty.‖Ah t`ic fh, nj djy ldsh, j`t chbhjsnvhiy `r

    djmrniy out snfpiy ds d stdthfhjt `b chthrfnjdtn`j,tadt ah w`uic shh anf dt d tnfh `b ans `wj la``snjm.’N wdjt t` dsk y`u j`t t` prhssurh fh do`ut tans.‖ Ahdcchc tadt ans l`jfflchjlh tadt N„c rhsphlt ans gucm-

    fhjt wds prhlnshiy way ah„c adc tans l`jvhrsdtn`jwnta fh, djc j`t wnta fy f`tahr.

    Ah wdnthc dj`tahr yhdr djc d adib, out wahj ah

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    kjhw tah tnfh wds rnmat ah pa`jhc ans y`ujmhr l`i-ihdmuh djc sht up tah l`jsuitdtn`j. Sahrh whrh j`

    surprnshs. Ah kjhw wadt ah w`uic ahdr. Sah cndmj`-sns oy ans b`rfhr stuchjt wds snfpiy l`jfflrfdtn`j `bwadt ah dirhdcy adc cnslhrjhc.

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    Sah Hjcs `b Cdys

    Fy bdtahr l`jtnjuhc t` invh nj tah dpdrtfhjtb`r tw` yhdrs dbthr tadt. Nt wdsj„t hdsy b`r fy f`tahrds ans rhstihssjhss njthjsnfflhc djc ans fhf`ry pr`-mrhssnvhiy chlinjhc. Sah brnhjc wa` adc ohhj ahip-njm anf t` `rmdjnzh ans wrntnjms ohmdj t` stdy tahrh`vhrjnmat t` rhinhvh fy f`tahr„s ourchj djc t` ahip

    fy bdtahr chdi wnta ans l`jbusn`js.Sahrh whrh cdys wahj ah w`uic shhf dif`st

    lihdr `b fnjc. Ans l`jvhrsdtn`jdi dmninty adc j`tchpdrthc anf. ]ahj ah wds nj d trdjquni f``c,ah l`uic stnii oh l`urtiy wnta fy f`tahr. B`r dii tahthjsn`js tadt snffhrhc up ohtwhhj tahf, sah cncj„t

    wdjt t` i`sh anf.Sahj, nj 4>>2, ah bhii nj tah strhht nj br`jt ̀ b tahnr

    dpdrtfhjt ounicnjm `j d rdnjy hvhjnjm. D p`inlh ldr

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    t``k anf t` tah a`spntdi. Ah adc subbhrhc d cnspidlh-fhjt `b ans anp. Dbthr surmhry, wahj ah ldfh `ut `b

    djhstahsnd, ah adc i`st dif`st dii rhl`mjntn`j ̀ b wadtadc adpphjhc t` anf, wadt ans prhshjt inbh wds inkh,`r hvhj wahrh ah invhc.

    Dbthr shvhrdi whhks adc pdsshc, ah rhmdnjhc djufohr ̀ b tahsh fhf`rnhs, ds whii ds d pdrtndi ujchr-stdjcnjm `b tah sntudtn`j ah wds nj; out tah tnfh nj

    wanla ah„c ohhj ujchr djhstahsnd shhfhc t` advh ihbtnts phrfdjhjt rhsuit nj dj ujfnstdkdoih rhcultn`j `bans l`mjntnvh ldpdlnty. Ah adc t` oh pidlhc nj d rhad-onintdtn`j lhjthr dbthr surmhry, djc tahj, ohldush `btah succhjiy dllhihrdthc cnfnjutn`j `b ans l`fph-thjlh, N adc t` f`vh anf t` d jursnjm a`fh.

    N wds s`fhwadt `j fy `wj nj fdknjm tahshdrrdjmhfhjts. Dita`uma N advh dj `ichr snsthr, sahadc f`vhc dwdy br`f O`st`j f`rh tadj b`rty yhdrsohb`rh djc adc shttihc nj tah Fncwhst wnta tah fdjsah fdrrnhc. \ah adc tw` lanicrhj (tahy whrh dcuitsj`w) djc dj hxthjchc bdfniy `b ahr ausodjc„s rhi-dtnvhs, djc fdjy `oinmdtn`js djc chfdjcs up`j

    ahr tnfh bdr br`f Fdssdlaushtts. B`r tahsh rhds`jsdf`jm `tahrs (fy bdtahr adc dpp`njthc fh t` oh ansihmdi mudrcndj), chlnsn`js do`ut la``snjm tah rnmatjursnjm a`fh, w`rknjm `ut tah jufohrs b`r tah l`ststans w`uic hjtdni, djc fdknjm nt d sf``ta trdjsntn`jbhii t` fh, ds cnc idthr la`nlhs tadt dbbhlthc ans whii-

    ohnjm. Fy f`tahr, `b l`ursh, munchc fh ds ohst sahl`uic nj f`st `b tahsh chlnsn`js.

    Nj tah b`ii`wnjm f`jta, fy f`tahr dskhc fh

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    `b tah hnmat- djc jnjh-yhdr-`ics N or`umat t` vnsnt ahrs``j cnsphiihc ahr ondshs djc bhdrs; tahy w`j ahr

    `vhr wnta tahnr njj`lhjlh. \ah bhc tahf djc l`ccihctahf tah sdfh wdy sah adc c`jh wnta fh. Sahy t``m`t ldjcy Knsshs.

    J`w djc tahj N or`umat fy stuchjts t` fy pdr-hjts„ a`fh ds whii, djc, dbthr fy mrdjcf`tahr cnhc,N cnc tans f`rh djc f`rh. Fy f`tahr mrhw dttdlahc

    t` lhrtdnj lanicrhj djc w`uic s`fhtnfhs tdkh tahmnris `j sa`ppnjm trnps, tahj ornjm tahf a`fh b`rthd. Fy bdtahr idthr ahiphc s`fh `b fy stuchjts m`t` l`iihmh.

    Fdjy `b fy brnhjcs curnjm tah 4>25s whrhp`intnldi rhohis djc shhfhc t` turj dmdnjst tahnr bdf-

    ninhs b`r d tnfh. Inkh tahf, N `bthj adc str`jm cns-dmrhhfhjts wnta fy bdtahr, djc N s`fhtnfhs ldushcanf jhhcihss w`rrnhs djc aurt anf ujnjthjcnjmiy;j`w djc tahj, ah l`uic oh adrsa wnta fh ds whii.Out hvhj nj tah idst yhdrs `b tah 4>25s djc tah fflrstyhdrs `b tah 4>=5s, wahj fy p`intnldi ohinhbs ohldfhf`st ahdthc djc f`st rdcnldi djc, N„f surh, f`rh

    tadj d trnh mrdjcn`sh, N b`ujc tadt N w`uic turj t`anf wahj N wds bhhinjm njshlurh. Ah adc d sthdcynjmadjc.

    Ds tah yhdrs whjt oy, a`whvhr, djc N b`ujcfyshib njlrhdsnjmiy ldumat up nj p`inly chodths djcnj p`intnldi b`rhjsnls djc wds b`rlhc t` trdvhi d mrhdt

    chdi, tahrh whrh phrn`cs `b tnfh nj wanla N cncj„t shhfy pdrhjts vhry fula. Sa`sh whrh dis` yhdrs wahjN wds wrntnjm o``ks wnta d chthrfnjhc pr`cultnvnty

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    tadt ihbt fh inttih tnfh (`r mdvh fh dj hxlush t` tanjktadt N adc inttih tnfh) t` mnvh tahf tah dtthjtn`j tahy

    chshrvhc.J`w, wnta fy bdtahr nj tah jursnjm a`fh djc

    wnta fy f`tahr f`rh djc f`rh l`jffljhc t` ahrdpdrtfhjt, wnta dtthjcdjts t` i``k dbthr ahr, N bhitdjmry dt fyshib b`r dii tah `pp`rtujntnhs N„c fnsshct` oh wnta tahf nj tah prhlhcnjm yhdrs. Ds fy bdtahr

    i`st ans w`jchrbui pr`ffllnhjly wnta w`rcs, N wdjthcf`st t` tdik wnta anf. Ds ans fhf`ry bdnihc djc rhl-`iihltn`js `b snmjnfflldjt hvhjts tadt adc tdkhj pidlhwntanj tah rhlhjt pdst dpphdrhc t` advh ohhj i`stb`r m``c, N wdjthc f`st t` crdw anf `ut do`ut tahtanjms ah cnc rhfhfohr.

    Fy bdtahr adc ihc d bdslnjdtnjm inbh tadt adcnjv`ivhc crdfdtnl ladjmhs nj cnrhltn`j djc, dt `jhnfp`rtdjt f`fhjt, nj tah la`nlh `b ans ldrhhr. Ahsphjt fula `b ans o`ya``c nj \`uta O`st`j, wahrhans pdrhjts shttihc fflrst dbthr tahy drrnvhc br`f _us-snd, djc ans idthr thhjdmh yhdrs nj _`xoury. Ah whjtt` O`st`j Hjminsa Anma, wds dcfntthc t` Adrvdrc nj

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    Curnjm ans l`iihmh yhdrs, ah nffhrshc anf-shib nj inthrdturh. Ah t`ic fh ah adc ohhj hsphlndiiy

    dttrdlthc t` Hinzdohtadj p`htry djc tahdthr; outah fdg`rhc nj psyla`i`my djc sphjt fula `b ansshjn`r yhdr w`rknjm dt d psylandtrnl njstntutn`j ldiihcFlIhdj djc wr`th ans a`j`rs tahsns– nts tntih wds’_hinmn`j djc Njsdjnty‖– ̀ j tah odsns `b ans l`jvhr-sdtn`js wnta d slanz`parhjnl pdtnhjt ah adc ahiphc t`

    ldrh b`r tahrh.Nj spnth `b ans wnsa t` l`jtnjuh wnta ans njthr-

    hst nj psylandtry, ah whjt cnrhltiy njt` Adrvdrc Idw\la``i dbthr l`iihmh, prhssurhc oy ans f`tahr, wa`adc wdjthc anf t` hfuidth ans `ichr or`tahr, wa`adc ffljnsahc wnta ans ihmdi stucnhs `jh yhdr hdrinhr.

    @jiy dbthr trdvhinjm t` Hur`ph `j d bhii`wsanp `jhsuffhr t` njvhstnmdth tah w`rk `b sphlndinsts njslanz`parhjnd djc fhhtnjm tah fdj wa` l`njhc tahthrf, tah mrhdt paysnlndj Humhj Oihuihr, dt ans sdj-dt`rnuf nj \wntzhridjc, djc idthr tdiknjm wnta tahhichriy jhur`i`mnst Unhrrh Gdjht, dj nl`jnl fflmurh njtah stucy `b aysthrnd, dt tah Aópntdi \dipçtrnárh nj

    Udrns, cnc ah fdkh up ans fnjc t` mnvh up idw sla``idjc m` odlk t` Adrvdrc L`iihmh b`r tw` cnbfflluitshfhsthrs `b lahfnstry, on`i`my, djc `rmdjnl lahf-nstry. Oy tah hjc `b tadt yhdr, ah hjthrhc AdrvdrcFhcnldi \la``i, wanla wds tah stdrt `b yht dj`tahri`jm djc s`fhtnfhs l`jv`iuthc g`urjhy.

    Nt adc ohhj adrc b`r anf t` turj ans odlk `jhxphltdtn`js dbthr ah adc ohhj dt idw sla``i b`r tw`yhdrs. S` mnvh tadt up ohldush ah adc ohhj stnrrhc oy

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    ans dlqudnjtdjlh wnta tw` hichriy djc hfnjhjt Hur`-phdj c`lt`rs djc wds bdslnjdthc oy tah tah`rnhs tahy

    cnslusshc wnta anf do`ut psyla`pdta`i`my–

     djc t`c` tans dt d tnfh wahj ah adc yht t` tdkh tah odsnlslnhjlh l`urshs tadt w`uic oh rhqunrhc b`r dcfnssn`jt` tah sla``i `b fhcnlnjh– shhfhc vhry rnsky t` ansthdlahrs djc ans f`tahr. Ah cnc nt djywdy. \`fh-a`w tah sahhr ordvdc` `b tans la`nlh ahiphc t` fflrh

    up ans hjhrmnhs djc njthiihlt hj`uma s` tadt ah cnc nt,j`t gust wnta sullhss out, ds tah yhdrs dahdc w`uicpr`vh, wnta a`j`r djc cnstnjltn`j.

    Fy bdtahr„s inbh njthjsnfflhs fy bhhinjms `b rhsphltb`r ph`pih wa` c` j`t njsnst `j t`` fula lhrtntuchdo`ut tah fdps tahy„rh usnjm djc c` j`t njsnst `j

    kj`wnjm nj dcvdjlh wadt chstnjdtn`j tahy„ii drrnvhdt nj tah hjcs `b cdys. B`r fdjy yhdrs ah w`rkhcprnfdrniy nj cndmj`sns `b ordnj njgurnhs djc tuf`rs,wanih ah dis` mrhw njv`ivhc wnta tah orniindjt \tdjihyL`oo, d pn`jhhrnjm fflmurh nj f`chrj jhur`slnhjlh,djc tah bdf`usiy dut`lrdtnl Chrhk Chjjy-Or`wj,d Jhw Whdidjc-o`rj jhur`i`mnst, curnjm trndi phrn-

    `cs `b d fhcnldtn`j ldiihc Cnidjtnj, wanla pr`vhct` oh d fdg`r orhdktar`uma nj prhvhjtn`j `b tah shn-zurhs ujchrm`jh oy hpnihptnls. Idthr, ah mrdvntdthcf`rh djc f`rh njt` tah prdltnlh `b psylandtry. Ahwds, dll`rcnjm t` ans b`rfhr l`iihdmuhs, d shjsntnvhlinjnlndj wnta ujusudi ldpdlnty t` cndmj`sh djc t`

    nchjtnby tah shpdrdth hihfhjts `b jhur`i`mnldi djcpsylandtrnl niijhsshs nj anmaiy l`fpinldthc djcs`panstnldthc ph`pih.

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    \`fh `b tahsh whrh whii-kj`wj ph`pih– drtnsts, wrnthrs, njthiihltudis, b`r njstdjlh. Nj Humhjh

    @„Jhnii„s idst yhdrs, tah pidywrnmat djc ans wnbh, db`rfhr dltrhss jdfhc Ldri`ttd F`jthrhy, f`vhc t`O`st`j s` tadt tahy l`uic invh li`sh t` fy bdtahr„s`bffllh. Ohmnjjnjm nj tah sprnjm `b 4>84, tahy t``k dsunth `b r``fs nj d sfdii a`thi `j Ody \tdth _`dccndm`jdiiy dlr`ss tah strhht br`f tah adjcs`fh t`wj

    a`ush wahrh fy bdtahr prdltnlhc. Ah sdw @„Jhnii,wa` subbhrhc br`f d jhur`i`mnldi cns`rchr, d trhf`rtadt adc ohhj fnscndmj`shc ds Udrknjs`j„s cnshdsh,ds whii ds br`f shvhrh o`uts `b chprhssn`j, dt ihdst`jlh dif`st hvhry cdy ujtni @„Jhnii cnhc `b pjhuf`-jnd nj 4>8

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    ohhj cnstdjlhc br`f ans `tahr s`j djc br`f ans `jiycdumathr. Uhradps tahrh wds s`fh knjc `b l`fphj-

    sdtn`j nj tah li`sh dttdlafhjt ah chvhi`phc wnta fybdtahr.

    N stnii advh vnvnc rhl`iihltn`js `b tah wdrf out`bthj djmunsahc rhbhrhjlhs fy bdtahr fdch t` fhdo`ut @„Jhnii, ds whii ds ans brustrdtn`j wnta tahpidywrnmat„s wnbh, wa`, ds N rhldii, l`fphthc wnta

    ahr ausodjc b`r fy bdtahr„s tnfh djc i`ydity.N dis` rhfhfohr tah Chlhfohr cdy `j wanla

    @„Jhnii wds ournhc dt d lhfhthry li`sh t` O`st`j.Sahrh whrh ̀ jiy tarhh f`urjhrs dt tah mrdvh snth7 tahpidywrnmat„s jursh, fy bdtahr, djc Ldri`ttd. J`jh `b@„Jhnii„s li`sh l`iihdmuhs br`f Jhw ^`rk wds prhs-

    hjt dt tah ourndi. Fy bdtahr idthr t`ic fh tadt tahyadcj„t ohhj njvnthc oy Ldri`ttd, nj khhpnjm wnta ahrausodjc„s wnsa tadt ah oh ournhc wnta snfpinlnty djcprnvdly.

    Dbthr tah pidywrnmat„s chdta, fy bdtahr ujchr-whjt d phrn`c `b mrnhb tadt fy f`tahr bhit wds dif`stlinjnldi nj nts curdtn`j djc njthjsnty. ’N ahic ans wrnst

    wntanj fy adjc ds ans puish wds bdninjm djc ansahdrt st`pphc ohdtnjm,‖ ds ah rhl`iihlthc nj `jh `btah fhf`s ah wds wrntnjm dt tah tnfh. ’N cncj„t wdjtt` iht anf m`. N adc d shjsh `b chsphrdtn`j. . . .‖ Ahidthr or`umat fh djc `jh `b fy l`iihmh brnhjcs t` shhI`jm Cdy„s G`urjhy njt` Jnmat wahj nt ohmdj nts ruj

    nj O`st`j, out ah mrhw cnstrdumat curnjm tah pidy djcadc t` ihdvh tah tahdthr t` rhl`vhr ans l`fp`surh.

    Ans fhf`rnhs `b @„Jhnii djc `tahr pd tnhjts ah

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    adc trhdthc whrh bdcnjm nj djc `ut, djc mr`wnjmihss rhindoih, oy tah hdriy 4>>5s; out ans fhf`ry `b

    wadt ah cnc curnjm tah 4>35s nj tahdrhd `b jhur`i`mnldi nfpdnrfhjt rhfdnjhc dif`stlrystdi-lihdr ujtni tah hpns`ch `b njgury djc djhstah-snd tadt fdrkhc d sadrp cnvncnjm injh ohtwhhj tahhdriy padshs `b ans niijhss djc tah `jsht `b d chhphj-njm chfhjtnd.

    \`fh `b tah f`st f`vnjm l`jvhrsdtn`js tadt Nadc wnta anf prn`r t` ans njgury njv`ivhc ans hbb`rtt` hxpidnj t` fh way fhf`rnhs `b rhidtnvhiy rhlhjtadpphjnjms whrh ohmnjjnjm t` oh ihss djc ihss dllhs-snoih wanih `tahrs, sula ds fhf`rnhs `b o`ys ah kjhwdjc pidyhc wnta nj fflrst mrdch, djc `b tah thdlahrs

    ah dcfnrhc f`st dt Adrvdrc nj tah 4>?5s–

     DibrhcJ`rta ]anthahdc, ]niindf FlC`umdii, Doo`ttIdwrhjlh I`whii, wa` wds tah prhsnchjt `b Adrvdrcdt tah tnfh out dis` tdumat d m`vhrjfhjt l`ursh fybdtahr t``k nj s`pa`f`rh yhdr– whrh j`t `jiy hdsyt` rhldii out brhsa djc vnvnc, ds nb tahsh whrh ph`pihah„c gust shhj `r tanjms ah adc gust c`jh.

    ’I`whii,‖ ah sdnc, ’adc d inttih c`m, fdyoh twhivh`r fflbthhj p`ujcs. Ah„c wdik wnta anf nj Adrvdrc\qudrh. Dt tah luro, ah„c a``k ans ldjh ujchr tahc`m, inbt anf up, djc ldrry anf dlr`ss tah strhht. . . .‖

    ]ahj ah fhjtn`jhc `jlh tadt ah„c stucnhc wntaMh`rmh Iyfdj Knttrhcmh, wa`sh djj`tdthc \adkh-

    sphdrh N rhinhc up`j wahj N wr`th fy tahsns nj fyshjn`r yhdr, N jdturdiiy dskhc nb ah adc adc d ladjlht` mr`w dlqudnjthc wnta anf. ’J`,‖ ah sdnc. ’Nt wds

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    d idrmh ihlturh lidss djc, ds N rhldii, N wds gust d s`pa-`f`rh. @r, j`w tadt N tanjk `b nt, N fnmat advh ohhj d

    brhsafdj. N w`uic j`t advh cdrhc t` try t` tdik wntaanf. N ldj„t nfdmnjh wadt N w`uic advh sdnc.‖

    Out s`fh yhdrs idthr, wahj ah wds nj Mhjhvdwnta fy f`tahr `j tah wdy t` Wurnla t` fhht Cr.Oihuihr, ah sdnc ah sdw ’tah mrhdt pr`bhss`r‖ wdik-njm oy tah idkh. ’Ah wds gust nj br`jt `b us. N muhss N

    fust advh stdrhc dt anf, out N cncj„t advh tah jhrvht` njtr`culh fyshib. ‑\phdk up, y`ujm fdj!„ ah sdnct` fh. N t`ic anf, ‑]ahj N wds dj ujchrmrdcudth,y`u whrh fy pr`bhss`r.„ Ah wds vhry knjc t` us djct``k us t` advh l`bbhh. Ah hvhj rhl`ffhjchc dm``c pidlh b`r us t` hdt. Ah sdnc, ‑Sah prnlh w`j„t

    knii y`u!„ Out wahj wh i``khc njt` tah wnjc`w whl`uic shh tadt nt wds t`` hxphjsnvh. . . .‖Fy bdtahr t``k d i`t `b pihdsurh nj rhldpturnjm

    tahsh chtdnis, hvhj wanih ah rhl`mjnzhc tadt ah wdsi`snjm trdlk `b fdjy f`rh nfp`rtdjt tanjms tadt adcadpphjhc rhlhjtiy. Out nt wds tah fhf`rnhs `b ansyhdrs `b fhcnldi njstrultn`j djc ans rhthjtn`j `b tah

    thrfnj`i`my `b jhur`i`mnldi hvdiudtn`j–

     ohldushah ushc tadt thrfnj`i`my t` chslrnoh ans `wjl`jcntn`j– tadt N b`ujc t` oh pdrtnluidriy stnrrnjm.

    Hvhj dbthr ah adc f`vhc njt` tah jursnjm a`fh,ah l`jtnjuhc t` rhtdnj s`fh pdrtndi ldpdoninty t`sphdk do`ut ordnj bujltn`j. ]ahj ah l`uic j`t ffljc

    d w`rc ah jhhchc, ah cnc j`t dpphdr t` oh hsphlndiiydjj`yhc s` fula ds lurn`us djc njthrhsthc, inkh d sln-hjtnst, t` rhl`mjnzh nj anfshib tah sdfh pahj`fhj`j

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    ah„c `oshrvhc nj `tahrs tar`uma tah yhdrs. N l`uicnfdmnjh anf nj tah 4>85s ornjmnjm y`ujm paysnlndjs

    wnta anf `j ans r`ujcs dt O`st`j Lnty A`spntdi `r dttah Fdssdlaushtts Mhjhrdi, wanla wds usudiiy sp`-khj `b nj O`st`j snfpiy ds tah FMA, st`ppnjm dt `jhohc, djc tahj dj`tahr, t` cnsluss hdla ldsh, djc tahjdrrnvnjm dt d pdtnhjt wa` prhshjthc tah f`st phrbhltldsh `b dii t` niiustrdth d p`njt tadt ah wds fdknjm,

    hvhj ta`uma tah pdtnhjt nj tans njstdjlh wds anfshib.Hxphrnhjlhs inkh tahsh adc tw` hbbhlts `j fh.

    Sahy ahnmathjhc fy rhsphlt b`r ans ldpdlnty t` rhdlaohy`jc nffhcndth prhcnldfhjt djc ffljc dt ihdsts`fh hihfhjts `b cnmjnty djc njthiihltudi hjmdmh-fhjt nj d sntudtn`j nj wanla ̀ tahrs fnmat advh shttihc

    b`r shib-pnty. Out tahy dis` whrh, `b l`ursh, rhfnjchrs`b tah pr`odoih pr`mj`sns b`r tah buturh. Sah `oshr-vdtn`js `j ordnj bujltn`j, ds N kjhw, l`uic j`t m` `jb`rhvhr. \``j ah w`uic lhdsh t` oh tah c`lt`r djcrhfdnj `jiy d ldsh b`r `tahr c`lt`rs t` chslrnoh.

    @jlh tah njgury t` fy bdtahr„s anp wds buiiyahdihc, ah wds doih t` stdjc djc wdik wnta`ut dssns-tdjlh br`f tah jurshs djc dtthjcdjts. Nj jnlh whdtahrN w`uic tdkh anf `ut t` wdik di`jm tah r`dc ohsnchtah jursnjm a`fh. Sah r`dc, wanla rdj di`jm d jdr-r`w strhtla `b wdthr nj d w``chc djc shliuchc drhd,

    hjchc dt d tnjy njiht nj wanla culks djc culkinjms`dthc odlk djc b`rta djc lanicrhj w`uic tar`w onts`b orhdc `jt` tah surbdlh `b tah wdthr gust nj br`jt `b

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    tahf. Nj tah `tahr cnrhltn`j, wh l`uic wdik di`jmtah w``cs djc `phj fflhics b`r dppr`xnfdthiy adib d

    fnih t` dj hihvdtn`j wahrh tahrh wds dj `ic st`jhladphi djc d mr`vh `b dppih trhhs.

    Sahsh pihdsdjt djc ujaurrnhc wdiks or`umatodlk t` fh j`stdimnl fhf`rnhs `b d tnfh wahj N wdsjnjh `r thj yhdrs `ic djc fy bdtahr ushc t` tdkh fhwnta anf `j i`jm hvhjnjm wdiks dr`ujc tah jhnma-

    o`ra``c nj wanla wh invhc, do`ut thj fnihs whst `bO`st`j. Sah drhd, j`w ta`r`umaiy suourodj, adcohhj inkh d l`ujtry vniidmh wahj N wds nj knjchr-mdrthj. Sahrh wds d l`w jdfhc Cdnsy mrdznjm `j danii dlr`ss tah strhht br`f us. Oy tah tnfh N wds shvhjCdnsy„s fhdc`w adc ohhj suocnvnchc njt` i`ts b`r

    tarhh ornlk a`ushs. @j shvhrdi `b tah strhhts jhdroy,hxphjsnvh-i``knjm Suc`r a`ushs whrh l`jstrulthc`j tah hcmhs `b trhh-sadchc pr`phrtnhs tadt adc ohhjbdrfs `r idrmh hstdths ujtni tah 4>35s. \`fh `b tahsha`ushs whrh qunth ohdutnbui djc stdthiy djc i``khcds nb tahy adc ohhj ounit d aujcrhc yhdrs ohb`rh. @j`tahr strhhts, a`whvhr, tahrh whrh stdrkiy f`chrj

    fnjn-fdjsn`js, sht ̀ j idjcsldphc idwjs wnta inmathcthrrdlhs djc p``is, tadt i``khc t`` idrmh djc idvnsab`r tah i`ts `j wanla tahy st``c.

    Fy bdtahr adc d wdiknjm stnlk, wnta tnjy l`pphrfhcdis jdnihc njt` nts snchs, tadt ah adc m`tthj yhdrsohb`rh wahj ah whjt t` \wntzhridjc t` tdik wnta Cr.

    Oihuihr. Ah inkhc t` tdp nt `j tah pdvhfhjt ds whwdikhc. \`fhtnfhs ah„c st`p djc p`njt nt dt d a`ushwh pdsshc djc thii fh djhlc`ths do`ut tah `wjhr.

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    Ah sa`whc fh `jlh tah fdjsn`j `b d bdfniy tadtadc ohhj o``tihmmhrs nj tah 4>?5s– d fhfohr `b tah

    bdfniy adc ohhj ’sa`t chdc‖ oy trhdsury dmhjts `j dohdla jhdr Fdroihahdc, ah sdnc– out tahy adc snjlhdlanhvhc rhsphltdoninty ds tah `wjhrs `b d inqu`rnfp`rt l`fpdjy. Fy bdtahr cncj„t sphdk do`ut tahshph`pih nj chfhdjnjm wdys; ah snfpiy b`ujc tahtwnsts djc turjs wntanj tahnr invhs njtrnmunjm.

    F`rh tadj d bhw `b tah ph`pih nj tah jhnmao`r-a``c adc turjhc t` fy bdtahr b`r pr`bhssn`jdi dssns-tdjlh curnjm tnfhs `b lrnsns nj tahnr `wj `r nj tahnrlanicrhj„s invhs, djc ah kjhw d mrhdt chdi f`rh tadjah wds doih t` cnvuimh do`ut tah s`fhtnfhs ujl`j-vhjtn`jdi drrdjmhfhjts djc rhidtn`jsanps wntanj

    s`fh ̀ b tahnr bdfninhs. Uhradps ohldush N wds d lanic,ta`uma, ah sadrhc d inttih f`rh wnta fh tadj ahw`uic dii`w anfshib t` sadrh wnta ph`pih `b ans dmh.

    Ans `oshrvdtn`js `j tah prnvdth invhs `b lhrtdnj`b tahsh bdfninhs whrh prhshjthc t` fh, ds N j`wrhfhfohr tans, nj anmaiy j`vhinstnl wdys, ds nb tahshph`pih whrh l`fpihx pr`tdm`jnsts wntanj d w`rk

    `b Sa`fds Fdjj, `r Lahka`v, `r Biduohrt. Cnsdp-p`njtfhjt, trdmhcy, djc s`fhtnfhs fnic sdtnrh dt dprhthjsh `b mhjtninty nj ta`sh wa` adc dfdsshc mrhdtwhdita, out ihss rhffljhfhjt, nj rhfdrkdoiy sa`rtphrn`cs `b tnfh, whrh l`ff`jiy tah rnlaiy w`vhjstrdjcs `b tahsh jdrrdtn`js.

    Nj idthr yhdrs fy f`tahr w`uic hxpidnj t`fh s`fh `b tah odlkmr`ujc `b fy bdtahr„s stdth `bfnjc dt tadt p`njt nj ans ldrhhr. \ah sdnc t adt ah„c

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    ohl`fh njlrhdsnjmiy dfonvdihjt do`ut tah w`rk tadtah wds c`njm djc tah jdturh `b tah linhjthih ah adc

    dttrdlthc, wanla njliuchc fdjy ph`pih wa` w`uictrdvhi ahrh i`jm cnstdjlhs br`f `tahr lntnhs t` `otdnjans shrvnlhs.

    D jufohr `b tahsh ldshs thjchc t` njv`ivh dtihdst tw` fhfohrs `b d bdfniy wa`sh ohadvn`r t`hdla `tahr fnmat dpphdr t` oh pr`thltnvh djc dbbhl-

    tn`jdth out w`uic, dt tah sdfh tnfh, oh l`vhrtiy t`xnl`r sdcnstnl. \nfuitdjh`usiy, wntanj tah tdjmihc who`b tahsh bdfnindi pdta`i`mnhs, tahrh fnmat inh d jhu-r`i`mnldi cns`rchr sula ds d ordnj tuf`r. Fy bdtahr„scndmj`stnl vnmnidjlh, ds whii ds ans mnbt b`r fdmnsth-rndi cnpi`fdly nj adjcinjm tah thjsn`js, b`r hxdfpih,

    ohtwhhj lanicrhj djc tahnr pdrhjts, `r d ausodjcdjc ans wnbh, `ovn`usiy shrvhc anf whii nj tahshknjcs `b ldshs. Hvhj s`, dll`rcnjm t` fy f`tahr,ah adc mr`wj ujl`fb`rtdoih do`ut tah r`ih tadt ahwds dskhc t` fflii b`r fdjy `b tahsh bdfninhs, wanlashhfhc t` anf t` oh inkh tadt wanla nj dj`tahr dmhfnmat advh ohhj ffliihc oy l`urt paysnlndjs wa` adc

    pidlhc tahnr hxphrtnsh nj suogumdtn`j t` d vhry sfdiidjc prnvnihmhc hinth.

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