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...rational ideal had scarcely been erected before dismantling began. Schorske describes this process as both a siege and a mutiny. Disaffected peasants, artisans and Slavs, among others, began massing politically, demanding certainties and absolutes. Taking to the streets, they cared nothing for the hallowed liberal creed: "Wissen macht frei" (Knowledge makes us free). Poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal saw what was happening: "Politics is magic. He who knows how to summon the forces from the deep, him will they follow." All too soon Wissen macht frei was degraded into the cruelly deceptive slogan of Nazi death camps: Arbeit [work] macht frei...
...Macht, professor of Psychiatry and a colleague of Vaillant's, said yesterday Vaillant's study is "the most significant work in the country today on longitudinal health and life...
...issue of adaptation to life is unique," Macht added, noting that some recent studies have shown that stress-coping mechanisms such as laughter are related to the production of endorphine hormones, linked to improved health...
Goebbels clearly blames the Wehr-macht's generals for Germany's plight, accusing them of lacking imagination and leadership. "It is a shame that the Führer has so few respectable military men on his staff." His most venomous blasts are reserved for Luftwaffe Boss Hermann Goring. Demanding that "the Führer [turn] Goring into a man again," Goebbels exclaims: "Bemedaled idiots and vain perfumed coxcombs have no place in our war leadership." Thanks to Goring's uninterrupted record of incompetence, argues Goebbels, the Luftwaffe has failed to wield the air superiority essential for victory...
...wonder if the Moonies' motto is Arbeit macht frei (Working makes you free). Sound familiar...