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HANDSELSGESELLSCHAFT，MUNCHEN

August18，1933

Mr。MaxEisenstein

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SanFrancisco，California，U。S。A。

DearMax:

Ihaveyourletter。Thewordis"no。"Youareasentimentalist。Youdonotknowthatallmenarenotcuttoyourpattern。Youputnicelittletagsonthem，like"liberal"andexpectthemtoactso-and-so。Butyouarewrong。So，IamanAmericanliberal?No!IamaGermanpatriot。

Aliberalisamanwhodoesnotbelieveindoinganything。Heisatalkerabouttherightsofman，butjustatalker。Helikestomakeabignoiseaboutfreedomofspeech，andwhatisfreedomofspeech?justthechancetositfirmlyonthebacksideandsaythatwhateverisbeingdonebytheactivemeniswrong。Whatissofutileastheliberal?IknowhimwellbecauseIhavebeenone。Hecondemnsthepassivegovernmentbecauseitmakesnochange。Butletapowerfulmanarise，letanactivemanstarttomakeachange，thenwhereisyourliberal?Heisagainstit。Totheliberalanychangeisthewrongone。

Hecallsthisthe"longview，"butitismerelyabadscarethathewillhavetodosomethinghimselfHeloveswordsandhigh-soundingpreceptsbutheisuselesstothemenwhomaketheworldwhatitis。Thesearetheonlyimportantmen，thedoers。AndhereinGermanyadoerhasrisen。Avitalmanischangingthings。Thewholetideofapeople'slifechangesinaminutebecausethemanofactionhascome。AndIjoinhim。Iamnotjustsweptalongbyacurrent。TheuselesslifethatwasalltalkandnoaccomplishmentIdrop。Iputmybackandshouldersbehindthegreatnewmovement。IamamanbecauseIact。BeforethatIamjustavoice。Idonotquestiontheendsofouraction。Itisnotnecessary。Iknowitisgoodbecauseitissovital。Menarenotdrawnintobadthingswithsomuchjoyandeagerness。

Yousaywepersecutemenofliberalthought，wedestroylibraries。Youshouldwakefromyourmustysentimentalizing。Doesthesurgeonsparethecancerbecausehemustcuttoremoveit?Wearecruel。Ofcoursewearecruel。Asallbirthisbrutal，soisthisnewbirthofours。Butwerejoice。Germanyliftshighherheadamongthenationsoftheworld。ShefollowsherGloriousLeadertotriumph。Whatcanyouknowofthis，youwhoonlysitanddream?YouhaveneverknownaHitler。Heisadrawnsword。Heisawhitelight，buthotasthesunofanewday。

Imustinsistthatyouwritenofurther。Wearenolongerinsympathy，asnowwemustbothrealize。

MartinSchulse