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i The reason for this la that they Are barking up the wrong tree. The security they AOBIC la not to be found in tha out- side world but in themselves. Had they conquered their own uneo- cinl lnpulsef, their real enemy, when they ware youngs they would not need to strurgla with auch subterfuges when they axe mature- The dangers they feflr in the world around thoBi ftre only the shadows of the danger* they fe&r will creep up on them from within if they do nut naiutain a strict TigiJ«nc# or&r their actions* Denying i, _ •• i doea not armiliilatfl than*. Llka termites, thay gnaw awey at the foundations of the personality tiid the higher the superstructure i& built^ the sbakier i t becomes* In nost byatftrics, these un^ocl^l impulsed, which they regard a& danger a, bflT* b*an fnirly 3ucces»rully ropreased. TK^ individual feala himself to be despicable without b^ing COLLS clous of the vhy* and vterofcirea of thi& feeling * The origins of the feeling renmin almobt wholly unconscious or are camouflaged in i r such a ways that they" are not obvious-to the indlTldujd himself. In Hitler's case, this is not so - ftt least not entirely. He has good causa for feeling deaplcoMe and he knows why* The repression I4 his case mas not completely flueceflfiful and some of thft unsocial tendencies do from tine to time a 3 cert then selves and demand sat- • * lefaction. r • - ' Hitler1 e ^eacunl life has etlvays bean the topic of ouch speculation* As pointed out in the previous aeation, tgst of his Closest assoclateo nra ftbaolutsly ignorant on this subject* This - • 1 • • .. has led to conjectures of nil sorts. Some believe that, he t& en- tirely inuflune frota such impulaes* Save believe that be ia a chronic nutftturb&tor* SOB* believe that be derives hid sexual pleasure ' • • REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES