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Er intensivierte die Presse. Ver"offentlichte. Er organisierte Konferenzen.
– Humann unterst"utzt die gesamte Deutsche B"urokratie. Vom Kaiser bis Stipendiaten, - sagte der Designer.
– Nat"urlich, in der Praxis ohne Puffs und Ungereimtheiten nicht verzichten.
– Europa ...- Nachdenken "uber etwas, Melancholie der Schriftsteller sagte.
– Einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Berliner Beamten (k"unstlerischen Wiederaufbau des Stoel) erkl"art Arch"aologen Karl Humannu, der im Gebiet des Osmanischen Reiches gearbeitet hat: "Vaterland sollte auf Ehre beruhen, nicht Gewalt, die List ist es unwahrscheinlich, dass die Kalkl"osung, die ihre W"ande stabil h"alt. Du bist ein Christ, und darum kannst ich euch zwei Orte aus der Bibel zitieren: [Englische "Ubersetzung] "Let every one who names the name ofthe Lord depart from unrighteousness." (2 Timotheus 2: 19) (2 Timothy (Second message to Timotheus), ch. 2, 19), sagt die Bibel. Und das Wort "nicht wahr", m"ussen wir sehr breit zu verstehen, so denke ich! Und ein weiteres Zitat: [Englische "Ubersetzung] "Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death." (Book of Proverbs ("Proverbs (of Solomon)", ch. 21, 6) (Sprichw"orter von Salomo, Kapitel 21, 6). Aber ich werde Ihnen, lieber Freund nicht geh"orig die Epistel lesen. Nat"urlich, wir wollen erwerben, Museen gross sch"on machen. Aber wir wollen nicht betr"ugen. Mit "Hurra-patriotismus" wird nicht funktionieren weder grosse Politiker noch unsere kleine - Museums." (Ich zitiere nach der elektronischen Kopie des Buches Stoll, ohne Verifizierung ).
– Die Menschen der "alten" Ansichten, "alte Sauerteig"?
– fragte sich der Politiker.
– Das Bild ein wenig m"archenhaften deutschen Beamten.
– Karl Humann erhielt Anerkennung, Ruhm, Posten, Geld, R"ange (er wurde ein geheimer Berater), verschiedene Orden, ein Ehrendoktorw"urde. Schon zu seinen Lebzeiten wurde seine B"uste in einem der Museen in Berlin ausgestellt, - Fortsetzung des Designers.
– Heinrich Schliemann das grosse Geld verdient in der ersten H"alfte des Lebens, und die zweite H"alfte brachte ihm der wissenschaftliche Erfolg und die weltweite gl"anzende Herrlichkeit.
– Die Errungenschaften von Schliemann, Humann, Wigand "uberraschen die Phantasie, - bemerkte der Schriftsteller.
– Troja! Die Hauptstadt des Attalids Pergamums! Andere Symbole der Weltarch"aologie!
– Eine fabelhafte deutsche arch"aologische Maschine des XIX Jahrhunderts!
– Scherzhaft sagte der Designer.
Die Gespr"achspartner sahen ihn mit Interesse an.
29. August 2017
Diese "Ubersetzung: 01.09.2017 03:25
XIV. The tale of the dance of Vasco da Gama.
The day of December 2, 1497 was excellent. Portuguese caravels, heading from Lisbon to the Lands of Spices, stood in the South African Bay, which has the modern name Mossel Bay.
The Cape of Storms (today's Cape of Good Hope) was left behind, the caravels safely passed through hurricanes and storms. The revolts were suppressed by the squadron commander.
"What next?" - thought Vasco da Gama, the commander of the squadron. This question was asked probably by all the members of the expedition.
Still none of Europeans reached by the ships to legendary Lands of Spices, having rounded the southernmost tip of Africa.
Somehow the squadron commander himself came to the idea: "We will find a pilot and we will pass from the coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean."
And for some reason there was no alarm. And for some reason filled with confidence.
The Portuguese caravels, battered by storms, but showed naval power. Team, gained experience, reduced to obedience. Fearless, skillful soldiers.
They are waiting for the Lands of Spices.
The lands of Spices is wealth!
The lands of Spices is an abundance!
The lands of Spices is an success!
What can stop him, Vasco da Gama? What can stop his sailors?
Storms? They passed through the storms!
Lack of knowledge? They have the knowledges!
Opponents? With reasonable care, at least one ship will return to homeland. And from there comes ten times more ships, on which there will be twenty times more guns and thirty times more soldiers! And victory will be achieved.
Suddenly, visions, fragments of legends, thought-memories flashed in his mind.
... Years-decades-a centuries of exhausting survival at the limit of opportunities, on a narrow strip of coastal mountains - in the most inaccessible and insignificant areas of the fertile peninsula. A desperate, infinitely difficult struggle for survival, which left without strength, but filled with gloomy, ruthless energy ...
...Some change in the Higher - HEAVENLY - spheres, and changes on the earth, on the Peninsula...
... And now - suddenly - the Portuguese kingdom!...
... Their Portugal! ..
... Their homeland! ..
...The legendary Prince Henry the Navigator (Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), who opened new perspectives! New ships! New campaigns! New knowledge! New hopes! Aspiration for the legendary Lands of Spices! ..
The commander of the squadron of Vasco da Gama prayed.
He set off on the deck of the caravel, standing in the South African gulf.
Through the clouds, a ray of the sun fell on him.
And suddenly he, the commander of the squadron, realized that in him, a lucky, courageous and decisive, and at times a gloomy, cruel and merciless man, energy and history were pressed, were concentrated.
And no one and nothing can, can not resist him. There will be a victory!
Destiny sent Vasco da Gama along the life path of the seafarer, the discoverer, the warrior. It would be strange to see in such a man a subtle sentimentality. The facts of his biography allow us to assume in him the courage and composure, perseverance, indifference (sometimes) and to life, and to death, waves of fury. All these qualities reach - in certain cases - a level of gloom, exceptional cruelty.
What was hidden behind the equanimity and waves of rage, behind the incomprehensible unusual cruelty of this outstanding navigator?
Years, decades, centuries of life in the inaccessible mountainous seaside Asturias of those people whose descendants eventually became Portuguese? Attempts to preserve independence in inaccessible mountainous seaside areas to the north of the Douro River? Centuries of life without of safety on the mountainous, pinned to the sea shore, relatively cramped areas of the earth. When it was impossible to admit a single significant error, not a single significant defeat?