Abgeschickt von Petra S. am 18 Februar, 2003 um 11:09:02:
Antwort auf: Re: request for contributions.... von Petra S. am 17 Februar, 2003 um 09:28:16:
Hallo Martine,
wie versprochen, hier mein Niccolo-Nachtrag. Es ist ein ganzer Absatz aus C&R, Vintage TB, S. 394 unten bis 395 oben:
Nicholas said calmly, "I was not bred to lead."
"You were not bred to follow," said Acciajuoli. "You study others. You know how to infect them with enthusiasm; how to rally them in adversity. You plan, you organise, you communicate. In what you undertake, your confidence, one notices, is enviably absolute. What do you lack?" ...
"Arrogance," Nicholas said.
"No," said the other man. ... "Ambition, perhaps. ... You are not ambitious because you were born to be content."
Dieser Absatz war fuer mich einfach das absolute Aha-Erlebnis!
Gruss, Petra S.