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    The Leader
    The Leader
    The Leader
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    The Leader

    By H. R. van Dongen and Murray Leinster

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJun 1, 2011
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      Book preview

      The Leader - H. R. van Dongen

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Leader, by

      William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Leader

      Author: William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)

      Illustrator: van Dongen

      Release Date: November 24, 2007 [EBook #23612]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LEADER ***

      Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Stephen Blundell

      and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at

      http://www.pgdp.net

      THE

      LEADER

      By

      MURRAY

      LEINSTER

      The trouble with being a Superman, with Super powers, and knowing it, is it's so easy to overlook the unpleasant possibility of a super-superman!

      Illustrated by van Dongen

      ... The career of The Leader remains one of the mysteries of history. This man, illegitimate and uneducated, hysterical and superstitious, gathered about him a crowded following of those who had been discontented, but whom he turned into fanatics. Apparently by pure force of personality he seized without resistance the government of one of the world's great nations. So much is unlikely enough. But as the ruler of a civilized country he imposed upon its people the absolute despotism of a primitive sultanate. He honeycombed its society with spies. He imprisoned, tortured, and executed without trial or check. And while all this went on he received the most impassioned loyalty of his subjects! Morality was abandoned at his command with as much alacrity as common sense. He himself was subject to the grossest superstitions. He listened to astrologers and fortunetellers—and executed them when they foretold disaster. But it is not enough to be amazed at the man himself. The great mystery is that people of the Twentieth Century, trained in science and technically advanced, should join in this orgy of what seems mere madness ...

      Concise History of Europe. Blaisdell.

      Letter from Professor Albrecht Aigen, University of Brunn, to the Herr General Johann von Steppberg, retired.

      My dear General von Steppberg:

      It is with reluctance that I intrude upon your retirement, but at the request of the Government I have undertaken a scientific examination of the causes which brought about The Leader's rise to power, the extraordinary popularity of his regime, the impassioned loyalty he was able to evoke, and the astounding final developments.

      If you can communicate to me any memories of The Leader which may aid in understanding this most bewildering period of our history, I assure you that it will be appreciated by myself, by the authorities who wish the investigation made, and I dare to hope by posterity.

      I am, my dear general, (Et cetera.)

      Letter from General Johann von Steppberg (Retired) to Professor Albrecht Aigen, University of Brunn.

      Herr Professor:

      The official yearbooks of the army contain the record of my military career. I have nothing to add to that information. You say the authorities wish more. I refuse it. If they threaten my pension, I will renounce it. If they propose

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