Amerikali yazar, cevirmen, illustrator, ressam, entelektuel ve ogretmen Guy Mattison Davenport'un olum yildonumu (4 Ocak 2005)
"Yalnizca Almanca konusur. Bildigi tek yabanci sozcugun Ingilizcedeki gentleman olmasi hepimize cok hos geliyor. Baska insanlarin egitimli olmasina saygi duyar. Buyuk Frederick’ten beri bu kadar entelektuel bir liderimiz olmamisti. Mussolini’nin farkli diller konusabilmesine, edebi yetenegine, orgutleme dehasina, zafer resmi gecitleri ve eski Romali onur konularindaki klasik tutkusuna gipta eder.
Mizah anlayisi nefis. Bir keresinde, saci bozulmasin diye basina bir havaci basligi takmis. Mercedes’iyle giderken, hiz sinirini sadece birkac mille asmis ve motosikleti bir polis tarafindan yolun kenarina cekilmisti.
- Beni izleyin, dedi polis, bir sonraki kasabanin hakimi gerekli islemleri yapacak.
- Izle, dedi sofor onbasisina. Havaci basligi yuzunden polis Mercedes’te kimin oldugunu anlamamsti, ama hakimin muhafizi binaya kimin girmekte oldugunu gorup selam durdu, hakim de selam durunca herkes donup kaldi.
- Surat yuzunden tutuklandim, dedi, saskinliktan agzini balik gibi acip kapayan hakime. Kendisini biraz toparladiginda hakim, hata gibisinden bir sozcuk fisildadi.
- Kesinlikle degil, dedi. Hiz sinirini epey asmistik ve her ne kadar hiz gostergesine bakmiyorduysam da, sofor onbasimi suclamayacagim ve gercek bir vatandas gibi tum sorumlulugu ustlenecegim. Biz Almanlar kanuna saygili insanlariz, degil mi?"
"He speaks German only. We all find it charming that the only alien wordhe knows is the English wordgentleman. He respects learning in others. Not since Frederick the Great have we had so intellectual a leader. He admires Mussolini his gift of languages, his literary talent, his organizational genius,his classical flair for triumphal parades and ancient Roman dignity.
His sense of humor is delicious. Once, out driving in his Mercedes, wear-ing an aviator cap to keep his hair in place, he exceeded the speed limit by afew miles only and was haled to the shoulder by a motorcycle policeman.
- Follow me, the policeman said, to the Magistrate's in the next town- ship, where you will catch it.
-Follow him, he instructed his chauffeur corporal.The policeman, you see, did not recognize who was in the Mercedes, because of the aviator cap, but the guard at the Magistrate's saw who was en-tering the building, and gave a salute, and the Magistrate gave a salute, andeveryone froze.
- I have been arrested for speeding, he said to the Magistrate, who opened his mouth like a fish, struck dumb. When capable of it, the Magis-trate whispered a word that sounded like mistake.
-Not a bit of it, he said. We were well over the limit, and whereas I wasnot heeding the speedometer, I will not blame my chauffeur corporal but when Germany took her place foremost among the nations. Germany above all."


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