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248the star orators of the French Revolution, Sieyès, Danton,Robespierre and Brissot, none of whom was a great constructivestatesman. Napoleon was a builder and a destroyer, buta poor speaker, intimidated by the awed silence with whichhis words were received.Another popular explanation of Hitler‟s fame is basedon his striving to overcome a sense of congenital inferioritythrough the cultivation of a sense of superiority. This explanationover-simplifies the problem. Even more primitivemen than he cannot be explained by pigeonholing them undera psychological complex. Hitler may be a mountebank or apsychopathic problem, but he is not a primitive. A superciliousgesture with which to explain him is entirely out ofplace. Ten, even a hundred million people may be wrong,but the world is entitled to know why they have strayedfrom the path of common sense.“Millions of men have voted for him,” Count CarloSforza says, “not because they think he is or may become areal leader, but simply because he says to the Germans: „Allthe past must be destroyed; I will guide you to a new world.‟ ”“Hitler is thriving on empty stomachs,” said Professor AlbertEinstein.Hitler expresses the restlessness of a growing generationwhich always wants “something new.” The new may beworse than the old but it has not yet been discredited by itsshortcomings and lack of strength. Hitler is the product ofthe jazz age. At the same time he is the leader of a hugejazz orchestra, many million persons strong. He is the“drummer,” as he likes to describe himself. His example