Do you think you have a sense of mission from birth?

One thing must be explained first, as Nixon said, those who are recognized as "great" are not necessarily good people. Peter the Great of Russia is a cruel bully. Caesar, Alexander and Napoleon are remembered because they were conquerors. Great men are great mainly because they can exercise their power in a considerable scope, which can greatly influence the historical process of their own country and even the world, and affect the fate of thousands of people in Qian Qian. Churchill was praised by Nixon as "the greatest figure of our time". When Churchill was young, he talked with one of his friends about the meaning of life. He said, "We are all bugs, but I think I am a firefly." After becoming prime minister, he said in a speech: "It is not others who have the heart of a lion, but the people living all over the world (referring to Britain). I am honored to be called out and shouted. " Nixon therefore commented: Churchill realized his destiny and believed it, which became the driving force of his life. In fact, not only Churchill, but also every great man in history. They are full of sense of mission. Whether right or not, each of them believes that they are serving a great cause and should undertake the mission of promoting historical progress. A strong sense of historical mission is the distinctive feature of all great men. After the failure of Waterloo, Napoleon was imprisoned in St. Ireland. He once dictated a "legacy to his son". In "Heritage", he particularly emphasized that the sense of historical mission is "the flame in his heart": my son should be a person with new ideas, a person loyal to the cause I won in various ways ... but if he doesn't have such a flame in his heart, he won't have such talent. I hope he can live up to his fate. It is precisely because "great men" have a strong sense of mission that they all "tirelessly pursue" power as plekhanov said. Power is a historical opportunity to create history and promote or prevent it from developing in a certain direction. As a result, Nixon, who personally served as the president of the United States, studied the great figures of contemporary countries in detail and wrote the book "Leaders" with far-reaching influence. He could not help but write the following sentence: There are also various lucky factors that lead to the success of * * *, among which chance is the most critical factor. Heinz Henne, a German historian, provided some little-known information about "luck" before Hitler came to power, including the influence and role of "fortune teller". 193265438+In February, Hitler wrote a letter to one of his cronies, in which he said that his opponent was so powerful that he "almost lost confidence in victory" and "gave up all hope" for the formation of a cabinet. At this time, he consulted a fortune teller, who wrote him a prophetic poem on New Year's Day of 1933: The Road to Goals. But after three days, the situation was completely different. On the day before the end of the month, your luck will turn around and your goal is in sight! No eagle will guide you, only moths will clear the way for you. Everything that decays and withers will fall to the ground, and the beams on the roof are already crackling! Three days later, on 09331October 4th, 65438+65438, Hitler met Papen, which really started the turnaround. By the end of the month, that is, 654381October 30, 43 this year, a tramp who had accomplished nothing when he was young. This is just a nobody in World War I, the instigator with Chaplin beard, and Hitler is not a German at all, but an Austrian. Hitler emphasized his destiny and sense of mission at the beginning of Mein Kampf: Today, in my opinion, fate chose Braunau on the Rhine as my birthplace, which is an act of God. Because this town is located on the border of two Germanic countries, and our younger generation has at least made it their lifelong job to try to unify the two countries. In my opinion, this border town has become a symbol of a great mission. This is really a strange child at the intersection of science and superstition. He is not as lively as other children at all. His father was sad to see the report card sent by the teacher. The teacher told his father that the child was mentally retarded, didn't like to associate with others, and always wandered around in his dreams, so that everyone called him "lonely little old man". This dull and lonely little old man is Einstein who later became the greatest scientist of this century. 1930, at the age of 50, that is, the year when Confucius said "knowing the destiny", he wrote an article "My World View" summarizing his basic beliefs. The first sentence of this far-reaching article is to marvel at "how strange fate is"! It can be seen that his experience of fate is deep: how strange our fate is for those of us who are doomed to die! Each of us will only make a short stay in this world; I don't know what the purpose is, although sometimes I feel I have feelings for it. Since the Western Renaissance opposed medieval religious superstitions and advocated advocating rationality, the mainstream of the scientific community has always regarded mysterious religious experiences as "religious superstitions". Einstein not only publicly stated that he was a "person with deep religious feelings"; Moreover, it shows that mysterious experience and real science are not incompatible, even the "basic feeling" of real scientific research! I think this is another far-reaching event in the history of scientific development. Can it be said that science is a denial of religious mysteries, and Einstein's view embodies the "negation of negation"? I think, in any case, we should adopt a scientific research attitude towards mysterious experiences or phenomena! Since Einstein felt "how strange" about "fate", it was natural for him to be interested in astrology. On the title page of the book "Constellation and You" published by France 1985, Einstein's quotation is printed: Astrology is a self-enlightening knowledge. I learned a lot because of it, and I am deeply grateful for it. Geophysics discusses the forces exerted by stars and planets on spheres. Conversely, in a sense, astrology focuses on the power of stars and planets themselves. Because of this, astrology is a useful part of human life. Samuelson, a famous American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, expressed his "lucky" joy at the beginning of his "Self-report" written in a third-party tone when he was 1986: Samuelson was really lucky all his life, always paid well and worked easily. Smart childhood, won the appreciation and love of parents. He was born to study, and economics seems to be born for him. Every honor he longed for came to him very early and won the social science medal in the university. 1970 (55 years old) became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The various academic awards he won are incredible prey in the magical forest. Known by western historians as "the greatest historian of our time", Toynbee had a wide-ranging dialogue with a radio host Urban in his later years. When Urban praised his curiosity and said, "Your curiosity is to seek a dominant view", Toynbee said: My curiosity makes me curious about nature, the meaning of fate (if there is such a thing as fate) and the whole existence. In other words, for me, history is the way to enter the universe and try to understand it. Everyone has a mysterious feeling of life, and everyone tries to understand what is incomprehensible in a certain range.