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Pridi Banomyong –

the Treasured Gentleman
of Siam 1

2
Thapanan Nipittakul

Suf ice to say that almost every time that I have to right
or to tell stories of Mr. Pridi Banomyong, the senior statesman, the
author will always recall story of a young German boy.
In 1835, when this boy was 17 years old, he submitted an
essay to his teacher in which he tried to describe human lifestyle and
ideal for working. He summarized the ending of his essay, as follows:

History calls those the greatest men who ennoble themselves
by working for the universal Experience praises as the most
happy the one who made the most people happy. Religion

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1 Initial publication via the101.world, on May 11 2017. Images in this article
are derived www.pridi-phoonsuk.org.
This article translated by Natthaphon Tripornchaisak, Director of
International Studies (ASEAN-China) International Program; Lecturer,
Department of English and Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat
University
2 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Lampang Campus.

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