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Chapter
I
PATHTOPOLITICS
OnMarch22,1891inasmallvillageMiastków,whichislocatedin
Garwolindistrict,therewasbornBogusławMiedziński1.Thebirthof
aboybecameafamilyholiday,firstofall,becauseBogusławwasthe
firstchildofKarolandSabinaMiedzińska,althoughthehappyparents
wouldhavesixmorechildren2.
Theatmosphereofthefamilyhomehadagreatinfluenceonthe
formationofBogusławMiedziński’scharacterinhisearlychildhood.
Relationsinthefamilywerebasedonatraditionalpatriarchalsystem,
wherethemother–SabinaMoczulskawasahousewifeandthe
father,whowasworkingasanadministrativeclerkoftheagricultural
property–dideverythingpossibletoensureadecentlifeforhisfamily.
Bogusław’seducationwasgreatlyinfluencedbyhisgrandmother,
KarolMiedziński’smother,whousedtoretellmanystoriesaboutthe
participationofhisgrandfatherintheNapoleonicWarsandhisexile
fortakingpartinUprising’63.Atthesametime,KarolMiedziński,
whomBogusławMiedzińskidescribedinhismemoirsasasupporter
oftheNationalLeague,ensuredpatrioticeducationofhisson.Inhis
memoirs,BogusławMiedzińskialsorecalledthatathome,hewas
taughttoreadandwritebuthenevermentionedwhowashisfirst
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