UHarold W. Percival
Njengoko uHarold W. Percival watshoyo kwiNgabula-zigcawu yoMbhali UkuCinga nokuPhelela, Ukhethe ukugcina ukubhala kwakhe ngasemva. Kwakungenxa yoku ukuba anganqweneli ukubhala i-biografi okanye i-biographie ebhaliweyo. Wayefuna ukuba imibhalo yakhe izimele ngokwabo. Injongo yakhe yayikukuba ukunyaniseka kweengxelo zakhe kungaphenjelelwa bubuntu bakhe, kodwa kuvavanywe ngokwenqanaba lokuzazi ngaphakathi komfundi ngamnye. Nangona kunjalo, abantu bafuna ukwazi okuthile malunga nombhali wenqaku, ngakumbi ukuba bayabandakanyeka kwimibhalo yakhe.
Ke, iinyani ezimbalwa malunga noMnu. Percival zikhankanyiwe apha, kwaye iinkcukacha ezingaphezulu ziyafumaneka kuye Intshayelelo yombhali. UHarold Waldwin Percival wazalelwa eBridgetown, eBarbados ngo-Epreli 15, 1868, kwisityalo sabazali bakhe. Wayengowesithathu kubantwana abane, akukho namnye kubo owasalayo kuye. Abazali bakhe, uElizabeth Ann Taylor noJames Percival babengamaKristu azinikeleyo; kodwa okuninzi oko wakuvayo njengomntwana omncinci kwakungabonakali kufanelekile, kwaye kwakungekho zimpendulo zanelisayo kwimibuzo yakhe emininzi. Waziva ukuba kufuneka kubekho abo babesazi, kwaye esemncinci kakhulu wazimisela ukuba uyakubafumana "Izilumko" kwaye afunde kubo. Njengoko iminyaka idlulile, umbono wakhe "Wezilumko" watshintsha, kodwa injongo yakhe yokufumana ulwazi lwaKhe yahlala ihleli.
1868-1953
Xa wayeneminyaka elishumi ubudala, utata wakhe wasweleka kwaye umama wakhe wafudukela eUnited States, ehlala eBoston, nakwisiXeko saseNew York. Wayekhathalela umama wakhe kangangeminyaka elishumi elinesithathu de wasweleka ngo-1905. UPercival waba nomdla kwiTheosophy wajoyina uMbutho weTheosophiki ngo-1892. Olo luntu lwahlukana lwaba ngamaqela emva kokusweleka kukaWilliam Q. IJaji ngo-1896. I-Theosophical Society Independent, eyadibana ukuze ifunde imibhalo kaMadame Blavatsky kunye "nezibhalo" zaseMpuma.
Ngo-1893, kwaye kabini kwakhona kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine elandelayo, uPercival waba “nolwazi ngoLwazi,” watsho ukuba ixabiso laloo mava kukuba kuye kwamenza ukuba azi ngawo nawuphi na umbandela ngenkqubo yengqondo awayeyibiza ukucinga ngokwenene. Uye wathi, "Ukwazi iZazela kutyhila 'okungaziwayo' kulowo ebekade ezazi."
Ngomnyaka we-1908, kunye neminyaka eliqela, uPercival kunye nabahlobo abaliqela babenee-acres ezingamakhulu amahlanu zeediliya, umhlaba weefama, kunye ne-cannery malunga neekhilomitha ezingamashumi asixhenxe kumantla esiXeko saseNew York. Xa ipropathi yayithengisiwe uPercival wagcina malunga neeyure ezisibhozo. Kulapho, kufutshane neHighland, NY, apho wayehlala khona ngeenyanga zehlobo kwaye wanikela ngexesha lakhe emsebenzini oqhubekayo kwimibhalo yakhe ebhaliweyo.
Ngomnyaka we-1912 uPercival waqala ukucacisa izinto zencwadi ukuba ziqulethe inkqubo yakhe epheleleyo yokucinga. Ngenxa yokuba umzimba wakhe kwakufuneka uthi cwaka ngelixesha acinga ngalo, wayeyalela xa kukho uncedo olufumanekayo. Kwi-1932 uyilo lokuqala lwagqitywa kwaye labizwa UMthetho woCinga. Akazange anike izimvo okanye enze izigqibo. Endaweni yokuba axele into awayeyazi ngokuzinza, nangokugxila ekucingeni. Isihloko satshintshelwa ku UkuCinga nokuPhelela, kwaye incwadi yade yashicilelwa ngo-1946. Ke ngoko, eli phepha liwaka elinobugcisa elinikezela ngeenkcukacha ezibalulekileyo kuluntu kunye nobudlelwane bethu nezulu kunye nangaphaya laveliswa kwisithuba seminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesine. Emva koko, ngo-1951, wapapasha Indoda noMfazi kunye noMntwana kwaye, ngo-1952, Ubugcisa kunye neMpawu zayo—Kukukhanya kwe UkuCinga nokuPhelela, kwaye Idemokhrasi kukuZilawula.
Ukususela kwi-1904 ukuya ku-1917, uPercival washicilela iphephancwadi nganye ngenyanga, Ilizwi, eyasasazwa kwihlabathi lonke. Ababhali abaninzi ababalaseleyo balo mhla banegalelo kuyo, kwaye yonke imiba yayiqulathe inqaku likaPercival ngokunjalo. Olu luhlelo lubonakalisiwe kwimicimbi nganye ye-156 kwaye yamfumana indawo kwi Ngubani na eMelika. ILizwi Foundation liqale uthotho lwesibini lwe Ilizwi ngo-1986 njengephephancwadi yekota efumaneka kumalungu ayo.
UMnu. Percival usweleke kwizizathu zendalo ngo-Matshi 6, 1953 kwisiXeko saseNew York. Umzimba wakhe watshiswa ngokweminqweno yakhe. Kucacisiwe ukuba akukho mntu wayenokudibana noPercival ngaphandle kokuziva ukuba wadibana nomntu ophawuleka ngokwenene, kwaye amandla negunya lakhe linokuviwa. Ngabo bonke ubulumko bakhe, wahlala enesidima kwaye ethozamile, eyindoda yokungathembeki, umhlobo oshushu onovelwano. Wayesoloko ekulungele ukuba luncedo kuye nawuphi na umntu ofuna, kodwa angaze azame ukunyanzelisa ifilosofi yakhe nakubani na. Wayengumfundi okhutheleyo kwizifundo ezahlukeneyo kwaye wayenomdla omkhulu, kubandakanya imicimbi yangoku, ezopolitiko, ezoqoqosho, ezembali, ukufota, ukulima kunye nejoloji. Ngaphandle kwetalente yakhe yokubhala, uPercival wayenomdla kwimathematics nakwiilwimi, ngakumbi isiGrike nesiHebhere; kodwa kwathiwa wayehlala enqandwa ekwenzeni nantoni na ngaphandle kwento ekubonakala ukuba ebelapha.
Kwiincwadi zakhe nakweminye imibhalo uHarold W. Percival utyhila imeko yokwenene, kunye namandla anokubakho omntu.