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“ I m ust first of all examine th e aspir-‘ ations for peace, which seem to domin ate our age and th rea ten to poison the soul of th e German people. . . I m ust try to prove th a t w ar is not merely a necessary element in th e life of nations, b u t an indispensable factor of K u itu r, in which a tru ly civilized nation finds th e high est expression of streng th and v itality .”— General v. B e rn h a rd i,.G.N.W., p. 14. “The tim e for petty politics is p ast; th e next cen tu ry w ill b ring th e struggle for th e dom inion of th e world— th e compulsion to g reat politics.”— F r. Nietzsche, B.G.E., section 208. “ I g reet all th e signs indicating th a t a more manly and w arlike age is com mencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into g honou r!”— F r. Nietzsche, J.W ., section 283. General Keim from Berlin insisted th a t th e p ath to German un ity and power was no t paved w ith sealing-wax, p rin te rs’ ink and parliam en tary resolu tions, b u t m arked by blood, wounds and deeds of arm s. S tates could be m aintained only by th e means by which they were created.—A t meeting of Pan- German League, Augsburg, September, 1912. Nippold, D.C., p. 72. “We * owe it to Napoleon . . . . th a t several w arlike centuries, which have no t had th e ir like in p ast history, may now follow one ano th er— in short, th a t we have entered upon th e classical age of w ar, w ar a t th e same tim e scien tific and popular, on th e g rand est scale (as reg ard s means, ta len ts and disci pline) to which all coming m illenniums will look b ac k w ith envy and awe as a work of perfection— for th e national movement ou t of which th is m artial glory springs, is only th e counter-choc again st Napoleon, and would n o t have existed w ithou t him; To him , conse quently, one will one day be able to a ttrib u te th e fact th a t m an in Europe h as again got th e upper hand of th e merchant and th e Philistine.”—Fr. Nietzsche, J.W ., section 362.
of th e new German race of the fu tu re .” — Prof. B. Hasse, Z.D.V., p. 126. “ The efforts directed tow ards th e abo lition of w ar m ust no t only be term ed foolish, b u t absolutely immoral, and m u st be stigm atized as unw orthy of th e hum an race. . . . The weak n a tion is to have th e same rig h t to live as th e powerful and vigorous nation! The whole idea represents a presumptuous encroachm ent on th e n a tu ra l laws of development.”— General v. Bernhardi, G.N.W., p. 34. “ It is proved beyond all shadow of doubt th a t reg u lar w ar (d er regelrechte K rieg) is, no t only from th e biological and tru e k u ltu ra l standpoint, th e best and noblest form of th e strugg le for existence, b u t also, from tim e to time, an absolute necessity for th e m ainten ance of th e S tate and society.”— Dr. Schmidt, of Gibichenfels, a t m eeting of Pan-German League; Berlin, October, 1912. Nippold, D.C., p. 73. “W ar is a biological necessity of the first importance, a regu lativ e elem ent in th e life of m ankind which cannot be dispensed w ith. . . . “W ar is the fath e r of aU th ing s.” The sages of antiquity, long before Darw in, recog nized this. . . . “To supplant or to be ^supplanted is th e essence of life,” says Goethe, “ and th e strong life gains the upper hand .”— General v. Bern hardi, G.N.W., p. 18. “I t is n o th in g b u t fanaticism to expect very much from hum an ity when it h as forgotten how to wage war. F o r th e p resen t we know of no o th er means whereby th e rough energy of th e camp, th e deep im personal h atred , th e cold bloodedness of m u rder w ith a good con science, th e general ard o u r of th e sys tem in th e destruction of th e enemy . . can be as forcibly and cer tainly communicated to enervated na tions as is done by every g rea t war. K u itu r can by no means dispense w ith passions, vices and m alignities. F r. Nietzsche, H.T.H., section 477.
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