The German as Superman
No nation in the world can give us anything worth mentioning in the field of science or technology, art or literature, which we would have any trouble in doing without. Let us reflect on the inexhaustible wealth of the German character, which contains in itself everything of real value that the Kultur of man can produce. We understand all foreign nations; no foreign nation understands or can understand us!—Prof. Sombart, H. U. H., p. 135.
As the German bird, the eagle, hovers high over all the creatures of the earth, so also should the German feel that he is raised high above all other nations who surround him, and whom he sees in the limitless depth beneath him.—Prof. W. Sombart, H. U. H., p. 143.
We are indeed entrusted here on earth with a doubly sacred mission; not only to protect Kultur ... against the narrow-hearted huckster-spirit of a thoroughly corrupted and inwardly rotten commercialism (Jobbertum), but also to impart Kultur in its most august purity, nobility and glory to the whole of humanity, and thereby contribute not a little to its salvation.—Ein Deutscher, W. K. B. M., p. 40.
He who does not believe in the Divine mission of Germany had better hang himself, and rather to-day than to-morrow.—H. S. Chamberlain, D. Z., p. 17.
The Test of the True German is the Absence of Humanitarianism
Whoever cannot prevail upon himself to approve from the bottom of his heart the sinking of the Lusitania—whoever cannot conquer his sense of the gigantic cruelty (ungeheure Grausamkeit) to unnumbered perfectly innocent victims ... and give himself up to honest delight at this victorious exploit of German defensive power—him we judge to be no true German.—D. Baumgarten, D. R. S. Z., No. 24, p. 7.
By steeping himself in military history, a German officer will be able to guard himself against excessive humanitarianism.—Laws of War on Land.
We are not only compelled to accept the war that is forced upon us—but are even compelled to carry on this war with a cruelty, a ruthlessness, an employment of every imaginable device, unknown in any previous war.—D. Baumgarten, D. R. S. Z., No. 24, p. 7.