heads) represented purity of race and superior
mentality. The brachicephalous (flat heads) were mongrels with all the
stigma of degeneration. The German, dolicephalous par excellence, was
the only descendant of the primitive Aryans. All the other nations,
especially those of the south of Europe called "latins," belonged to a
degenerate humanity.

The Spaniard could not contain himself any longer. "But no person with
any intelligence believes any more in those antique theories of race!
What if there no longer existed a people of absolutely pure blood, owing
to thousands of admixtures due to historical conquests!" . . . Many
Germans bore the identical ethnic marks which the professor was
attributing to the inferior races.

"There is something in that," admitted Hartrott, "but although the
German race may not be perfectly pure, it is the least impure of all
races and, therefore, should have dominion over the world."

His voice took on an ironic and cutting edge when speaking of the Celts,
inhabitants of the lands of the South. They had retarded the progress
of Humanity, deflecting it in the wrong direction. The Celt is
individualistic and consequently an ungovernable revolutionary who tends
to socialism. Furthermore, he is a humanitarian and makes a virtue
of mercy, defending the existence of the weak who do not amount to
anything.

The illustrious German places above everything else, Method and Power.
Elected by Nature to command the impotent races, he possesses all
the qualifications that distinguish the superior leader. The French
Revolution was merely a clash between Teutons and Celts. The nobility of
France were descended from Germanic warriors established in the country
after the so-called invasion of the barbarians. The middle and lower
classes were the Gallic-Celtic element. The inferior race had conquered
the superior, disorganizing the country and perturbing the world.
Celtism was the inventor of Democracy, of the doctrines of Socialism and
Anarchy. Now the hour of Germanic retaliation was about to strike, and
the Northern race would re-establish order, since God had favored it by
demonstrating its indisputable superiority.

"A nation," he added, "can aspire to great destinies only when it is
fundamentally Teutonic. The less German it is, the less its civilization
amounts to. We represent 'the aristocracy of humanity,' 'the salt of the
earth,' as our William said."

Argensola was listening with astonishme