And you
must also view the other side. A superior people must look upon all
others as inferior peoples. This comes home to you. To be a Roman
were greater than to be a king, and when the Romans rubbed against your
savage ancestors in the German forests, they elevated their brows and
said, 'An inferior people, barbarians.'"
"But we are here, now. We are, and the Romans are not. The test is
time. So far we have stood the test; the signs are favorable that we
shall continue to stand it. We are the best fitted!"
"Egotism."
"But wait. Put it to the test."
As she spoke her hand flew out impulsively to his. At the touch his
heart pulsed upward, there was a rush Of blood and a tightening across
the temples. Ridiculous, but delightful, he thought. At this rate he
could argue with her the night through.
"The test," she repeated, withdrawing her hand without embarrassment.
"We are a race of doers and fighters, of globe-encirclers and
zone-conquerors. We toil and struggle, and stand by the toil and
struggle no matter how hopeless it may be. While we are persistent and
resistant, we are so made that we fit ourselves to the most diverse
conditions. Will the Indian, the Negro, or the Mongol ever conquer the
Teuton? Surely not! The Indian has persistence without variability;
if he does not modify he dies, if he does try to modify he dies anyway.
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