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._ FROM THE HYMN OF HATE We have all but one hate; We love as one, we hate as one; We have all but one foe-- England! In the quarter-deck cabin, the banqueting room, Ship's officers sat at their friendly feast. Like a sabre blow, like the swing of a sail, One jerked his glass aloft for a toast. Curt and sharp as the catch of an oar, Three words he uttered: "To the Day!" On whose score was the glass? They had all but one hate, Whom had they in mind? They had all but one foe-- England! BERNHARDI BLAMED FOR REVEALING, IN 1911, WAR PLANS OF THE KAISER "As I walked out, General von Bernhardi came into the room, an expert artilleryman, a professor in one of their war colleges. I met him the next morning and he asked me if I had read his book 'Germany in the Next War.' I said I had. He answered, 'Do you know, my friends nearly ran me out of the country for that. They said, "You have let the cat out of the bag." I replied, "No, I have not, because nobody will believe it." 'What do you think of it?' I replied, 'General, I did not believe a word of it when I read it, but I now feel that you did not tell the whole truth;' and the old General looked actually pleased." That is why England and the United States were not prepared for this war. Their leaders and people supposed that Germany was bluffing and Germany banked upon the fact that nobody would take seriously her extraordinary claims and plans. GERMANY'S REVISED CHRISTMAS HYMN _"War On Earth, and Black Hate Towards All Men"_