Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf
11.4 THE ARYAN AS FOUNDER OF CULTURE
It would be futile to attempt to determine which race or races were the original standard-bearers of human culture, and were thereby the real f ounders of all that we understand by the word 'humanity.' It's much simpler to deal with this question insofar as it relates to the present time. Here the answer is simple and clear. Every manifestation of human culture, every product of art, science, and technical skill that we see today, are almost exclusively the creative product of the Aryan. This very fact fully justifies the conclusion that it was the Aryan alone who founded a superior type of humanity; therefore he represents the archetype of what we understand by the term 'man.' He is the Prometheus of mankind, from whose shining brow the divine spark of genius has at all times flashed forth, always kindling anew the fire that, in the form of knowledge, illuminated the dark night by d rawing aside the veil of mystery, showing man how to rise up and become master over all the other earthly beings. Exclude him-and a profound darkness will descend upon the Earth. Within a few thousand years, human culture will vanish and the world will become a desert.
— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf pg. 294, Thomas Dalton English Translation.
