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On the other hand, heroism is basic to the character of the Nordic peoples. This heroism of the ancient mythic period—and this is what is decisive—has never been lost, despite times of decline, so long as the Nordic blood was still alive. Heroism, in fact, took many forms, from the warrior nobility of Siegfried or Hercules to the intellectual nobility of Copernicus and Leonardo, the religious nobility of Eckehart and Lagarde, or the political nobility of Frederick the Great and Bismarck, and its substance has remained the same.
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Heldenhaftigkeit jedoch ist der Grundtypus aller nordischen Völker. Diese Heldenhaftigkeit der alten Mythenzeit aber — und das ist das Ausschlaggebende — ist nie verloren gegangen trotz vieler Zeiten des Niederbruchs — solange dieses nordische Blut noch irgendwo lebendig war. Der Heroismus nahm zwar verschiedene Formen an, er führt vom Schwertadel Siegfrieds und Herakles zum Forscheradel Koppernings und Leonardos, zum Religionsadel Eckeharts und Lagardes, zum politischen Adel Friedrichs und Bismarcks, das Wesen ist das gleiche geblieben. (Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts ("The Myth of the Twentieth Century") - Page 81 - 1930)

 

Alfred Rosenberg

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