The road which the aryan had to take was clearly marked out as a conqueror he subjected the lower beings and regulated their practical activity under his command, according to his will and for his aims. but in directing them to a useful, though arduous activity, he not only spared the life of those he subjected; perhaps he gave them a fate that was better than their previous so-called 'freedom.' as long as he ruthlessly upheld the master attitude, not only did he really remain master, but also the preserver and increaser of culture. for culture was based exclusively on his abilities and hence on his actual survival. as soon as the subjected people began to raise themselves up and probably approached the conqueror in language, the sharp dividing wall between master and servant fell. the aryan gave up the purity of his blood and, therefore, lost his sojourn in the paradise which he had made for himself. he became submerged in the racial mixture, and gradually, more and more, lost his cultural capacity, until at last, not only mentally but also physically, he began to resemble the subjected aborigines more than his own ancestors. for a time he could live on the existing cultural benefits, but then petrifaction set in and he fell a prey to oblivion.