human
I hope that you are making good use of our precious accumulation of knowledge.
gpt
You can see now, continued Zimmern,
human
That is true, I said,
gpt
The millions, yes, replied Zimmern,
human
Do you mean, I asked eagerly,
gpt
The people, he said,
human
But, I protested,
gpt
How, exclaimed Zimmern impatiently,
human
Then why, I asked,
gpt
I have confessed to you my dissatisfaction with the existing state. In doing this I placed myself in great danger, but I risked that and now I shall risk more. I ask you now, Are you with us to the end?
human
Yes, I replied very gravely,
gpt
I am with you although I cannot fully understand on what you base your hope.
human
Our hope, replied Zimmern,
gpt
But, I questioned, in my excitement,
human
As a nation, no, but as men, yes. Men do not kill men as individuals, they only make war against a nation of men. As long as Germany is capable of making war against the world so long will the world attempt to destroy her. You, Colonel Armstadt, hold in your protium secret the power of Germany to continue the war against the world. Because you were about to gain that power I risked my own life to aid you in getting a wider knowledge. Because you now hold that power I risk it again by asking you to use it to destroy Germany and save the Germans. The men who are with me in this cause, and for whom I speak, are but a few. The millions materially alive, are spiritually dead. The world alone can give them life again as men. Even though a few million more be destroyed in the giving have not millions already been destroyed? What if you do save Germany now--what does it mean merely that we breed millions more like we now have, soulless creatures born to die like worms in the ground, brains working automatically, stamping out one sort of idea, like machines that stamp out buttons--or mere mouths shouting like phonographs before this gaudy show of royalty?
gpt
But, I said,
human
It makes no difference what they want, replied Zimmern, in a voice that trembled with emotion;
gpt
But how, I asked,
human
The old ones cannot, sighed Zimmern;
gpt
But the German race, I said,