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… peoples to decay … In the long run, nature eliminates the nox-
ious elements. One may be repelled by this law of nature which
demands that all living things should mutually devour one
another. The fly is snapped up by a dragonfly, which itself is swal-
lowed by a bird, which itself falls victim to a larger bird … to
know the laws of nature … enables us to obey them. 120

Hitler made the grievous error of suggesting that various
phenomena that maintain the ecological balance in nature also
applied to human beings. If animals regard each other as prey,
that does not mean that humans should ruthlessly destroy those
they regard as weaker. Animals have no conscience. Human
beings, on the other hand, possess both conscience and con-
sciousness, the ability to distinguish between right and wrong,
good and bad, and the capacity for judgment. Only those, like
Hitler, who seek to justify their own psychological imbalances
maintain that human beings should lead an animalistic lifestyle.
Indeed, Hitler expressed the extent to which he had carried this
deception:
If I can accept a divine Commandment, it's this one: "Thou shalt
preserve the species." The life of the individual must not be set at
too high a price. If the individual were important in the eyes of
nature, nature would take care to preserve him. Amongst the mil-
lions of eggs a fly lays, very few are hatched out—and yet the race
of flies thrives. 121

The life of every human being is valuable, no matter what
his or her race, gender or language. What those of good con-
science should do is to do all in their power to protect every
human being, with no regard to race or physical characteristics.
During World War II, the catastrophes caused by the Nazi ideo-
logues regarding human life as of so little value, and their
vengeful feelings towards other nations, became apparent to all.
Furthermore, Hitler's world view represented a nightmare also

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