FIFTY MILUON STRONG 



First, America's Ancestry.. The remote ancestor of the 

 American people was an Aryan, most of whose descendants 

 came over into Europe. In fact, a great majority of the 

 inhabitants of Europe today are of Aryan lineage. The 

 principal descendants of the great Aryan family were the 

 Greek, the Roman, the Teuton and the Slav. Of these the 

 Greek was the first to come into prominence. There was a 

 great ancient Greek civilization, but, like all the other civiliza- 

 tions of antiquity, it perished. The Greek nation of today is 

 just emerging from Turkish dominancy, and under the in- 

 spiration of the Greek Idea, which means the restoration of 

 the Greece of earlier centuries, the Greek people is sure to rise 

 again. The next to dominate world activities was the Roman, 

 who created the civilization that preceded modern civiliza- 

 tion. Modern civilization is chiefly indebted to the Teuton. 

 The Slavic peoples are beginning to assert themselves in latter- 

 day history and will some time occupy a more conspicuous 

 place in world activities. There is little doubt in the mind of 

 any investigator of world conditions that, in the marvelous 

 development of modern civilization, the Teuton has taken the 

 initiative and is today the most important factor. Now, the 

 leading Teutonic nations are the English, the Germans, the 

 Dutch and the Scandinavians. Everyone recognizes the fact 

 that the world has for a generation, at least, responded most 

 sympathetically to Teutonic influences and will quite likely for 

 an indefinite period follow a Teutonic trend. The American 

 people, largely descended from the four chief Teutonic peoples, 

 is a composite nation. Of course, the basis of the American 

 population is English, but the German, Dutch and Scandina- 

 vian elements make the nation distinctively Teutonic. It 

 must be concluded, then, that being of Aryan stock, descending 

 from the Teutonic branch of the Aryan family, which has 

 achieved more than any other branch of this great family, and 

 representing an admixture of all the virile offshoots of this 

 dominant branch, the American people can boast of a great 

 ancestry. 



