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more correct statement is that after these communal 

 people did finally begin to form nations, they proved 

 themselves universally more progressive than the 

 stagnant patriarchal nations, and took into their 

 hands the task of building civilization. This they did 

 for the simple reason that while the patriarchal 

 system builds nations, the communal system makes 

 men. 



The Aeyan Race 



The great center of this type of civilization was the 

 Aryan race, from which all the Western nations have 

 been derived. The original home of this race may 

 be still a matter of dispute. ^\^ether, as has been 

 supposed, they came originally from an Asiatic 

 home, extending over Europe by a series of suc- 

 cessive migrations, or whether, as others believe, 

 their original home was the European continent, need 

 not concern us here. The few facts that we know in 

 regard to the race are significant. We know, for 

 example, that they were in the habit of migrating, 

 particularly in the spring, when great hordes of 

 people started from their original home and 

 migrated to unknown regions. These migrations 

 were probably brought about by over reproduction 

 which in time rendered their original homes incap- 

 able of supporting all its inhabitants. Like a swarm 

 of bees, a migrating race started off for unknown 

 lands and unknown experiences. They fought their 

 way. Defeat was annihilation and courage was their 

 only virtue. We know, moreover, that organization 

 among these migrating hordes was quite well devel- 

 oped. They hung together as a unit, obeying the 

 commands of a leader, and so long as the migration 



