Here one may perhaps raise the objection that these previously mentioned phenomena are quite innocent. And it is of course natural that it cannot in itself be a crime to dress in one way or another or to "act the millionaire", just as having this equipment is not a crime either regardless of whether it is one's own property that has been paid for in cash or in instalments or one has merely borrowed it. It is not the things or the actual use of the things that are in conflict with humane laws. Evolution must imply that beings subdue matter more and more. And it can be nothing less than divine that all things used by human beings should become increasingly refined and technically and artistically perfect. It is only where the use of these phenomena is purely a result of vanity that things are turned into a means with which one can induce an artificial satisfaction of one's desire to erect an appropriate boundary between one's own step in evolution and one's neighbour's, thus demonstrating one's "loftiness" or "grandeur" as conspicuously and vociferously as possible for one's surroundings. Servants, therefore, have to be dressed in livery or special servants' uniforms so that their subordinate position can be made clear, so that visitors will not make the mistake of raising their hats for the "servants" instead of for the "master". Where there is no outward glitter, people greet and admire the purely human aspect. And then it may happen that the greeting may be more in favour of the "servant" than in favour of the "master". The surroundings unveil the cosmic truth that no one has come to the world to be served. The surroundings therefore recognise themselves in the "servant", while in the "master" they see something alien, something unknown or abnormal. And it is this eternal law of nature that creates all pride and thereby brings down all artificial and self-appointed "grandeur". It is exclusively these surroundings that dictate: "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."