Darwinism And Politics. With Two Additional Essays On Human Evolution
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He looks forward to the elimination of the lower races by the higher civilised races throughout the world. ^ He points out how "a struggle for existence con- sequent on his rapid multiplication," has ad- vanced man to his present high condition ; "and, if he is to advance still higher, it is to be feared that he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would sink into indo- lence, and the more gifted men would not be more successful in the battle of life than the 1 Life and Letter...s, I. 316. DARWINISM AND POLITICS. less gifted.'lV* This, doubtless, includes the old objection which Aristotle brought against Plata's communism, that man needs a stimulus to exertion and industry. But there is no jubilation, no exaltation of a natural law into an ethical ideal. And let us note how Darwin modifies this very statement in the words that follow : — "Important as the struggle for existence has been and even still is, yet as far as the highest part of man's nature is concerned there are other agencies more important.
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