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they are produced to the places where they are used, something 

 over a half of all human beings could not go on living at all. 

 Somebody must haul to these city dwelling near-termites with 

 only two legs, much too large heads, and no exoskeleton, all 

 that they eat, all that they wear, and everything that protects 

 their soft bodies from the rigors of the physical environment. 

 Furthermore this transport must never cease. If it stops for 

 even a short time Death stalks in and starts his reaping, dis- 



Table 5 



Twenty most densely populated countries 



Persons 



Country per sq. 



mile 



Belgium 704.9 



England and Wales 700.0 



Netherlands (excluding water 



area) 674.2 



Japan (proper) 469 . 2 



Germany 369.3 



Italy 355.2 



Czechoslovakia 280.0 



Switzerland 261 . 2 



Hungary 250.6 



Poland 228.1 



Persons 



Country per sq. 



mile 



Denmark 224.6 



Austria 208.8 



Portugal 205.7 



India 204.8 



France 197 . 1 



Jugoslavia 158.8 



Bulgaria 157.0 



Rumania 153 . 7 



Greece 136.0 



Spain 126.4 



criminatingly mowing first the lush meadows where the lower 

 castes grow, but very quickly getting on to the aristocratic 

 uplands, where the growth is sparser but more choicely flavored. 



The next table, Table 5, shows the number of persons per 

 square mile in the twenty most densely populated countries of 

 the world, according to the latest figures (our 1937 revision), 

 leaving out China as doubtful. 



This table plainly is about equivalent to a catalogue of the 

 European nations. Only two non-European countries appear 

 in it (Japan and India). 



Taking a world view, it is evident that the increase of 

 urbanization has by no means reached its end. On the contrary 

 it is still going on, and, on the whole, at an ever accelerating 

 pace. In a broad sense the most striking thing that has taken 



