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nationally just ; and in general, to promote a sentiment of 

 universal good-will and confraternity, having clearly in 

 view the union and concentration of the entire strength of 

 mankind, to accelerate researches into the causes of disease, 

 old age and death. 



It appeared possible that such a world-league, having its 

 headquarters in the United States and an extensive mem- 

 bership in every country of the globe, might come to ex- 

 ercise a controlling influence in mundane affairs. An 

 international peace society we already have, which has 

 opened the way to a peace tribunal ; but the Gens Sdentice 

 et Pads would be of wider scope, uniting persons of 

 scientific attainments everywhere, and having a definite 

 aim: the union of mankind for the application of all 

 science and all the world's resources in the coming great 

 struggle to reach the acme of Natural Salvation ; to protect 

 and rescue the human organism from its present hard fate. 



It was not believed that the suggested league would 

 make much progress with the alien races, save in cases of 

 educated individuals. The burden of all progress and all 

 achievement will long rest with the dominant race. The 

 lower races, like the lower animals, will of necessity be 

 coerced for the general good and their own good. The 

 "rights of man" are sacred only when the man is dis- 

 posed to make good use of them, and is intelligent enough 

 to do so. The right to make the world better is a divine 

 right, the natural prerogative and duty of superior knowl- 



