Man in the Light of Evolution 



ones. Mutual service in the family begets mu- 

 tual love and a host of fireside and homespun 

 virtues. Control, forgetfulness, and sacrifice of 

 self train and strengthen heart and will. The 

 fundamental and essential moral and intellectual 

 training and progress are, and must always be, 

 the work of the family. 



It is impossible for us to appreciate the debt 

 which we owe to society, for we can no longer 

 imagine what life would be without it. Of much 

 of its influence and power we are as unconscious 

 as of gravitation or of atmospheric pressure. 

 We must try to imagine life without govern- 

 ment, laws, or any form of fixed regulations. 

 Who is to keep peace between squabbling fami- 

 lies and individuals, not yet powerful or skillful 

 enough to wage real warfare? Has any man 

 any rights except what he can maintain for him- 

 self — Faiistrechtl If there were any rights 

 could anyone be compelled to respect them? 

 How is it possible to hold people together long 

 enough and closely enough so that law and gov- 

 ernment can arise? 



Man's ancestors had been social or gregarious 

 animals. There was a fellow-feeling, an instinct 

 to keep together. During this long period of 



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