GENESIS OF NEW EMOTIONS. 301 



twcen the emotional natures of savage and civilized. Among 

 no lowest races of men, love of property stimulates to the 

 obtainmcnt only of such things as satisfy immediate desires 

 or desires of the immediate future. Improvidence is the 

 rule : there is little effort to meet remote contingencies. But 



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the growth of established societies, having gradually given 

 security of possession, there has been an increasing tendency 

 to provide for coming years : there has been a constant 

 exercise of the feeling which is satisfied by a provision for 

 the future ; and there has been a growth of this feeling so 

 great that it now prompts accumulation to an extent be 

 yond what is needful. Note, again, that under the disci 

 pline of social life under a compai ative abstinence from 

 aggressive actions, and a performance of those mutually- 

 serviceable actions implied by the division of labour 

 there has been a development of those gentle emotions of 

 which inferior races exhibit but the rudiments. Savages 

 delight in giving pain rather than pleasure are almost de 

 void of sympathy. While among ourselves philanthropy 

 organizes itself in laws, establishes numerous institutions, 

 and dictates countless private benefactions. 



From which and other like facts, does it not seem an 

 unavoidable inference that new emotions are developed by 

 new experiences new habits of life ? All are familiar Avith 

 the truth, that in the individual, each feeling maybe strength 

 ened by performing those actions which it prompts ; and to 

 say that the feeling is strengthened, is to say that it is in 

 part made by these actions. We know further, that not 

 unfrequently, individuals, by persistence in special courses 

 of conduct, acquire special likings for such courses disagree 

 able as these may be to others ; and these whims, or mor 

 bid tastes, imply incipient emotions corresponding to these 

 special activities. We know that emotional characteristics, 

 in common with all others, are hereditary ; and the differ 

 ences between civilized nations descended from the same 



