3 io GRAND STRATEGY OF EVOLUTION 



problem in social philosophy, passed from an inchoate, 

 sporadic phase to a purely academic question, then 

 into an urgent practical problem, and thence into mili- 

 tant constructive action. 



Just such an intelligently aggressive attitude must 

 be created in respect to the philosophy of dominion, 

 the elder brother of slavery, before more enduring 

 foundations for social cooperation can be laid and a 

 broader, more profitable system of social life securely 

 built upon them. The compelling vision of a per- 

 sonal peril must be created within man by every form 

 of social tyranny; a mental vision, clear and sharp as 

 the image of a physical weapon aimed at him and his 

 children, before the will to combat that particular evil 

 can exist, and before the obligation to destroy it can 

 be fulfilled. 



V. Fear as a Counter Evil 



But the vision of truth must still further grow in 

 breadth and clearness, for in every birth of truth is resi- 

 dent a new born evil to test the youthful vision. For 

 once created, fear begets fear, distorts and multiplies 

 its images ; sees friends in foes, and danger where dan- 

 ger long since has passed away. 



If slavery and dominion are self-destructive, and 

 permanent barriers to social growth, so are the coun- 

 ter evils, freedom, independence, and anarchy. Soci- 

 ety cannot exist without mutual services. No one can 

 be free, or independent, and at the same time be an 

 organic part of any society. One must be either a serv- 

 iceable, or striving to be a serviceable part of the so- 

 ciety wherein one is placed, using one's social priv- 



