A8SO( IATION 



mpaiati'.e secnri' <-d, is directly responsi- 



lie preservation and perpetuation ,,j such charac- 



ters as t<> I. sympathy, and compassion, among 



tin- highest liunian qualities. Me>ides the pro- 



of indixiduaU |. ->ini: (heM mm.-nll.. <|ual- 



1 the ap|' 



gressive variation-. al>iiLr the same line. This was 

 -cured l,\ virtue of th,. fart that more numerous off- 

 spi ing means an increased chance for tli ranee of 



\ LTfrminal variation. \\'illi surviv 



:ial.l\ .-.-i-tain that SOIIH- imlivi.luals will 

 have inii.it' -r to those generally pos- 



sessed )>y the former LTriHTatioii. lii this way, associa- 

 tion t'ii-lM| to niiiiulat*' hioloirieal gains. 



:ioup life the gain of one member through imit;t 

 became the gain of the group. A new way to perform 

 some old function, greater de\t. rity attained by one, a 

 Hirer mrtho.l for >.--uring food, were gains <|iiiekly imi- 

 tat'l ly .tli r members of the group. In this manner 

 all received benefit from the discovery of one. Pa 



:i in the common cause, sharing in the general bene- 



perated to modify the more plastic individuals and 



<1 sympathy and tol, -ration. Imitation of those 



who were of rally sympathetic and reasonable dis- 



n t.-nded to repress excessive cruelty and in: 

 . and gave that unity and col which made co- 



operation both 1 1 ile and successful. In this way 



the social process cumulated gains, and group experi- 

 ence came to ne more ordered and varied. 



iluned action in hunt -ling, and defense, ex- 



ercised a constant discipline over antipathies and sym- 

 pathies, . .wers of discrimination and coordim. 



Adaptabilities were consciously trained by cooperation. 



