DEFINITIONS OP THE POUR IEGREGATIVE PRINCIPLE 53 



'■', Definitions of the Foui ■ \regativt Principl 



First. Partition is the setting ol individuals in groups, the members 

 of each group associating with each other and securing »vha1 Pro 

 tor Giddings calls o ialization," and whal Professor Baldwin 

 calls social generalization," through learning from each other. 



i ond. Succt (of which election is the discriminate, and, therefore 

 the more importanl form). Election is the .uperior influence ol such 

 individuals a \ have besl attained the ideals, habitudes, and acquired 



iracters fitting them for individual ici and leadership; and 

 the inferior iucci \ and influence ol those tha in deficienl in the 

 tame ideals, habitude ;, and a< quired i hara< ters The term imitati /e 

 selection" has been defined by Professor Baldwin as produced b) 



imitative propagation from mind to mind with I heredity"; 



and as resulting in survival of ideas in wciety."* Imitative >ele< 

 tion seems, therefore, to co er, .-it leasl in part, whal I call election. 

 I have not, however, been able to u .<■ il in the anal • n in this 



chapter; for in my tabl lection is applied onl) to factors deter 

 mining th< ival ol innate variations, and, therefore, influencing 



racial heredity. The indiscriminate form oi uca I usually call 

 indiscriminate failure; foril is mosl effective in producing divergent 

 tyj;' .-. !;■■ ii indi * riminate slaughter, or absorption by a more power 

 ml race, lea only small and isolated fragments ol the original type 

 ivilization. 



Tarde empha ./■ the importance oi the suggestive and con 

 tagious influence oi certain ielecl individuals upon the group as a 

 whole."f 



Third. Isolati ■ individuals in groups, the 



members ol each group intergenerating, and o ecuring racial 

 generalization (or fundamental unity of inheritance) within each 

 group, while between the groups there is prevention ol fre< 



Fourth. Survival (ol whii ction is the discriminate, and, 



therefore, the more importanl forn le< tion . urvival (thai 



the continuance from generation to generation) ol those Individ 

 uals whose innate characters give them the advantage over others in 

 coming to maturity and reproducing. I lils nothing in selection 

 for individuals to complete their normal term ol life, unless the) 

 lea. pring in due proportion; and numerous offspring avail. 



B ial and '■■ . ■ , . . 



vi-:. ( '/,-, p. J;-. I i Evolution, i'/>', \> 166 



f See "Social Caws,"p .-. »n publi A u .1 ..... 



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