^20 THE AXGLO-SAXOX AXD THE WORLD's FUTURE. 



There is here a new commingimg of races ; and, while 

 the largest injections of foreign blood are substantiallj' 

 the same elements that constituted the original Anglo- 

 Saxon admixture, so that we may infer the general type 

 will be preserved, there are strains of other bloods being 

 added, which, if Mr. Emerson's remark is true, that 

 "the best nations are those most widely related," may 

 be expected to improve the stock, and aid it to a higher 

 destiny. If the dangers of immigration, which have been 

 pointed out, can be successfully met for the next few 

 years, until it has passed its climax, it may be exjDected 

 to add value to the amalgam which will constitute the 

 new Anglo-Saxon race of the New World. Concerning 

 our future, Herbert Spencer says : ' ' One great result is, 

 I think, tolerably clear. From biological truths it is to 

 be inferred that the eventual mixture of the allied varie- 

 ties of the Aryan race, forming the population, will 

 produce a more powerful type of man than has hitherto 

 existed, and a type of man more plastic, more adaptable, 

 more capable of undergoing the modifications needful 

 for complete social life. I think, w^hatever difficulties 

 they may have to surmount, and whatever tribulations 

 they may have to pass through, the Americans may 

 reasonably look forward to a time Avhen they will have 

 produced a civilization grander than any the world has 

 known." 



It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, 

 that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the 

 exponent are having a fuller development in the United 

 States than in Great Britain. There the union of Church 

 and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members 

 of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence 

 to destroy spiritual life and power. Here, also, has been 

 evolved the form of government consistent with the 

 largest possible civil liberty. Furthermore, it is signifi- 

 cant that the marked characteristics of this race are be- 

 ing here emphasized most. Among the most striking- 

 features of the Anglo-Saxon is his money-making power 

 — a power of increasing importance in the widening com- 



