CHAPTER VIII 

 THE KINGDOM OF MAN 



§ 1. Cosmosphere, Biosphere, and Sociosphere. — §2. Control in 

 the Domain of Things. — § 3. Control in the Realm of 

 Organisms. — § 4. Control of Disease.^ — § 5. Control of Body 

 and Mind. — § 6. Social Ideals : Eugenics, Eutechnics, and 

 Eutopias. — § 7. Selection in Mankind. — § 8. The Dilemma 

 of Civilisation. — § 9. The Social Heritage. — § 10. Man's 

 Imperium in Imperio. 



§ 1 COSMOSPHEBE, BlOSPHERE, AND SOCIOSPHERE 



OUE world may be thought of as three spheres, one 

 within the other, though all are comprehended 

 in the mind of Man, the measure of the universe. First, 

 there is the domain of things in general — the Cosmo- 

 sphere : — ^water, earth and air ; dewdrops, stones, and 

 the spacious firmament on high ; matter and motion, 

 the ether, and all the energies within the limits of the 

 inorganic. It is the domain of the relatively unorganised, 

 though there is some organisation in crystals and stellar 

 systems, not to speak of man-made machines ; but it is 

 begging a question to call it inanimate. The modern 

 discoveries of the internal activities of things show us 

 the inappropriateness of the word ' inert ' ; all is move- 



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