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selection of disinterestedness and that of the most 

 active brains. 



In the society of the future the man who obeys 

 no other motive but that of his own dignity, and 

 who cannot feel the solidarity of the organisation 

 under which he lives, so far as to take advantage 

 of nothing that does not redound to his own 

 gain, will be a superfluity, and will constitute a 

 stumbling-block. He is quite content with present 

 society, and it is useless to convince him. For 

 that of the future he would be a hindrance and a 

 source of disturbance. 



When capital disappears, the conflict of classes 

 will disappear also. 



Men cannot be equal in intelligence, nor in taste 

 or ability, and in these differences progress chiefly 

 is found, since the different conditions will cause 

 the formation of new organs in the super-organic 

 organism, in order to assist progress by differentia- 

 tion, which is a biological law of all organic pro- 

 gress ; thus there will be painters, sculptors, 

 musicians, writers, as well as chemists, physicians, 

 engineers, naturalists, etc. 



What may be admitted scientifically, and will no 

 doubt happen, is that man, in time, when really 

 healthy, will attain a degree of intelligence of a 

 very high order, and that intelligences, generally 



considered, will approximate one another in value ; 



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