178 SUPER-OBGANIC EVOLUTION 



that then the organisms of the engineer, musician, 

 painter will be more differentiated from their 

 respective advance in each of these lines ; and thus 

 what man will have gained, on the general intel- 

 lectual plane, will be differentiated by his especial 

 aptitudes being still more pronounced : the painter 

 will be a better painter, the musician more musical, 

 the engineer more expert, and the intellectual level 

 will be rising indefinitely. 



So that, if difference in intellect or ability is a 

 necessary means of progress, there will be, however, 

 another condition that will make men equal, in 

 order to feel more thoroughly their solidarity, 

 namely, education. 



Politeness must rise to the level of art ; in a 

 society in which there is no restraint but that of 

 one's own or another's dignity, respect for others 

 must be absolute, and relations between individuals 

 must be those of perfect courtesy, which is the 

 artistic part of education. Scrupulous cleanliness 

 of person and care of dress must form part of a 

 sound discipline, the sole condition upon which 

 men can and should be equal, and one which, after 

 economic distinctions, will eliminate class dis- 

 tinctions. This is the more easy to understand, 

 that we see every day persons of humble station 

 who, by their bearing and manners, seem to be a 

 privileged class ; and, on the contrary, persons 



