SCIENCE AND COLONIAL 

 DEVELOPMENT 



H. DE R. WALKER, M.P. 



IN his "Law and Public Opinion in England," 

 Professor Dicey traces the gradual displace- 

 ment of the old belief in individualism by faith in 

 the benefit to be derived from State intervention ; 

 and he enumerates some of the measures which 

 bear the impress of collectivism. The extension of 

 this survey from Great Britain to Greater Britain, 

 together with the consideration of similar action 

 taken by societies or individuals, would seem most 

 likely to fulfil the purpose of this chapter. For the 

 whole scheme of the book is a negation of the 

 idea that the individual is able to make the best 

 use of his life by his own unaided efforts. Liberty, 

 the right to unfettered development, is insufficient. 

 The application of scientific discoveries and scien- 

 tific methods to the needs of the individual must 

 be fostered and encouraged by the State. And if 

 this is true of the Englishman, how much more must 

 it be true of the backward races for whose welfare 

 the United Kingdom has made itself responsible ! 



The subject before the writer is so complex that 

 he will omit all reference to India, to Egypt, or to 

 the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan, which are not under 



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