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struggle lor each individual self does not apparently 

 admit of such soft-hearted virtues as these. Indeed, , 

 it would appear as though it were rather the very ' 

 struggle for existence between rival families, tribes, 

 nations, and races, which had largely compelled man ' 

 to develop his unselfish virtues, to submerge self in 

 what proves to be an at least limited altruism; precisely 

 as it has done amongst the animals of the jungle. 



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Let us therefore frankly admit that our theory, as 

 hitherto presented, has been only partly true; that it is 

 at best only a guess at partial truth. There are other 

 factors entering into the problem which will profoundly 

 modify, or add to, the theory of a ruthless and purely 

 selfish struggle for existence. Not only x but y and 2, 

 and for all I know the twenty-three other letters of 

 the alphabet, may yet have to represent man in our 

 algebraic formula of the complex problem which he 

 presents. For there would seem to be many other facul- 

 ties or qualities besides reason that enter into man's 

 make-up. Man is not pure intelligence or thought 

 only. Man is also emotion or feeling. Man is like- 

 wise will or volition. His appears to be a sacred mind 

 trinity, without any one of which he is incomplete; for 

 will, too, seems to stand as final arbiter between the 

 conflicting claims of intellect and emotion. On his 

 animal side, moreover, man is largely instinct, a 

 quality which relates him to the lower animals, thus 

 showing his probable derivation. On his spiritual 



