DARWINISM AND POLITICS. 



better social order. 1 It might be objected that 

 in these passages we do not hear the voice of 

 German science and philosophy, but of that re- 

 actionary military spirit which has infected the 

 new German nation ; and I think it could be 

 shown that such sentiments are inconsistent 

 with admissions that Strauss himself makes, 

 although he and most German savants with 

 him believe that they are a necessary conse- 

 quence of the Evolutionist creed. 



Let us turn, however, to our English philo- 

 sopher who is always protesting against every- 

 thing that can on any pretext be ascribed to 

 the revived militancy of the present day. In 

 the name of Evolution and on behalf of the 

 survival of the fittest Mr. H erbert Spe ncer 

 cries out against " The Sins of Legislators " in 

 inter fering with the beneficent operation of the 

 pitiless discipline which kills off the unsuccess- 

 ful 1 members of societ y, and again st The Com - 

 i ng Slavery, " which he supposes would r esult 

 from socialistic attempts to dimini sh the mi sery 

 o f the world . 2 Now, just as in Strauss's case 



1 See esp. sees. 78, 79, 82, 83, 84 in German (ed. S. 

 i875) = secs. 74, 75, 78, 79, 80 in Eng. Tr. (ed. 3. 1874). 



2 See The Man v. the State, esp. the two essays named. 



