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offsprin g. Now when we come to consider 

 s ociety, we have t o deal with a very co mplex 

 set of phenomena, and what is fittest in one 

 asp ect may not be fittest in anoth er. But 

 natural selection implies no further morality 

 than " Nothing succeeds like success."' If the 

 struggle for food and mates be carried on on its 

 lowest terms, the strongest and the strongest 

 only would be selected. But cunning can do a 

 great deal against strength. Now we cannot 

 be sure that a sfood combination of strength 



and cunning will be selected : strength in some 

 cases, cunning in others this is what we find 

 if we compare different species of animals and 

 different races of men. Again, the strongest 

 and largest and in many ways finest animals 

 are not necessarily those most capable of adapt- 

 ing themselves to changed circumstances. The 

 insignificant may more easily find food and 

 escape enemies. We cannot be sure that 

 Evolution will al ways lead t o wh at we sh ould 

 regarcTas the greatest perfection of any species. 

 Degeneration enters in as well as progress/ 

 The latest theory about the Aryan race makes 

 it come from the north of Europe, conquer the 

 feebler races of the south, and, having proved 



