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nation into the earlier and grosser forms of 

 superstition. Spaniards became alike by de- 

 scending in the scale of civilization. 



Progress then is not the making of the 

 strong, but that protection of the weak by 

 which differentiation becomes possible. A 

 forward movement can care for itself if the 

 initial conditions are favorable, and human 

 efforts are of little avail in augmenting or in 

 changing the direction of these forces. With 

 the aid of their strong characters men may 

 move forward as far as the initial economic 

 forces take them. But these forces will not 

 aid men on their weak sides, because natural 

 changes make individual weaknesses feebler 

 instead of stronger. The series of steps 

 making for progress, although almost complete, 

 lacks enough elements to block progress, when 

 no efforts are made to strengthen the dwarfed 

 characters in men. And strengthening the 

 weak is not a final process, but one which 

 must be repeated by each generation with 

 ever increasing care. The strength of the 

 strong is natural, that of the weak is acquired. 

 The differentiation of powers is the outcome 



