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which included the greatest number of sym- 

 pathetic members would flourish best, and 

 rear the greatest number of oflfspring." Kro- 

 potkin complains that Darwin did not suffi- 

 ciently develop this idea, but over-emphasized 

 the idea of "competition'' for life, and this 

 error, he insists, was further accentuated by 

 his disciples. "It happened with Darwin's 

 theory," he says, "as it always happens with 

 theories having any bearing upon human re- 

 lations. Instead of widening it according to 

 his own hints, his followers narrowed it still 

 more." 



It is a mistake to suppose that Kropotkin 

 denies the Darwinian principle of mutual 

 struggle. "It is evident," says he, "that no 

 review of evolution can be complete unless 

 these two dominant currents are analyzed * * * 

 The struggles between these two forces make, 

 in fact, the substance of history." He antici- 

 pates the objection that his work only em- 

 phasizes the principle of mutual aid by insist- 

 ing that the principle of struggle has "already 

 been analyzed, described, and glorified from 

 time immemorial. In fact, up to the present 

 time, this current alone has received attention 

 from thef epical poet, the annalist, the histor- 

 ian, and the sociologist." 



The main body of his book is a solid mass 



