120 EVOLUTION, SOCIAL AND ORGANIC 



principle of the division of labor, the more 

 requisite it becomes for the stable existence 

 of the state as a whole that its members should 

 distribute among themselves the multifarious 

 tasks of life, each performing a single func- 

 tion; and as the labor which must be per- 

 formed by the individuals, as well as the ex- 

 penditure of strength, talent, money, etc.f 

 which it necessitates, differs more and more, 

 it is natural that the remuneration of this la- 

 bor must also vary widely. These are facts so 

 simple and so obvious that it seems to me 

 every intelligent and enlightened statesman 

 ought to be an advocate of the theory of 

 descent and the general doctrine of evolution 

 as the best antidote for the absurd equalitar- 

 ian, Utopian notions of the Socialists. 



"And it was Darwinism, the theory of selec- 

 tion, that Virchow, in his denunciation, had 

 in mind, rather than the mere metamorphic 

 development, the theory of descent, with which 

 it is always confused ! Darwinism is anything 

 rather than socialistic. 



"If one wishes to attribute a political tend- 

 ency to this English theory — which is quite 

 permissible — this tendency can be nothing 

 but aristocratic; by no means can it be de- 

 mocratic, still less socialistic. 



"The theory of selection teaches that in the 



