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opposition to the State of Nature, the State of Art 

 of an organized polity ; in which, and by which, 

 man may develop a worthy civilization, capable 

 of maintaining and constantly improving itself, 

 until the evolution of our globe shall have entered 

 so t'ar upon its downward course that the cosmic 

 process resumes its sway; and, once more, the 

 State of Nature prevails over the surface of our 



Note (see p. 30). It seems the fashion nowadays to ignore 

 Hartley ; though, a century and a half ago, he not only laid 

 the foundations but built up much of the superstructure of a 

 true theory of the Evolution of the intellectual and moral 

 faculties. He speaks of- what I have termed the ethical process 

 as "our Progress from Self-interest to Self-annihilation." 

 Observations on Man (1749), voL ii. p. 281. 



