1-02 CREATIVE INVOLUTION 



the highest variation consistent with organic unity 

 as shown in the lower stages by free-swimming 

 propensities ; in the higher, by spontaneity of action 

 generally. Indeed, there is great danger that an 

 involute may have its rise in too low a degree of in- 

 dividualisation to permit of its forming a link in the 

 life-sequence. With the large majority of its citi- 

 zens barely over the edge of illiteracy, Germany may 

 have come prematurely to the sense of a national 

 self. From the point of view of our democratic ideal 

 there is not the requisite heterogeneity among its ele- 

 ments to make life more than efficient for the day. 

 On the other hand, the democratic ideal may be sub- 

 versive of the necessary homogeneity for the inform- 

 ing of an organic whole. However that may be, it 

 is interesting to note that the emphasis France has 

 placed upon individual development is not telling 

 against its spirit of loyalty. 



Another invariant of the group-analysis, and one 

 that is concomitant with the self-development of the 

 element, is the sense of conscious adjustment with 

 his fellows. This means political wisdom and vir- 

 tue in a word, democracy. Says Mr. Graham 

 Wallas : " The very existence of the Great Society 

 requires that there should be found in each genera- 

 tion a certain number of men and women whose de- 

 sire for the good of others is sufficiently reliable and 

 continuous to ensure that they will carry out the 

 duty of originating leadership (mere dexterous self- 



