CHAP, xii "DARWINISM AND POLITICS" 133 



that reason, as embodied in governments, may achieve 

 a better economy of material than is done by [" nat- 

 ural selection " or] laissez faire. But whatever the 

 value of this hint, it is not Darwinian. And the title 

 promises Darwinism ; and that is what we are study- 

 ing at this moment. 



Some further remarks on Prof. Ritchie's positions 

 will be found in chapters xvii. and xx.] 



