CHAPTER X 

 SOCIAL HEREDITY 



AS soon as we come to grasp the application 

 of the principle of evolution described in the 

 previous chapters we can hardly fail to 

 perceive that the significance of its bearing on the 

 future of civilization is quite out of the ordinary. 

 The peoples who apply to practical affairs the lessons 

 which are involved will inevitably become the 

 leaders and organizers of the world. 



The future science of civilization may be summed 

 up in a sentence. It will be the science of Power. 

 It is waste of time to spend effort discussing other 

 principles of society. There is only one type 

 towards which the universal process of civilization 

 moves the type of society in which Power is 

 realized to the highest degree. It is therefore of the 

 first importance to grasp firmly the essential facts 

 that distinguish tne science of Power in society from 

 the science of Power everywhere else throughout 

 life. 



Now it has been already said that Darwinism is 



