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own "disciples." Darwinism has come to stand 

 for a social doctrine which Darwin himself re- 

 pudiated. And now, after fifty years, we may well 

 take stock of the social conceptions (or miscon- 

 ceptions) which have grown up around "Dar- 

 winism" and see what aid biological laws, half a 

 century after Darwin, give us in the framing of 

 social principles. It was a work which direly 

 needed doing; and all students of those subjects 

 which really do represent the social foundations 

 will be grateful to Dr. Nasmyth for having 

 contributed to it. 



Norman Angell. 



Ithaca, New York, 

 June 30, 1 91 5. 



