CHAPTER II 



CAUSES OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF 

 FORCE 



WHAT are the causes of the success of the 

 philosophy of force, and how did the dis- 

 torted form of "social Darwinism, "which it claims 

 for its scientific foundation, gain its almost uni- 

 versal acceptance? 



In seeking the answer to this question we shall 

 come upon a surprising series of facts. 



We shall discover that the doctrine known as 

 "social Darwinism," which finds the cause of 

 social progress in war, universal competition, and 

 the rdle of struggle and force in human relations, 

 was not created by Darwin; but that he based 

 his whole theory of social progress on the moral 

 law and the social instincts. 



We shall find that this doctrine was repudiated 

 in its application as a law of human society by the 

 co-discoverer of the theory of evolution, Wallace; 

 and by Darwin's intimate friend and chief disciple, 

 Huxley. 



We shall find that the misapplication of Dar- 

 win's biological theory to human society, which is 



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