312 Mutual Aid as a Law of Nature 



In the embryonic stage, when the germinal cellule 

 divides itself into two, then four, then eight cells, 

 and so on, in order to produce in the course of a few 

 months the trillions of cellules of the human body, 

 the multiplication of vital power which results is an 

 effect of this same process of association. If these 

 cellules separated from each other as fast as they 

 were formed, as is the case among the protozoas, 

 their vital power would not be increased, but by 

 remaining united they produce a being whose 

 vital power is enormous. As the result of this 

 combination each cellule forming part of a very 

 complex organization has a vital power infinitely 

 superior to that of the mono-cellillar organisms. 

 In addition to his physiological growth, man can 

 grow psychologically (increasing his knowledge) 

 and economically (increasing his wealth) and 

 go on until old age developing his vital powers. 

 And the increase of intellectual and economic 

 power is most rapid for the man who lives in the 

 society which is largest and best organized, that is, 

 for the man who is part of the most perfect as- 

 sociation. 



Darwin has shown that the cause of the low 

 morality among savages is due to the narrow limits 

 of association, and that a necessary condition for 

 higher standards of morality is the extension of 

 the area over which the moral law is applied. 

 It follows from the law of acceleration, which 

 comes into operation wherever a constant force 

 acts in the same direction, that not only morality, 



