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into a multitude of independent states. Federa- 

 tion must and will come. It is for the good of 

 each and every one of these States. Humanity 

 still has far to travel, but the road lies clear 

 before us. 



Biologists speak of positive and of negative 

 selection. The one strengthens a trait and a race; 

 the other weakens it. War, as Darwin has pointed 

 out, acts as a negative selection. So long as 

 international anarchy persists, the negative 

 selection of war will continue. 



Justice is the prime condition of positive selec- 

 tion. It alone permits the highest development 

 of human life. Life and justice — these are identi- 

 cal terms. Expansion of life, happiness, associa- 

 tion, order, organization, health, security, liberty, 

 equality, material well-being, civilization, justice 

 — all are synonyms. What a pity that the world 

 has not realized it; what a calamity if it does not 

 soon realize it! The form and aspect would re- 

 main the same ; but a world animated by the spirit 

 of justice would, in its life more abundant, seem 

 to be peopled by a new and higher species. 



