CHAPTER XIII 



WORLD FEDERATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS 



THE goal of social evolution, in the true Dar- 

 winian theory, is the federation of the 

 entire human race. ^ This is an essential condition 

 of the highest development of man, for only thus 

 can moral progress, the highest welfare, and the 

 largest life for the individual, the nation, and 

 the entire race be attained. The federation of the 

 world is the unifying thesis of all social progress. 

 The chief obstacle in the way of world federation 

 is the philosophy of force. As long as nations 

 believe that military force can be used aggres- 

 sively to promote national welfare, they will be 

 unwilling to give up the right to declare war when- 

 ever they wish to do so. But the Great War 

 itself may be a powerful factor in bringing about 

 the intellectual revolution which is the necessary 

 condition for the abolition of our present system of 

 international anarchy. The disappearance of the 

 belief in the advantages of aggression on the one 

 hand, and the common need of all nations for 



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