392 World Federation and Social Progress 



1 . To live in a world which is rationally organized 



and most perfectly adapted to the needs of the 

 human race ; 



2. To form a part of the most perfect society within 



this larger association ; 



3. To occupy as high as possible a position in this 



society. 



This classification of the interests of each indi- 

 vidual is in the order of importance, but unfortu- 

 nately it is the reverse of the order in which these 

 interests are presented to his consciousness. Every 

 person in seeking his own personal welfare (wealth, 

 position, honor) tends directly toward the third ob- 

 ject. Patriotism is a means by which all citizens, 

 or groups of citizens, who contribute their services 

 to advance the welfare of their country, tend to- 

 ward the second. But that larger patriotism, em- 

 bracing all humanity and indispensable alike for 

 the highest development of the individual and 

 the nation, has become conscious in the minds of 

 only a few men, and can become a vital force only 

 with the growth of such political institutions as 

 a world court, a world parliament, and a world 

 executive. 



Social theory, then, after advancing from indi- 

 vidualism through nationalism to internationalism, 

 returns again to the individual as the object of the 

 highest development of the process of evolution. 

 The first condition for the maximum enjo3^ment 

 and the greatest expansion of life for the individual 



