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Civilized life, on the other hand, presents the 

 opposite of these conditions. The community as 

 a whole is constantly tending away from the mas- 

 culine toward the feminine type. It is stable, 

 invariable ; it does not change its location, it does 

 not seek war with its neighbors. It is quiescent, 

 law-abiding, altruistic in a high degree. It builds 

 asylums for its unfortunate members, and rejoices 

 in the progress and welfare of other nations. In 

 its internal life, on the contrary, it has moved away 

 from the feminine type toward the masculine. 

 Here is seen an expression of the greatest varia- 

 bility. Domestic and commercial life within the 

 nation grow complex, unstable. New inventions 

 are constantly changing the order of things. The 

 fiercest competition, the strongest egoism exists. 



To continue the illustration used in the case of 

 the savage community, let us suppose the ball 

 rolled about from place to place to have been a 

 seed which now takes root and grows. The plant 

 is fixed as to its outer conditions, it represents the 

 civilized community, but internally, its cells are 

 all active, all highly individualized and developing 

 in various ways. 



None can question that the elements composing 

 civilized society are developing the highest possible 

 individuality. 



In the beginning the protoplasm lived, formless, 

 simple, sacrificing nothing to race ends. 



But this condition was incompatible with prog- 



