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which we have to deal when analysing the traits 

 of many gregarious animals. We must, in fact, 

 regard individuals very much as the physiologist 

 regards the various component organs of the 

 body. Among social animals, including the 

 human race, it was not so much the question 

 which beast or which man would in the long run 

 prove the fittest to survive, as which herd of 

 beasts or which tribe of men. 



The struCTo-le tor existence in nature, as in the 

 commercial world, takes place between those who 

 get a livelihood in a similar manner, and in both 

 instances amalgamations and joint - stock com- 

 panies are formed which, while not doing away 

 with competition, render it a matter of strife 

 between corporations rather than of strife be- 

 tween individuals. 



The relations of the individual to his com- 

 munity, 'whether among men or among beasts, is 

 always a matter of great philosophic interest. 

 Almost every question of internal politics among 

 all peoples from the very commencement of civili- 

 sation has arisen owing to the perpetual need of 

 adjustment between public and private "rights." 



We are beginnino- to understand that in hun- 

 dreds of instances among the lower animals nature 



