ANALOGY — TRUE AND FALSE 41 



is, from a germ. Language must have begun in 

 the most rudimentary sounds. Art, we know, be- 

 gan in the most rude and simple marks and signs ; 

 science in the crudest, simplest facts ; religion in 

 childish superstition ; and so on through the whole 

 scope of human development. Development is al- 

 ways from the simple to the complex. 



There is, no doubt, a deep-seated analogy between 

 the growth of the individual and the growth of the 

 state or nation ; between revolutions in history, and 

 storms and convulsions in nature. 



We speak of the root of the matter ; everything 

 really has its root, its obscure beginning, its hidden 

 underground processes. 



There are types and suggestions everywhere — 

 fresh fuel checks the fire ; the soft stone cuts the 

 steel the fastest ; the first big drops of the shower 

 raise the dust. 



The analogy between the development of animal 

 life upon the earth and the growth of organized 

 communities seems complete. In the lower forms of 

 life, there is no specialisation, or division of func- 

 tions. The amoeba can move, feel, digest, reproduce 

 in every part of its structure ; it is not dififeren- 

 tiated or specialized; so in the rudest tribes, there 

 is little division of labor. As animal life develops, 

 each part of the body has a function of its own ; and 

 as communities develop, extreme specialization takes 

 place. Organic life goes from the simple to the 

 complex, as does progress in human affairs. This 

 is the law of all growth. 



