Chapter X 



The Final Goal 



AS we approach the end of our thesis we must en- 

 J~\ deavour to sum up the whole argument and prove 

 a logical sequence onwards to our conclusion. As long 

 as the theory of Darwin held the field, it was evident 

 that anything in the nature of a higher or spiritual 

 evolution of the race was impossible. His theory 

 rested on the assumption that man, like the units of 

 every other species, was in a state of constant struggle 

 with the other members for the means of subsistence. 

 This struggle was necessary to his own existence and to 

 that of the genus, otherwise the units would cease to 

 continue "fit," and would therefore be exterminated 

 by other genera. This he called the " Law of Natural 

 Selection." As Darwin based his case on the carnivora, 

 we have taken up the argument from observed phe- 

 nomena of this species of vertebrates, and have given 

 proof of the law of the cannibal habit in the male which 

 is the means of repression of all excess of reproduction. 

 The method by which this was controlled was acknow- 

 ledged by Darwin to remain " most obscure." There 

 is therefore no necessity of a struggle for food, and 

 therefore the Law of Natural Selection goes by 

 default and is proved to be a false doctrine. As Darwin 

 had homologated the doctrine of Malthus, which he 

 said applied with manifold force to the whole animal 

 and vegetable kingdom, it was necessary to demon- 

 strate the unsoundness of this theory, and without 



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