The Progress of the Race 
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The evolution of the Apiens, or at 
least of the Apite, being admitted, or 
regarded as more probable than that they 
should have remained stationary, let us 
now consider the general, constant direc- 
tion that this evolution takes. It seems 
| »to follow the same roads as with ourselves. 
It tends palpably to lessen the struggle, 
insecurity, and wretchedness of the race, 
to augment authority and comfort, and 
stimulate favourable chances. To this 
end it will unhesitatingly sacrifice the in- 
dividual, bestowing general strength and 
happiness in exchange for the illusory and 
mournful independence of solitude. It is 
as though Nature were of the opinion 
with which Thucydides credits Pericles: 
viz., that individuals are happier in the 
bosom of a prosperous city, even though 
they suffer themselves, than when indi- 
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