78 PROLEGOMENA 



. That which lies before the human race is a constant 

 struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to the 

 State of Nature, the State of Art of an organized polity ; 

 in which, and by which, man may develop a worthy civi- 

 lization, capable of maintaining and constantly improv- 

 ing itself, until the evolution of our globe shall have en- 

 tered so far upon its downward course that the cosmic 

 process resumes its sway; and, once more, the State of 

 Nature prevails over the surface of our planet. 



Note (see p. 30). It seems the fashion nowadays to ignore 

 Hartley; though, a century and a half ago, he not only laid the 

 foundations but built up much of the superstructure of a true 

 theory of the Evolution of the intellectual and moral faculties. 

 He speaks of what I have termed the ethical process as "our 

 Progress from Self-interest to Self-annihilation." Observations on 

 Man (1749), vol. ii. p. 281. [T. H. H.] 



