ABSTRACT
Social philosophy may be aptly divided (as political economy has been) into statics and dynamics; the first treating of the equilibrium of a perfect society, the second of the forces by which society is advanced towards perfection. The desires of the savage acting, indiscriminately, necessarily lead him to perpetual trespasses against his fellows, and, consequently, to endless antagonisms to quarrels of individuals, to fightings of tribes, to feuds of clan with clan, to wars of nations. Such counterbalancing tendency we have in this same sentiment of hero-worship; a sentiment which leads men to prostrate themselves before any manifestation of power, be it in chief, feudal lord, king, or constitutional government, and makes them act in subordination to that power. Glancing over modern Europe , we find the assassinations of Italy, the cruelties of the Croats and Czeeks, and the Austrian butcheries, illustrating the relationship.
