ABSTRACT
The presence of individuals possessed of the ambitious and social instinct is a necessary condition for the welfare and progress, nay for the very existence, of the race. The road along which the race is travelling is bordered by ditches which we may describe as the forces which are anti-social, all of which are based on and derive their strength from one great static influence which we term ignorance. The more the collective knowledge of the race increases the wider becomes the road, the more free the circulation, the more rapid the progress, and the greater the vital powers of the race. The race or group of individuals increases in power and prosperity, or dwindles, dies out, or falls under the control of another more powerful race, as it comes under the influence of social or antisocial leaders. Different conquering races have dealt with the conquered in various manners.
