ABSTRACT
man has been described as a social animal and, whether from choice or necessity, individuals spend a large part of their time at work or play in association with their fellows. The hermit prefers to live alone, while force of circumstances compelled Robinson Crusoe to spend several years in the isolation of his desert island, but such are only an infinitesimal part of the world's 2,000 million population, and the rest in varying degrees live among their fellows and must adjust their individual desires to those of others. Some dislike crowds, they prefer to work on their own, they associate with only a few chosen companions, and they enjoy best a vacation in the remoteness of the moors, dales or highlands. Others are more gregarious, as witness Hampstead Heath, Blackpool, and Margate during holidays, and for such people “getting together” seems to be essential for their enjoyment. This range of individual attitudes towards social relations must be kept continually in mind by those who deal with problems of human association.
