ABSTRACT
It is possible to distinguish impulsive desires from those which follow upon a judgment of approval. In the appetites for food, sex, and sleep, and the passions of love, jealousy, and revenge, the impulse precedes any imputation of worth. Civilization is not simply the progress of the arts it is also the growth of wants in number and variety and the shifting of the accent from type to type. Food, drink, shelter, sex make up the animal group of wants. The conspiracy of Occidental philosophy, ethics, and literature to depreciate ambition and striving is a striking example of social valuation. It is certainly not an individual valuation. The uplifting of the American negro is another field for the method of control by social valuations. We cannot manage men by social suggestions, ideals, or valuations, unless these are above them.
