Theories Worth Having: And Other PapersPriv. print., 1919 - 212 стор. |
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... human bet- terment . He was never a perfunctory member of any organization to which he belonged . Besides being a member of the National Economic Association , he was a member of the Economic Club of Boston , of the Monday and Tuesday ...
... human bet- terment . He was never a perfunctory member of any organization to which he belonged . Besides being a member of the National Economic Association , he was a member of the Economic Club of Boston , of the Monday and Tuesday ...
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... in numbers of the individuals of a species depends upon the relation between the generative pow- ers and the resistance to life . The human spe- cies if unhindered would double in twenty - five years THEORIES WORTH HAVING 13.
... in numbers of the individuals of a species depends upon the relation between the generative pow- ers and the resistance to life . The human spe- cies if unhindered would double in twenty - five years THEORIES WORTH HAVING 13.
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... human life can be supported more abundantly . The individual , society , or nation whose theories do not check up to the above standard , but instead sanction the expenditure of physical and intellectual energy in amusements that leave ...
... human life can be supported more abundantly . The individual , society , or nation whose theories do not check up to the above standard , but instead sanction the expenditure of physical and intellectual energy in amusements that leave ...
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... human energy is emphasized when we under- stand that the organic growth which we call progress is the outcome of a struggle for exist- ence where the fittest survive , and by the fittest is meant the most efficient in the particular ...
... human energy is emphasized when we under- stand that the organic growth which we call progress is the outcome of a struggle for exist- ence where the fittest survive , and by the fittest is meant the most efficient in the particular ...
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... human beings as to packs of the lower animals , the same to tribes of savages or civ- ilized nations as to a pack of wolves . That is , where the lives and welfare of its citi- zens depend upon the ability of the nation to protect ...
... human beings as to packs of the lower animals , the same to tribes of savages or civ- ilized nations as to a pack of wolves . That is , where the lives and welfare of its citi- zens depend upon the ability of the nation to protect ...
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Сторінка 31 - It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Сторінка 32 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка 59 - AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Сторінка 6 - Say first, of God above, or man below What can we reason, but from what we know? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer? Through worlds unnumbered though the God be known, Tis ours to trace Him only in our own.
Сторінка 31 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse : a Ratio of Increase so high as to lead to a Struggle for Life, and as a consequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable...
Сторінка 141 - Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you," applies to all who would help others to gain their liberty.
Сторінка 62 - Independence a new era in social production appeared, as a result of three inventions, the invention of the spinning jenny, the power loom, and the steam engine.
Сторінка 49 - Such predominance forces a nation to seek markets, and, where possible, to control them to its own advantage by preponderant force, the ultimate expression of which is possession. . . . From this flow two results: the attempt to possess and the organization of force by which to maintain possession already achieved.
Сторінка 47 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs his neighbor ; who is prompt to help a friend ; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.
Сторінка 47 - We must play a great part in the world, and especially . . . perform those deeds of blood and valor which above everything else bring national renown.