CHAPTER I.

CHARACTER, THE BASIS OF SOCIETY.

Production of character the most important object, p. 1. The known conditions of physical variation, p. 2. Mental equivalents of physical variation in (1) benefits of ability, p. 4; (2) Inheritance, p. 4; (3) Artificial increase of variation, p. 5; (4) Excitement of variation, p. 6; (5) Gain by use, p. 6; (6) Loss by atrophy, p. 7; (7) Variation made permanent by competition, p. 10. Immutability of general type, physical and mental, p. 11.