The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.
From Arthur Keith
Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses.
Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.
Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.
Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.
My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.
Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.
In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended.
There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.
No tribe unites with another of its own free will.
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