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" Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and without coherence nothing can be effected. A tribe possessing the above qualities in a high degree would spread and be victorious over other tribes; but in the course of time it would, judging from all... "
Socialism in Theory and Practice - Page 36
by Morris Hillquit - 1909 - 361 pages
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volume 1

Charles Darwin - 1871 - 468 pages
...without coherence nothing can be effected. A tribe possessing the above qualities in a high degree would spread and be victorious over other tribes ;...past history, be in its turn overcome by some other 5 Sec a remarkable series of articles on Physics and Politics in the 1 Fortnightly Review,' Nov. 1867...
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The Descent of man

Charles Darwin - 1871 - 432 pages
...Bagehot has well shown,' is of the highest value, for .any form of government js better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and...without coherence nothing can be effected. A tribe possessing the above qualities in a high degree would spread and be victorious over other tribes; but...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volume 1

Charles Darwin - 1871 - 554 pages
...Mr. Bagehot has well shewn,5 is of the highest value, for any form of government is better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and...without coherence nothing can be effected. A tribe possessing the above qualities in a high degree would spread and be victorious over other tribes ;...
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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin - 1874 - 840 pages
...Mr. Bagehot has well shewn,5 is of the highest value, for any form of government is better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and...effected. A tribe rich in the above qualities would spread aud bo victorious over other tribes : but in the course of time it would, judging from all past history,...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin - 1890 - 724 pages
...Bagehot has well shewn, 5 is of the highest value, for any form of government is better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and...above qualities would spread and be victorious over othei tribes: but in the course of time it would, judging from all past history, be in its turn overcome...
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The Evolution of Woman: An Inquiry Into the Dogma of Her Inferiority to Man

Eliza Burt Gamble - 1893 - 402 pages
...country, came into competition, if (other circumstances being equal) the one tribe included a great number of courageous, sympathetic, and faithful members,...would spread and be victorious over other tribes. . . . Thus the social and moral qualities would tend slowly to advance and be diffused throughout the...
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The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin - 1898 - 712 pages
...Mr. Bagchot has well shewn,5 is of the highest value, for any form of government is better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and...would, judging from all past history, be in its turn overeome by some other tribe still more highly endowed. Thus the social and moral qualities would tend...
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Intelligence in Plants and Animals: Being a New Edition of the Author's ...

Thomas George Gentry - 1900 - 532 pages
...his comrades. Obedience is of the highest importance, for any form of government is better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and without coherence nothing can be effected. Thus, a tribe possessing these qualities in an eminent degree would spread and be victorious over other...
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INTELLIGENCE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

THOMAS G GENTRY - 1900 - 566 pages
...his comrades. Obedience is of the highest importance, for any form of government is better than none. Selfish and contentious people will not cohere, and without coherence nothing can be effected. Thus, a tribe possessing these qualities in an eminent degree would spread and be victorious over other...
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The Mid-west Quarterly, Volume 1

1914 - 404 pages
...civilisation availed to stamp out the plague of contention. In his Descent of Man Darwin observes, "Selfish and contentious people will not cohere and without coherence nothing can be effected" — a statement of which the events of yesterday and to-day in Mexico, Cuba, and Central America are sufficient...
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