...explained the social hierarchy in human affairs. "Man, like every other animal," he wrote in one place, "has no doubt advanced to his present high condition through a struggle for existence" and if that advance is to continue he "must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would...

...(Chap. 5, p. 521). 28. Ibid., Chap. 7, p. 550. 29. Thus, Darwin advises, "Man like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition...that he must remain subject to a severe struggle. . . . Hence our natural rate of increase, though leading to many and obvious evils, must not be greatly...

...of assistance in "civilized" societies (Descent of Man, 130-31). 78. "Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition...feared that he must remain subject to a severe struggle There should be open competition for all men; and the most able should not be prevented by laws or...

...the inferior members tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition...it is to be feared that he must remain subject to severe struggle. Otherwise he would sink into indolence, and the more fitted men would not be more...

...hierarchical social order in which people are exploited on the basis of race, gender and class. Notes on his rapid multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle" (Descent 2: 403). 2. Darwin compares: "Sexual selection...

...the inferior members tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition...multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would soon sink into indolence, and the more...

...thus a counter-selective factor. He concludes with a reminder that: 'Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition...existence consequent on his rapid multiplication' and warns that the advance will be halted unless he remains subject to severe struggle. Otherwise, he would...

...that the population principle is the engine, not just of change, but of something resembling progress: "Man . . . has no doubt advanced to his present high...existence consequent on his rapid multiplication" (403). Even more fundamentally, Darwin's Origin of Species incorporated Malthus's axioms that the basic,...

...work, to endorse the theory that came to be known as social Darwinism: "Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition...be feared that he must remain subject to a severe struggle."3 While this affirmation of social Darwinism was misguided, Darwin's insight that, as long...