 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1896 - 616 páginas
...the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint ; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all...shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows ; ita influence is directed, not so much to the survival of the fittest, as to the fitting of as many... | |
 | 1911 - 856 páginas
...place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or heading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual...to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. it repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence." This passage forms a curious comment on the words,... | |
 | 1905 - 1004 páginas
..."demand self-restraint; In place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors," they "require that the Individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows." Wherever else these rubrics of sympathy hold, it is not in company-promoting, nor is a "combine" yet... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1918 - 474 páginas
...organic world. Modern civilisation is founded on the altruistic and moral inventions of mankind, and are directed not so much to the survival of the fittest...to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. Nature cuts off the weak, deformed, and stragglers in life's battle: war selects its victims from the... | |
 | 1899 - 336 páginas
...self-assertion, it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside or treading down all competition, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect,...to the fitting of as many as possible to survive." Thus Huxley, one of the most acute thinkers of the century, has placed sympathy on a scientific basis... | |
 | 1897 - 1166 páginas
...the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint ; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all...to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. It repu diates the gladiatorial theory of existence. It demands that each man who enters into the enjoyment... | |
 | 1894 - 900 páginas
...which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self- restraint; in place of thrusting aside,...to the survival of the fittest, as to the fitting as many as possible to survive. It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence. * Proceedings of... | |
 | 1895 - 902 páginas
...gives away his entire case against evolutionary ethics by the assertion that the practice of goodness is directed " not so much to the survival of the fittest as to fitting as many as possible to survive." But surely it can not be doubted that those " fitted to survive... | |
 | American Association on Mental Deficiency - 1877 - 1178 páginas
...philanthropy and altruism shine out in her work. Our work is directed not so much to " the. survival of tho fittest," as to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. And that is the spirit of the noble, army of teachers who have these defectives in charge. The teacher... | |
 | 1893 - 632 páginas
...the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless self-assertion, it demands self-restraint ; in place of thrusting aside or treading down all competitors,...to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence. ... It is from neglect of these plain considerations... | |
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... the practice of that which is ethically best— what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which in all respects is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless self-assertion,... 
