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1、PhysicsandPoliticsorThoughtsontheApplicationofthePrinciplesofNaturalSelectionandInheritancetoPoliticalSocietyWalterBagehotBatocheBooksKitchener2001Originallypublished:HenryS.King&Co.,London,1872.ThiseditionBatocheBooksLimited52EbyStreetSouthKitchener,OntarioN2G
2、3L1Canadaemail:batoche@gto.net.ContentsNo.I:ThePreliminaryAge................................................................5No.II:TheUseofConflict..............................................................27No.III:Nation-Making.............................
3、.......................................48No.IV:Nation-Making....................................................................64No.V:TheAgeofDiscussion.........................................................88No.VI:VerifiableProgressPoliticallyConsidered....
4、.....................114Notes..............................................................................................125No.I.ThePreliminaryAge.Onepeculiarityofthisageisthesuddenacquisitionofmuchphysicalknowledge.Thereisscarcelyadepartmentofscienceorartwhi
5、chisthesame,oratallthesame,asitwasfiftyyearsago.Anewworldofinventions—ofrailwaysandoftelegraphs—hasgrownuparounduswhichwecannothelpseeing;anewworldofideasisintheairandaffectsus,thoughwedonotseeit.Afullestimateoftheseeffectswouldrequireagreatbook,andIamsureIcoul
6、dnotwriteit;butIthinkImayusefully,inafewpapers,showhow,upononeortwogreatpoints,thenewideasaremodifyingtwooldsciences—politicsandpoliticaleconomy.Evenuponthesepointsmyideasmustbeincomplete,forthesubjectisnovel;but,atanyrate,Imaysuggestsomeconclusions,andsoshowwh
7、atisrequisiteevenifIdonotsupplyit.Ifwewantedtodescribeoneofthemostmarkedresults,perhapsthemostmarkedresult,oflatethought,weshouldsaythatbyitevery-thingismade‘anantiquity.’When,informertimes,ourancestorsthoughtofanantiquarian,theydescribedhimasoccupiedwithcoins,
8、andmed-als,andDruids’stones;thesewerethenthecharacteristicrecordsofthedecipherablepast,anditwaswiththesethatdecipherersbusiedthem-selves.Butnowthereareotherrelics;indeed,all
