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Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.

Arthur Keith
War, Mean, Imagination
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority.

Arthur Keith
Opportunity, Matter, Authority
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

Arthur Keith
Tribes, Free Will
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war.

Arthur Keith
War, Humanity, World
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.

Arthur Keith
Discovery, Agriculture, Groups
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

No tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth.

Arthur Keith
Errors, Charm, Form

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

Arthur Keith
Balance, Liberty, Problem
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms.

Arthur Keith
Civilization, Becoming, Experts
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.

Arthur Keith
Christian, Ancient, Universalism
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution.

Arthur Keith
Men, Feelings, Evolution
Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

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