Author of "The Malay Archipelago," "Darwinism,"
"Man's Place in the Universe," "The World of Life,"
&c. &c.

Cassell and Company, Ltd
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1913

First Edition March 1913.
Reprinted April and June 1913.

Contents

PART I.—HISTORICAL
CHAPTER PAGE
1.Introductory[1]
2.Morality as Based upon Character[4]
3.Permanence of Character[8]
4.Permanence of High Intellect[15]
5.Speech and Writing as Proofs of Intelligence[28]
6.Savages Not Morally Inferior to Civilised Races[31]
7.A Selective Agency Needed to Improve Character[36]
8.Environment during the Nineteenth Century[40]
9.Insanitary Dwellings and Life-destroying Trades[47]
10.Adulteration, Bribery, and Gambling[55]
11.Our Administration of "Justice" is Immoral[62]
12.Indications of Increasing Moral Degradation[67]
PART II.—THEORETICAL
13.Natural Selection among Animals[75]
14.Selection as Modified by Mind[93]
15.The Laws of Heredity and Environment[103]
16.Moral Progress through a New Form of Selection[125]
17.How to Initiate an Era of Moral Progress[150]
Index[159]