[29]. A good example of the crowd fallacy is the syndicalist theory that the vote should be taken in a meeting of strikers not by ballot but by acclamation or show of hands. The idea is that in an open meeting enthusiasm passes from one to another and that, therefore, you can thus get the collective will which you could not get by every man voting one by one.
[30]. It is unfortunate to be obliged to treat this important point with such brevity.
[31]. The expressions “mutual aid” and “animal coöperation” have, however, a slightly misleading connotation; mutual adaptation, coördinated activities, come nearer the truth. It is confusing to take the words and phrases we use of men in the conscious stage and transfer them to the world of animals in the unconscious stage.
[32]. It is because of this profound truth that we must always respect conservatism.
[33]. The claim of the individual to a larger share in government and to a share in the control of industry will be taken up in later chapters.
[34]. “Ce que Nait” is the title of a volume of poems by Arcos, and that which is being born through all the activity of our common life is God. It is of the “naissance” and “croissance” of God that Arcos loves to sing.
[35]. I have said that we gain creative power through the group. Those who feel enthralled by material conditions, and to whom it seems an irony to be told that they are “creators,” will demand something more specific. Concrete methods of group organization are given in [Part III].
[36]. It is interesting to notice that Miss Lathrop’s whole conception of the Children’s Bureau is that it is to fit children into the life of the community.
[37]. See [Appendix].
[38]. The new farm industrial system which is to replace Sing Sing is founded largely on the community idea.