Therefore man becomes that which he is by the action of forces outside himself. Therefore it is unjust to blame a man for being that which he is. Therefore it is unjust to blame him for doing that which he does.
Therefore our human laws, which punish men for their acts, are unjust laws.
Now, before we go fully into the meanings of the words "heredity" and "environment," let us make a short summary of the arguments above put forth.
Since man did not create his own nature, man is not responsible for his own acts.
Therefore all laws, human or divine, which punish man for his acts are unjust laws.
CHAPTER THREE—WHERE DO OUR NATURES COME FROM?
I HOPE the reader will not fight shy of heredity. I trust he will find it quite simple and interesting; and I promise him to use no unfamiliar words, nor to trouble him with difficult and tedious scientific expositions.
I deal with heredity before environment, because it is needful to take them one at a time, and heredity comes first; as birth before schooling.