22/31 Now, progress in organic development means the slow constitution of an organ--the brain--which shall direct the body. So in society--an association of individuals, with slow constitution of a directing organ, called the Government. The problem of civilisation is to establish government on scientific principles--to pick out the fit for rule--to distinguish between the Multitude and the Select, and at the same time to balance their working. It is nonsense to talk about Equality. Evolution is engaged in _cephalising_ the political aggregate--as it did the aggregate of cells in the animal organism. |