Sympathies Extend to the People of all Nations and Races
Patricia April 13th, 2008
Was Darwin Right???
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As man advances in civilization and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instinct and sympathies to all the members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races.” (Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871, Ch. 4, Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and Lower Animals, available at The Descent of Man about 10 paragraphs from the end).
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