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situations" being Part v. of the 81 Principles
of Sociology (tke concluding portion Of Vol
ume III. 1t is wholly unnecessary 20 enter
upon any further revisw of this work than
that made of the preceding volumes, bu. We
present leading extracts from Mr.. Spence1's
Introduction:
The division of the "Princrples Of Sociology"
herewith issued, deals with the phenomen. OF Eyo-
luton which are, sboye all Others obscure and en-
tangled, To discover what truths may be affirmed
OF political organizations at large is task beset by
amenities that are at once many and great-difi-
cuhies arising from unlikenesses of the various hu
man races, from differences among the modes of
life entaied by circumstances the societies
formed of them, from the numerous contrasts Of
sizes and degrees of culture exhibited by such 80
cieties, from the perpetual intsrerencss with one
another's processes of evolution by means Of wars
and from accompanying breakings-up and asgreys
ticns in ever changing ways.
Satisfactory achievement OF this task would re.
qure the labors OF life. having been able To De
vote TO it but two years. eel ihat the results set
forth N this volume must OF necessity De full Of
inperfections II it be asked why, being thus con
scous that far more time and wider Investigation
are requisite for the proper treatment of subject
30 immense and involved, have undertaken it. nj
reply Is that have been obliged to deal with polif
ieai evolution as part OF the general Theory Of
Evolution; and, with due regard 10 the claims OF
other parts, could not make a more prolonged urep-
aration. Any ono who undertakes to trace toe gen.
ersl laws of transformation which hold throughout
Ala efb OF phenomena, must nave but
plete knowledge of each order; since, 70 aequaint
hitnsoh eXhaustiyeiy with any one order
demanding, it would exclusive deyo
ton OF his days TO it, would negative like devotion
TO any OF the others, and much more would mega
tive alizatiou OF the whole Fitker ,aEeTaI
ization of the whole ought never to be atternpted
or, If Il is attempted, it must be by one who gives
TO each part sucn time only as is requisite to master
the cardinal truths 1t presents Believing that gen
eralization of the whole surremely importlpt
and that no one part be fully understood without
1t, have ventlred to treat OF Political Institutions
alter the manner implied utilizing the n,;rDose
the materials which, in the space OF fourteen wears
have been gatheged together in the Descripti We
Sociology" and joining with them such further ma
teriais as, during the last two years. have been ac
cumulated by inquiries in other directions made
personally and by proxy If errors founI in ms
volume are such inyalidate any OF its lea.ipo
conclusions, the fact will show the ippoicy ~ ths
course have pursued; but it, after removal OF
the errors the leading conclusions remain epts.and
ing, this course VIII be justified
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