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of Coluzibia, while atop the whole structure waved the union
Jack and the stars and stripes.
Linked with race was the prevailing conviction of the
"laws" of evolution, - "The beat specimens of a race, whether
among m¬an# pigeons, orchids or horses, are only to be found
where the laws of breeding and of culture are carefully
obeyed. " (2)
The utrugglo between species was used as a
Justification for Imperialism, - "The struggle for existence it
a universal fact; the primary fact we may says throughout the
whole ro&lm of animated natures which to the eye of science in
an incessant battlefield of individual againat individuals of
species against opecien.
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In thin perpetual conflict the
British an the superior race would logically overcome the
weaker races, "Feeble races are being wiped off the earth and
the few great incipient species arm themselves againat each
other. " (4)
Lord Salisbury elaborated this theory in 1898,..
"You may roughly divide the nations of the world into the living
and the dying«... the weak states ºre becoming weaker and the
strong states are becoming otronger.., * the living nations will
(1)
, J. A, S Qreuvillo,, Lord Salinbur rind rorei
of the nineteenth centnry1 London 1* p"215"
. Polio tho close
(2) Arnold White, Rfficioncv and Emire, London 1901, p"73.
(3) Fortn9 htlyRavigvw, October 1900, W. E« Lilly, "Tho burden of
Empire" w ppa. 533- 3+, p. 335.
(4) S turriav Review, February 1896* ppa. 118-120, A biologists
"A biological view of our foreign policy. p. 119,