Iseenoreasontodoubtthat, atitsorigin, humansocietywasasmuchaproductoforganicnecessityasthatofthebees.[1]Thehumanfamily, tobeginwith,, itiseasytoseethateveryincreaseinthedurationofthefamilyties, withtheresultingco-operationofalargerandlargernumberofdescendantsforprotectionanddefence, , asinthehive,theprogressivelimitationofthestruggleforexistencebetweenthemembersofthefamilywouldinvolveincreasingefficiencyasregardsoutsidecompetition.
,, eachcoulddesiretoperformnonebutthoseofficesforwhichitsorganizationspeciallyfitsit; anwhich, inviewofthegoodofthewhole, , rivalries, andcompetitionareabsentfromthebeepolity.
Amongmankind, onthecontrary, , theintensityoftheirpassions, andthedelicacyoftheirsensations, itcannotbesaidthatoneisfittedbyhisorganizationtobeanagriculturallabourerandnothingelse, , withalltheirenormousdifferencesinnaturalendowment,menagreeinonething, andthatistheirinnatedesiretoenjoythepleasuresandtoescapethepainsoflife;and, inshort, todonothingbutthatwhichitpleasesthemtodo, (therealityatthebottomofthedoctrineoforiginalsin) fromthelongseriesofancestors, humanandsemi-humanandbrutal, [2]—theinsatiablehungerforenjoyment—ofallmankind, whichisoneoftheessentialconditionsofsuccessinthewarwiththestateofnatureoutside; andyetthesureagentofthedestructionofsocietyifallowedfreeplaywithin.
