PRINCIPLES OF WESTERN

CIVILISATION

BEING THE FIRST VOLUME OF A SYSTEM
OF EVOLUTIONARY PHILOSOPHY

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PRINCIPLES OF WESTERN

CIVILISATION

BY

BENJAMIN KIDD

"

AUTHOR OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION," THE CONTROL OF THE
TROPICS," ETC.

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1902

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE CLOSE OF AN ERA .

CHAPTER II

THE SHIFTING OF THE CENTRE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN

THE EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESIS

OF PROJECTED EFFICIENCY

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