TheoldUtopias—saveforthebreedingschemesofPlatoandCampanella—ignoredthatreproductivecompetitionamongindividualitieswhichisthesubstanceoflife, , theirendlessgradationofquality, overwhichthehandofselectionplays, andtowhichweowetheunmanageablecomplicationofreallife, , unlikeitspredecessors, darenotpretendtochangethelastcondition; itmayorderandhumanisetheconflict, butmenmuststillsurviveorfail.
MostUtopiaspresentthemselvesasgoingconcerns, ashappinessinbeing; theymakeitanessentialconditionthatahappylandcanhavenohistory, , anditisourbusinesstoaskwhatUtopiawilldowithitscongenitalinvalids, itsidiotsandmadmen, itsdrunkardsandmenofviciousmind, itscruelandfurtivesouls, itsstupidpeople, toostupidtobeofusetothecommunity, itslumpish, unteachableandunimaginativepeople? Andwhatwillitdowiththemanwhois "poor" allround, theratherspiritless, ratherincompetentlow-grademanwhoonearthsitsinthedenofthesweater, trampsthestreetsunderthebanneroftheunemployed, ortrembles—inanotherman'scast-offclothing, andwithaninfinityofhat-touching—onthevergeofruralemployment?
Thesepeoplewillhavetobeinthedescendantphase, thespeciesmustbeengagedineliminatingthem; thereisnoescapefromthat, , sofarastheycanbedistinguished, musthavethefullestfreedomofpublicservice, .
ThewayofNatureinthisprocessistokilltheweakerandthesillier, tocrushthem, tostarvethem, tooverwhelmthem, , therebelchildofNature, , butthebreedoffailuremustnotincrease, lesttheysufferandperish, andtheracewiththem.
