Excerpt from The War Against War: And the Enforcement of Peace Branches of science which bear directly upon social welfare. He is familiar with the most modern researches in the history of civilisa tion. Indeed literature is in his eyes merely the most vital and significant of the docu ments with which the historian of civilisation has to deal. But while he loves and studies the past, it is on the future of mankind that his thoughts are fixed with the most passionate interest; and he knows that if the future is to satisfy any reasonable human aspiration, it must be fashioned in the light of science. Hence his wide reading in biology and sociology, his vivid interest in eugenics and in all movements for the amelioration of social conditions His knowledge of the English and German literature on these subjects may put many an Englishman, and doubtless many a German, to shame. In his latest book, for instance, he has a long essay. On the biological value of generous emulation, as opposed to' cut-throat competition, in which he shows an amazing acquaintance with the history of athletic sports, in England and elsewhere, x the war against war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.