The Philistine Vol. 19 JUNE, 1904 No. 1 Action will remove the doubt which theory cannot solve. 111 Concerning Respectability-An Inquiry JOCIETY is in process of evolution. We are still barbarians-children, if you please, and man is yet primitive. All that has gone before is a preparation for better things to come, but we are moving rapidly, and I believe, securely toward nobler things. Among the savage tribes the chief place of honor is given to those who can kill most. The business of the savage tribe is: First, to get enough to eat; second, to protect itself from foes, either men or wild beasts. The man who can kill most is King by divine right. So the mighty hunter becomes Chief or the great warrior is King. Those who dispute the title are apt to die suddenly. Low down in the scale, the tribe eat the enemies they kill-either human or beast-brute. Later, they eat the beast-brute alone, and take the human enemies captive for slaves. Genuine savages, however, never seek to capture males -they kill these and save the women. Dr. Samu |