Мартин Иден

Chapter 38

           Hespokewithfireandconviction,mincingnowordsinhisattackupontheslavesandtheirmoralityandtacticsandfranklyalludingtohishearersastheslavesinquestion. HequotedSpencerandMalthus,andenunciatedthebiologicallawofdevelopment. 

           "Andso,"heconcluded,inaswiftrésumé,"nostatecomposedoftheslave-typescanendure. Theoldlawofdevelopmentstillholds. Inthestruggleforexistence,asIhaveshown,thestrongandtheprogenyofthestrongtendtosurvive,whiletheweakandtheprogenyoftheweakarecrushedandtendtoperish. Theresultisthatthestrongandtheprogenyofthestrongsurvive,and,solongasthestruggleobtains,thestrengthofeachgenerationincreases. Thatisdevelopment. Butyouslaves—itistoobadtobeslaves,Igrant—butyouslavesdreamofasocietywherethelawofdevelopmentwillbeannulled,wherenoweaklingsandinefficientswillperish,whereeveryinefficientwillhaveasmuchashewantstoeatasmanytimesadayashedesires,andwhereallwillmarryandhaveprogeny—theweakaswellasthestrong. Whatwillbetheresult? Nolongerwillthestrengthandlife-valueofeachgenerationincrease. Onthecontrary,itwilldiminish. ThereistheNemesisofyourslavephilosophy. Yoursocietyofslaves—of,by,andfor,slaves—mustinevitablyweakenandgotopiecesasthelifewhichcomposesitweakensandgoestopieces. 

           "Remember,Iamenunciatingbiologyandnotsentimentalethics. Nostateofslavescanstand—" 

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