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Excerpt from The Factors of Social Evolution
The work which is here offered to the public is a discussion of one of the major problems of sociology. It represents an attempt at what has lately been called scientific synthesis. The materials and the considerations which it brings to gether extend far beyond the limits of any special discipline, as well as beyond the limits of any man's expert competence. It is not necessary to confess the hazards, or to insist upon the importance, of studies of this character. Ours is an age of specialists, and we are severe upon the errors of' one who lets his speculations range outside his proper field. But there are dangers also in the narrower view of things; and in the broader View there is always the possibility that an ob servation in one direction may compensate for confused per ception in another, and reason to hope that the larger contours may stand out with a new clearness. 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.
