SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
AND
MORAL PROGRESS


Photo of Alfred R. Wallace
Photo: Reginald Haines
signature of Alfred R. Wallace

Social Environment
and
Moral Progress

BY

Alfred Russel Wallace
O.M., D.C.L.Oxon.
F.R.S., &c.

Author of "The Malay Archipelago," "Darwinism,"
"Man's Place in the Universe," "The World of Life,"
&c. &c.

Cassell and Company, Ltd
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1913



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Contents

PART I.—HISTORICAL
CHAPTER PAGE
1.Introductory1
2.Morality as Based upon Character4
3.Permanence of Character8
4.Permanence of High Intellect15
5.Speech and Writing as Proofs of Intelligence28
6.Savages Not Morally Inferior to Civilised Races31
7.A Selective Agency Needed to Improve Character36
8.Environment during the Nineteenth Century40
9.Insanitary Dwellings and Life-destroying Trades47
10.Adulteration, Bribery, and Gambling55
[vi]11.Our Administration of "Justice" is Immoral...

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