Lasher Loc: Georgia

European history has been written in terms of
nationality and of language, but never before in
terms of race; yet race has played a far larger part
than either language or nationality in moulding the
destinies of men; race implies heredity and hered-
ity implies all the moral, social and intellectual
characteristics and traits which are the springs of
politics and government.

Quite independently and unconsciously the au-
thor, never before a historian, has turned this
historical sketch into the current of a great bio-
logical movement, which may be traced back to
the teachings of Gal ton and Weismann, beginning
in the last third of the nineteenth century. This
movement has compelled us to recognize the
superior force and stability of heredity, as being
more enduring and potent than environment.
This movement is also a reaction from the teach-
ings of Hippolyte Taine among historians and of
Herbert Spencer among biologists, because it proves
that environment and in the case of man educa-
tion have an immediate, apparent and temporary
influence, while heredity has a deep, subtle and

permanent influence on the actions of men.