Abovethesphereoftheelementalcravingsandnecessities, thesoulofmanisinaperpetualvacillationbetweentwoconflictingimpulses: thedesiretoasserthisindividualdifferences, thedesirefordistinction, , butnottoofarout, and, onthecontrary, hewantstomergehimselfwithagroup, withsomelargerbody, , ; itisoneofthegreatnaturalforcesthestatesmanmustutilise, 'ssympathieswilltwine, anduponwhichtheywillbasealargeproportionoftheirconductandpersonalpolicy, isthelegitimatedefinitionofsociology.
Nowthesortofaggregationtowhichmenandwomenwillreferthemselvesisdeterminedpartlybythestrengthandidiosyncrasyoftheindividualimagination, , "natural" socialreferenceofamanisprobablytosomerathervaguelyconceivedtribe, asthe "natural" , , socomprehensiveashumanity, "may," , inhisPositivePolity, exposeshissoulwithgreatfreedom, andthecuriousmaytracehow, whileheprofessesandquitehonestlyintendstoreferhimselfalwaystohis "GreaterBeing" Humanity, henarrowsconstantlytohisprojected "WesternRepublic" ofcivilisedmen, , withitsdevelopmentofordersandcults, sectsanddissents, thehistoryoffashionablesocietywithitscliquesandsetsandeverypoliticalhistorywithitscabalsandinnercabinets, witnesstothestrugglethatgoesoninthemindsofmentoadjustthemselvestoabodylargerindeedthanthemselves, butwhichstilldoesnotstrainandescapetheirimaginativegrasp.
