Page:The Science of History and the Hope of Mankind.djvu/35

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

THE SCIENCE OF LIFE



relations of the epoch and indicated by the position of the political and social centre of gravity of the world brought about by them. Hence, for a proper understanding of any of the conditions of a single people, it is absolutely necessary to realise the whole situation of the human world at the time, and minutely study the array of world-forces that has been the result of mutual intercourse between the several peoples in social, economic, intellectual, and political matters.

23