Abstract
AN interesting and useful sociological survey. The author contends that the subject can really become a science, practically useful by conferring foresight. It is not necessarily only a mass of dreary and indefinite generalities, but may become a guide to the actual affairs of life, giving an understanding of the human mind which may en-able us to foretell some of the course of human behawiour. The war brings the chance of testing the truth of this suggestion. It is becoming, otoviously, more and more a war of moral forces; and aa understanding of the nature and sources of national moral must be as important a source of strength as the knowledge of the military engineer.
Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War.
By W. Trotter. Pp. 213. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1916.) Price 3s. 6d. net.
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Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War . Nature 97, 159–160 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097159a0
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