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For another definition from a rather different standpoint see my speech in opening the discussion, m/ra, p. 160.f The other element is, of course, man in society.The analysis of this will be shorter than that of the environment.It may best be considered on the lines of Bagehot's ' Physics and Politics.'The communities of men should be looked on as units in the struggle for existence, more or less favoured by their several environments.See p. 11 for definition of " community " and " environment.
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