What, after all, does this imply, so far as the social organism is concerned?  It seems to me, something like this.  First of all, recognition of the fact that there are differences in individuals, in strains of blood, in races, that cannot be overcome by any power of education and environment, and can only be changed through very long periods of time, and that these differences must work corresponding differences in position, function and status in the social organism.  Second, that since society automatically develops an aristocracy of some sort or other, and apparently cannot be stopped from doing this, it must be protected from the sort of thing it has produced of late, which is based on money, political expediency and the unscrupulous cleverness of the demagogue, and given a more rational substitute in the shape of a permanent group representing high character and the traditions of honour, chivalry and courtesy.  Third, that character and service should be fostered and rewarded by that formal and august recognition, that secure and unquestioned status, and those added opportunities for service that will form a real and significant distinction.  Finally, that this order or estate must be able to purge itself of unworthy material, and also must be freely open to constant accessions from without, whatever the source, and for proved character and service.

I fear I must argue this case of the inequality in individual potential, that inequality that does not yield to complex education or favourable environment, for it is fundamental.  If it does not exist, then my argument for the organization of society along lines that recognize and regularize diversity of social status and functions, falls to the ground.  I affirm that, the doctrine of evolution and modern democratic theory to the contrary, it does exist and that the mitigating influence of education, environment and inherited acquired characters, is small at best.

Let us take the most obvious concrete examples.  There are certain ethnic units or races which for periods ranging from five hundred to two thousand years have produced character, and through character the great contributions that have been made to human culture and have been expressed through men of distinction, dynamic force, and vivid personality.  Such, amongst many, are the Greeks, the Jews, the Romans, the Normans, the Franks, the “Anglo-Saxons,” and the Celts.  There are others that in all history have produced nothing.  There are certain family names which are a guarantee of distinction, dynamic force, and vivid personality.  There are thousands of these names, and they are to be found amongst all the races that have contributed towards the development of culture and civilization.  On the other hand, there are far more that have produced nothing distinctive, and possibly never will.