National Life and Character

by Charles Henry Pearson

NATIONAL

LIFE AND CHARACTER

A FORECAST

BY

CHARLES H. PEARSON

HON. LL.D. ST. ANDREWS, LATE FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD
AND SOMETIME MINISTER OF EDUCATION IN VICTORIA
AUTHOR OF 'A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THE EARLY AND MIDDLE AGES'; AND OF
'HISTORICAL MAPS OF ENGLAND'

'Dir wird gewiss einmal bei deiner Gottahnlichkcit bange'

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1893

All rights reserved

First Edition, January 1893
Reprinted, July 1893

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Introduction	1
CHAPTER I
The Unchangeable Limits of the Higher Races	29
CHAPTER II
The Stationary Order in Society	86
CHAPTER III
Some Dangers of Political Development	134
CHAPTER IV
Some Advantages of an Enhanced National Feeling	180
CHAPTER V
The Decline of the Family	227
CHAPTER VI
The Decay of Character	259
Appendix A	345
Appendix B	347
Index	349