Theorganizationofeverybusinessismodified。Easeofcommunicationmakes
itbettertododirectlywhatwasbeforedonebyproxy;agenciesareestablished
wherepreviouslytheywouldnothavepaid;goodsareobtainedfromremote
wholesalehousesinsteadofnearretailones;andcommoditiesareusedwhich
distanceoncerenderedinaccessible。Rapidityandeconomyofcarriagetend
tospecializemorethanevertheindustriesofdifferentdistricts——to
confineeachmanufacturetothepartsinwhich,fromlocaladvantages,it
canbebestcarriedon。Cheapdistributionequalizesprices,andalso,on
theaverage,lowersprices:thusbringingdiversarticleswithinthereach
ofthosebeforeunabletobuythem。Atthesametimethepracticeoftravelling
isimmenselyextended。Peoplewhobeforecouldnotaffordit,takeannual
tripstothesea,visittheirdistantrelations,maketours,andsoarebenefited
inbody,feelings,andintellect。Thepromptertransmissionoflettersand
ofnewsproducesfurtherchanges——makesthepulseofthenationfaster。
Yetmore,therearisesawidedisseminationofcheapliteraturethroughrailway
book—stalls,andofadvertisementsinrailwaycarriages:bothofthemaiding
ulteriorprogress。Sothatbeyondimaginationarethechanges,thusbrieflyindicated,consequentontheinventionofthelocomotiveengine。Itshouldbeaddedthatwehereseemoreclearlythan,ever,howinproportion
astheareaoverwhichanyinfluenceextendsbecomesheterogeneous,theresults
areinayethigherdegreemultipliedinnumberandkind。Whileamongthe
uncivilizedmentowhomitwasfirstknown,caoutchouccausedbutfewchanges,
amongourselvesthechangeshavebeensomanyandvariedthatthehistory
ofthemoccupiesavolume。Uponthesmall,homogeneouscommunityinhabiting
oneoftheHebrides,theelectrictelegraphwouldproduce,wereitused,scarcelyanyresults;butinEnglandtheresultsitproducesaremultitudinous。Spacepermitting,thesynthesismightherebepursuedinrelationtoall
thesubtlerproductsofsociallife。Itmightbeshownhow,inScience,an
advanceofonedivisionpresentlyadvancesotherdivisions——howAstronomy
hasbeenimmenselyforwardedbydiscoveriesinOptics,whileotheroptical
discoverieshaveinitiatedMicroscopicAnatomy,andgreatlyaidedthegrowth
ofPhysiology——howChemistryhasindirectlyincreasedourknowledgeof
Electricity,Magnetism,Biology,Geology——howElectricityhasreactedon
ChemistryandMagnetism,developedourviewsofLightandHeat,anddisclosed
sundrylawsofnervousaction。Butitwouldneedlesslytaxthereader'spatience
todetail,intheirmanyramifications,thesevariouschanges;soinvolvedandsubtleastobefollowedwithdifficulty。§162。Aftertheargumentwhichclosedthelastchapter,aparallel
onehereseemsscarcelyrequired。Forsymmetry'ssake,however,itwillbe
properbrieflytopointouthowthemultiplicationofeffects,liketheinstabilityofthehomogeneous,isacorollaryfromthepersistenceofforce。Thingswhichwecalldifferentarethingswhichreactindifferentways;
andwecanknowthemasdifferentonlybythedifferencesintheirreactions。
Whenwedistinguishbodiesashardorsoft,roughorsmooth,wemeanthat
certainlikemuscularforcesexpendedonthemarefollowedbyunlikereactive
forces,causingunlikesetsofsensations。Objectsclassedasred,blue,
yellowetc。,areobjectswhichdecomposelightincontrastedways;thatis,
weknowcontrastsofcolourascontrastsinthechangesproducedinauniform
incidentforce。Thepropositionthatthedifferentpartsofanywholemust
reactdifferentlyonauniformincidentforce,andmustthusreduceitto
agroupofmultiformforces,isinessenceatruism。Supposewereducethistruismtoitslowestterms。When,fromunlikenessbetweentheeffectstheyproduceonconsciousness,
wepredicateunlikenessbetweentwoobjects,whatisourwarrant?andwhat
dowemeanbytheunlikeness,objectivelyconsidered?Ourwarrantisthe
persistenceofforce。Somekindoramountofchangehasbeenwroughtinus
bytheonewhichhasnotbeenwroughtbytheother。Thischangeweascribe
tosomeforceexercisedbytheonewhichtheotherhasnotexercised。And
wehavenoalternativebuttodothis,ortoassertthatthechangehadno
antecedent,whichistodenythepersistenceofforce。Whenceitisfurther
manifestthatwhatweregardastheobjectiveunlikenessisthepresence
intheoneofsomeforce,orsetofforces,notpresentintheother——something
inthekindsoramountsordirectionsoftheconstituentforcesoftheone,
whichthoseoftheotherdonotparallel。Butnowifthingsorpartsofthings
whichwecalldifferent,arethoseofwhichtheconstituentforcesdiffer
inoneormorerespects,whatmusthappentoanylikeforces,oranyuniform
force,fallingonthem?Suchlikeforces,orpartsofauniformforce,must
bedifferentlymodified。Theforcewhichispresentintheoneandnotin
theother,mustbeanelementintheconflict——mustproduceitsequivalent
reaction;andmustsoaffectthetotalreaction。Tosayotherwiseistosay
thatthisdifferentialforcewillproducenoeffect,whichistosaythatforceisnotpersistent。Ineednotdevelopthiscorollaryfurther。Itmanifestlyfollowsthat
auniformforcefallingonauniformaggregate,mustundergodispersion;
thatfallingonanaggregatemadeupofunlikeparts,itmustundergodispersion
fromeachpart,aswellasqualitativedifferentiations;thatinproportion
asthepartsareunlike,thesequalitativedifferentiationsmustbemarked;
thatinproportiontothenumberoftheparts,theymustbenumerous;that
thesecondaryforcessoproducedmustundergofurthertransformationswhile
workingequivalenttransformationsinthepartsthatchangethem;andsimilarly
withtheforcestheygenerate。Thustheconclusionsthatapart—causeof
Evolutionisthemultiplicationofeffects,andthatthisincreasesingeometrical
progressionastheheterogeneitybecomesgreater,arenotonlytobeestablished
inductively,butarededuciblefromthedeepestofalltruths。
Chapter21Segregation§163。ThegeneralinterpretationofEvolutionisfarfrombeingcompleted
intheprecedingchapters。Wemustcontemplateitschangesunderyetanother
aspect,beforewecanformadefiniteconceptionoftheprocessconstituted
bythem。Thoughthelawsalreadysetforthfurnishakeytothere—arrangement
ofpartswhichEvolutionexhibits,insofarasitisanadvancefromthe
uniformtothemultiform,theyfurnishnokeytothisrearrangementinso
farasitisanadvancefromtheindefinitetothedefinite。Onstudying
theactionsandreactionseverywheregoingon,wehavefoundittofollow
fromacertainprimordialtruth,thatthehomogeneousmustlapseintothe
heterogeneous,andthattheheterogeneousmustbecomemoreheterogeneous;
butwehavenotdiscoveredwhythedifferently—affectedpartsofanysimple
whole,becomeclearlymarkedofffromoneanother,atthesametimethat
theybecomeunlike。Thusfarnoreasonhasbeengivenwhythereshouldnot
ordinarilyariseavaguechaoticheterogeneity,inplaceofthatorderly
heterogeneitydisplayedinEvolution。Itstillremainstofindoutthecause
ofthatlocalintegrationwhichaccompaniedlocaldifferentiation——that
gradually—completedsegregationoflikeunitsintoagroup,distinctlyseparated
fromneighbouringgroupswhichareseverallymadeupofotherkindsofunits。
Therationalewillbeconvenientlyintroducedbyafewinstancesinwhichwemaywatchthissegregativeprocesstakingplace。When,lateinSeptember,thetreesaregainingtheirautumncolours,and
wearehopingsoontoseeafurtherchangeincreasingthebeautyofthelandscape,
wearesometimesdisappointedbytheoccurrenceofanequinoctialgale。Out
ofthemixedmassoffoliageoneachbranch,thestrongcurrentofaircarries
awaythedecayingandbrightly—tintedleaves,butfailstodetachthosewhich
arestillgreen。Andwhiletheselast,frayedandsearedbylong—continued
beatingsagainstoneanother,giveasombrecolourtothewoods,thered
andyellowandorangeleavesarecollectedtogetherinditchesandbehind
wallsandincornerswhereeddiesallowthemtosettle。Thatistosay,
bythatuniformforcewhichthewindexertsonbothkinds,thedyingleaves
arepickedoutfromamongtheirstill—livingcompanionsandgatheredinplaces
bythemselves。Again,theseparationofparticlesofdifferentsizes,as
dustandsandfrompebbles,maybesimilarlyeffected,asweseeonevery
roadinMarch。AndfromthedaysofHomerdownwards,thepowerofcurrents
ofair,naturalandartificial,topartfromoneanotherunitsofunlike
characters,hasbeenhabituallyutilizedinthewinnowingofchafffromwheat。
Ineverybrookweseehowthemixedmaterialscarrieddownareseparately
deposited——howinrapidsthebottomgivesresttonothingbutboulders
andpebbles;howwherethecurrentisnotsostrong,sandisletfall;and
how,instillplaces,thereisasedimentofmud。Thisselectiveaction
ofmovingwateriscommonlyappliedintheartstoobtainmassesofparticles
ofdifferentdegreesoffineness。Emery,forexample,afterbeingground,
iscarriedbyaslowcurrentthroughsuccessivecompartments;inthefirst
ofwhichthelargestgrainssubside;inthesecondofwhichthegrainsthat
settlebeforethewaterhasescaped,aresomewhatsmaller;inthethirdsmaller
still;untilinthelasttherearedepositedthosefinestparticleswhich
havenotpreviouslybeenabletoreachthebottom。Andinawaythatisdifferent
thoughequallysignificant,thissegregativeeffectofwaterinmotion,is
exemplifiedinthecarryingawayofsolublefrominsolublematters——an
applicationofithourlymadeineverylaboratory。Theeffectsoftheuniform
forceswhichaerialandaqueouscurrentsexercise,areparalleledbythose
ofuniformforcesofotherorders。Electricattractionwillseparatesmall
bodiesfromlarge,orlightbodiesfromheavy。Bymagnetism,grainsofiron
maybeselectedfromothergrains;asbytheSheffieldgrinder,whosemagnetized
gauze—maskfiltersoutthesteel—dusthiswheelgivesoff,fromthestone—dust
whichaccompaniesit。Andhowtheaffinityofanyagentactingdifferently
onthemixedcomponentsofabody,enablesustotakeawaysomecomponentandleavetherestbehind,isperpetuallyshowninchemicalexperiments。What,now,isthegeneraltruthherevariouslypresented?Howarethese
facts,andcountlesssimilarones,tobeexpressedintermsthatembrace
themall?Ineachcaseweseeinactionaforcewhichmayberegardedas
simpleoruniform—fluidmotioninacertaindirectionatacertainvelocity;
electricormagneticattractionofagivenamount;chemicalaffinityofa
particularkind;orrather,instrictness,theactingforceiscompounded
ofoneofthesewithsomeotheruniformforce,asgravitation,etc。Ineach
casewehaveanaggregatemadeupofunlikeunits——eitheratomsofdifferent
substancescombinedorintimatelymingled,orfragmentsofthesamesubstance
ofdifferentsizes,orotherconstituentpartsthatareunlikeintheirspecific
gravities,shapes,orotherattributes。Andineachcasetheseunlikeunits,
orgroupsofunits,ofwhichtheaggregateconsists,are,undertheinfluence
ofsomeresultantforceactingindiscriminatelyonthemall,separatedfrom
oneanother——segregatedintominoraggregates,eachconsistingofunits
thatareseverallylikeoneanotherandunlikethoseoftheotherminoraggregates。
Suchbeingthecommonaspectofthesechanges,letuslookforthecommoninterpretationofthem。Inthechapteron"TheInstabilityoftheHomogeneous,"itwas
shownthatauniformforcefallingonanyaggregate,producesunlikemodifications
initsdifferentparts——turnstheuniformintothemultiformandthemultiform
intothemoremultiform。Thetransformationthuswrought,consistsofeither
insensibleorsensiblechangesofrelativepositionamongtheunits,orof
both。Suchportionofthepermanentlyeffectiveforceasreacheseachdifferent
part,ordifferently—conditionedpart,maybeexpendedinmodifyingthemutual
relationsofitsconstituents;oritmaybeexpendedinmovingthepartto
anotherplace;oritmaybeexpendedpartiallyinthefirstandpartially
inthesecond。Andiflittleornoneisabsorbedinre—arrangingthecomponents
ofacompoundunit,muchorthewholemustshowitselfinmotionofsuch
compoundunittosomeotherplaceintheaggregate。andconversely。What
mustfollowfromthis,incaseswherenoneoronlypartoftheforcegenerates
chemicalre—distributions,whatphysicalre—distributionsmustbegenerated?
Partsthataresimilartoeachotherwillbesimilarlyactedonbytheforce,
whilepartsthataredissimilarwillbedissimilarlyactedon。Hencethe
permanentlyeffectiveincidentforce,whenwhollyorpartiallytransformed
intomechanicalmotionoftheunits,willproducelikemotionsinunitsthat
arealike,andunlikemotionsinunitsthatareunlike。Ifthen,inanaggregate
containingtwoormoreordersofmixedunits,thoseofthesameorderwill
bemovedinthesameway,andinawaythatdiffersfromthatinwhichunits
ofotherordersaremoved,therespectiveordersmustsegregate。Agroup
oflikethingsonwhichareimpressedmotionsthatarealikeinamountand
direction,mustbetransferredasagrouptoanotherplace,andiftheyare
mingledwithsomegroupofotherthings,onwhichthemotionsimpressedare
likeoneanother,butunlikethoseofthefirstgroupinamountordirection
orboth,theseotherthingsmustbetransferredasagrouptosomeotherplace——themixedunitsmustundergoasimultaneousselectionandseparation。Furthertoelucidatethisprocess,letmesetdownafewinstancesin
whichwemayseethatthedefinitenessoftheseparationisinproportion
tothedefinitenessofthedifferencesamongtheunits。Takeahandfulof
poundedsubstance,containingfragmentsofallsizes,andletitfallgradually
whileagentlebreezeisblowing。Thelargefragmentswillbecollectedon
thegroundalmostimmediatelyunderthehand;somewhatsmallerfragments
willbecarriedalittletotheleeward;stillsmalleronesfurtheraway;
andthoseminuteparticleswecalldust,willbedriftedfarbeforethey
reachtheearth:thatis,thesegregationisindefinitewherethedifferences
amongthefragmentsareindefinite,thoughthedivergencesaregreatestwhere
thedifferencesaregreatest。If,again,thehandfulbemadeupofdistinct
ordersofunits——aspebbles,coarsesand,anddust——thesewill,under
likeconditions,besegregatedwithgreaterdefiniteness。Thepebbleswill
dropalmostvertically;thesand,fallingobliquely,willdeposititself
withinatolerablycircumscribedspacebeyondthepebbles;whilethedust
willbeblownalmosthorizontallytoagreatdistance。Acaseinwhichanother
kindofforcecomesintoplay,willstillbetterillustratethistruth。Through
amixedaggregateofsolubleandinsolublesubstances,letwaterslowlypercolate。
Therewillinthefirstplacebeadistinctpartingofthesubstancesthat
arethemostwidelyunlike:thesolublewillbecarriedaway;theinsoluble
willremainbehind。Further,someseparation,thoughalessdefiniteone,
willbeeffectedamongthesolublesubstances;sincethefirstpartofthe
currentwillremovethemostsolubleinthelargestamounts,andafterthese
havebeendissolved,itwillcontinuetobringouttheremaininglesssoluble。
Eventheundissolvedmatterswillhavesimultaneouslyundergonesomesegregation;
forthepercolatingfluidwillcarrydowntheminutefragmentsfromamong
thelargeones,andwilloftendepositthoseofsmallspecificgravityin
oneplace,andthoseofgreatspecificgravityinanother。Tocompletethe
elucidationwemustglanceattheobversefact;namelythatmixedunitswhich
differbutslightly,aremovedinbutslightlydifferentwaysbyincident
forces,andcanthereforebeseparatedonlybysuchadjustmentsoftheincident
forcesasallowslightdifferencestobecomeappreciablefactorsintheresult。
Thepartingofalcoholfromwaterbydistillationisagoodexample。Here
wehavemoleculesconsistingofoxygenandhydrogen,mingledwithmolecules
consistingofoxygen,hydrogen,andcarbon。Thetwoordersofmoleculeshave
aconsiderablelikenessofnature:theysimilarlymaintainafluidformat
ordinarytemperatures;theysimilarlybecomegaseousmoreandmorerapidly
asthetemperatureisraised;andtheyboilatpointsnotveryfarapart。
Nowthiscomparativelikenessofthemoleculesisaccompaniedbydifficulty
insegregatingthem。Ifthemixedfluidisundulyheated,muchwaterdistils
overwiththealcohol:itisonlywithinanarrowrangeoftemperaturethat
moleculesoftheonekindaredrivenoffratherthantheothers;andeven
thennotafewoftheothersaccompanythem。Themostinterestingandinstructive
example,however,isfurnishedbycertainphenomenaofcrystallization。When
severalsaltsthathavelittleanalogyofconstitution,aredissolvedin
thesamebodyofwater,theyareseparatedwithoutmuchtrouble,bycrystallization:
subjectastheyaretouniformforces,theysegregate。Thecrystalsofeach
saltdo,indeed,usuallycontaincertainsmallamountsoftheothersalts
presentinthesolution;butfromthesetheyareseverallyfreedbyrepeated
re—solutionsandcrystallizations。Marknow,however,thatthereverseis
thecasewhenthesaltscontainedinthesamebodyofwaterarechemically
homologous。Thenitratesofbarytaandlead,orthesulphatesofzinc,soda,
andmagnesia,uniteinthesamecrystals;norwilltheycrystallizeseparately
ifthesecrystalsbedissolvedafresh,andafreshcrystallized。Onseeking
thecauseofthisanomaly,chemistsfoundthatsuchsaltswereisomorphous—that
theirmolecules,thoughnotchemicallyidentical,areidenticalintheproportions
ofacid,base,andwater,composingthem,andinthecrystallineformsthey
assumewhenuniting。Here,then,weseeclearlythatunitsofunlikekinds
areselectedoutandseparatedwithareadinessproportionatetothedegreeoftheirunlikeness。Thereisaconversecauseofsegregationwhichitisneedlesshereto
treatofwithequalfullness。Ifdifferentunitsactedonbythesameforce,
mustbedifferentlymoved;so,converselyunitsofthesamekindmustbe
differentlymovedbydifferentforces。Supposingsomegroupofunitsforming
partofahomogeneousaggregate,areunitedlyexposedtoaforcewhichis
unlikeinamountordirectiontotheforceactingontherestoftheaggregate,
thenthisgroupofunitswillseparatefromtherest,providedthat,ofthe
forcesoactingonit,thereremainsanyportionnotdissipatedinmolecular
vibrationsorabsorbedinproducingmolecularrearrangements。Afterallthathasbeensaidabove,thispropositionneedsnodefence。Beforeendingourpreliminaryexposition,acomplementarytruthmustbe
specified;namelythatmixedforcesaresegregatedbythereactionofuniform
matters,justasmixedmattersaresegregatedbytheactionofuniformforces。
Ofthistruthacompleteandsufficientillustrationisfurnishedbythe
dispersionofrefractedlight。Abeamoflight,madeupofetherealundulations
ofdifferentorders,isnotuniformlydeflectedbyahomogeneousrefracting
body;butthedifferentordersofundulationsitcontainsaredeflectedat
differentangles:theresultbeingthatthesedifferentordersofundulations
areseparatedandintegrated,andsoproducethecoloursofthespectrum。
Asegregationofanotherkindoccurswhenraysoflighttraverseanobstructing
medium。Thosewhichconsistofcomparativelyshortundulationsareabsorbed
beforethosewhichconsistofcomparativelylongones;andtheredrays,
whichconsistofthelongestundulations,alonepenetratewhentheobstruction
isverygreat。How,conversely,thereisproducedaseparationoflikeforces
bythereactionofunlikematters,isalsomademanifestbythephenomena
ofrefraction;sinceadjacentandparallelbeamsoflight,fallingon,andpassingthrough,unlikesubstances,aremadetodiverge。§164。Invaguewaystheheavenlybodiesexemplifythatcauseofmaterialsegregationlastassigned——theactionofunlikeforcesonlikeunits。IsayinvaguewaysbecauseourSiderealSystemdisplaysmoreofaggregation
thanofsegregation。Thattheirregularswarmsofstarsconstitutingthe
MilkyWaywithitsbranchesandgapsanddenserregions,havebeengathered
togetherfromamorewidelydiffusedstate,maybereasonablyinferred;though
asweknownothingoftheprecedingdistributionsuchachangecannotbeproved:stilllesscantherebeprovedasegregativeprocess。Itistruethatinclustersofstars,beginningwiththosehavingmembers
considerablydispersedandendingwiththosehavingmemberscloselyconcentrated—globular
clusters——weseestrongevidenceofaggregation;anditmaybecontended
thatsincethemutualgravitationsofthestarsformingacluster,differ
intheirdegreesanddirectionsfromthoseofthestarsfromwhichtheyhave
separated,thereisakindofsegregation。Butitmustbeadmittedthattheconformitytotheabove—namedprincipleisbutanindefiniteone。Thereare,however,twoclassesoffactswhichexhibitsegregation,though
theyleaveusignorantofitscauses。Thefirstisthatstar—clustersare
abundantalongthecourseoftheMilkyWay:byfarthelargernumberofthem
lyingintheneighbourhoodofitsplaneandrelativelyfewinregionson
eitherside。Thesecondisthat,contrariwise,thenebulaearesparselyscattered
inandaboutthegalacticcircleandarerelativelynumerousinthespaces
remotefromit。Thoughtherearethuspresentedtwocasesofsegregation
thereisnoevidencethatthesedifferentclassesofbodieshavebeenseparated
fromamixedassemblage,noristhereanyindicationoftheforcesbywhich
thiscontrastindistributionhasbeenproduced。Wecanonlysaythatthe
factsarecongruouswiththebeliefthatsegregation,probablyindirectratherthandirectinitscause,hasbeengoingon。Theformationanddetachmentofanebulousring,illustratesthesame
generalprinciple。Toconclude,asLaplacedid,thattheequatorialportion
ofarotatingnebulousspheroidwill,duringconcentration,acquireacentrifugal
forcesufficienttopreventitfromfollowingtherestofthecontracting
mass,istoconcludethatsuchportionswillremainbehindasareincommon
subjecttoacertaindifferentialforce。Thelineofdivisionbetweenthe
ringandthespheroid,mustbealineinsideofwhichtheaggregativeforce
isgreaterthantheforceresistingaggregation;andoutsideofwhichthe
forceresistingaggregationisgreaterthantheaggregativeforce。Hence
theallegedprocessconformstothelawthatamonglikeunits,exposedtounlikeforces,thesimilarlyconditionedseparatefromthedissimilarlyconditioned。###第37章§165。Thosegeologicchangesusuallyclassedasaqueous,display
undernumerousformsthesegregationofunlikeunitsbyauniformincident
force。Onseashoresthewavesareeversorting—outandseparatingthemixed
materialsagainstwhichtheybreak。Fromeachmassoffallencliff,thetide
carriesawayallthoseparticleswhicharesosmallastoremainlongsuspended
inthewater;and,atsomedistancefromshore,depositsthemintheshape
offinesediment。Largeparticles,sinkingwithcomparativerapidity,are
accumulatedintobedsofsandnearlowwater—mark。Thesmallpebblescollect
togetheratthebottomoftheinclineupwhichthebreakersrush;andon
thetopliethelargerstonesandboulders。Stillmorespecificsegregations
mayoccasionallybeobserved。Flatpebbles,producedbythebreakingdown
oflaminatedrock,aresometimesseparatelycollectedinonepartofashingle
bank。Onthisshorethedepositiswhollyofmud;onthatitiswhollyof
sand。Herewefindashelteredcovefilledwithsmallpebblesalmostofone
size;andthere,inacurvedbayoneendofwhichismoreexposedthanthe
otherweseeaprogressiveincreaseinthemassivenessofthestonesaswe
walkfromthelessexposedtothemoreexposedend。Tracethehistoryof
eachgeologicdeposit,andwearequicklyleddowntothefactthatmixed
fragmentsofmatter,differingintheirsizesorweights,are,whenexposed
tothemomentumandfrictionofwater,joinedwiththeattractionofthe
Earth,selectedfromoneanother,andunitedintogroupsofcomparatively
likefragments。Andweseethat,otherthingsequal,theseparationisdefinite
inproportionasthedifferencesoftheunitsaremarked。Aftertheyhave
beenformed,sedimentarystrataexhibitsegregationsofanotherkind。The
flintsandthenodulesofironpyritesthatarefoundinchalk,aswellas
thesiliciousconcretionswhichsometimesoccurinlimestone,areinterpreted
asaggregationsofmoleculesofsilexorsulphuretofiron,originallydiffused
throughthedeposit,butgraduallycollectedroundcentres,notwithstanding
thesolidorsemi—solidstateofthesurroundingmatter。Bogiron—oresuppliestheconditionsandtheresultinstillmoreobviouscorrelation。Amongigneouschangeswedonotfindsomanyexamplesoftheprocessdescribed。
Nevertheless,geologicalphenomenaofthisorderarenotbarrenofillustrations。
WherethemixedmatterscomposingtheEarth'scrusthavebeenraisedtoa
veryhightemperature,segregationcommonlytakesplaceasthetemperature
falls。Sundryofthesubstancesthatescapeinagaseousformfromvolcanoes,
sublimeintocrystalsoncomingagainstcoolsurfaces;andsolidifying,as
thesesubstancesdo,atdifferenttemperatures,theyaredepositedatdifferent
partsofthecrevicesthroughwhichtheyareemittedtogether。Thebestillustration,
however,isfurnishedbythechangesthatoccurduringtheslowcoolingof
igneousrock。When,throughoneofthefracturesfromtimetotimemadein
theEarth'scrust,aportionofthemoltennucleusisextruded,andwhen
thisiscooledwithcomparativerapidity,thereresultstraporbasalt——
asubstancethatisuniformintexture,thoughmadeupofvariousingredients。
Butwhen,notescapingthroughthesuperficialstrata,suchaportionof
themoltennucleusisslowlycooled,graniteistheresult:themingledparticles
ofquartz,feldspar,andmica,beingkeptforalongtimeinafluidand
semi—fluidstate——astateofcomparativemobility—undergothosechanges
ofpositionwhichtheforcesimpressedonthembytheirfellowunitsnecessitate。
Thedifferentialforcesarisingfrommutualpolarity,segregatethequartz,
feldspar,andmica,intocrystals。Howcompletelythisisdependentonthe
long—continuedagitationofthemixedparticles,andconsequentlong—continued
movablenessbysmalldifferentialforces,isprovedbythefactthatina
granitedykethecrystalsinthecentre,wherethefluidityorsemi—fluidity
continuedforalongertime,aremuchlargerthanthoseatthesides,wherecontactwiththeneighbouringrockcausedmorerapidcoolingandsolidification。§166。Theactionsgoingonthroughoutanorganismaresoinvolved,
thatwecannotexpecttoidentifytheforcesbywhichparticularsegregations
areeffected。Amongthefewinstancesadmitting。ofinterpretation,thebest
arethoseinwhichmechanicalpressuresandtensionsaretheagenciesatwork。Thespineofavertebrateanimalissubjectedtocertaingeneralstrains
——theweightofthebody,togetherwiththereactionsinvolvedbyallconsiderable
muscularefforts;andundertheseconditionsithasbecomesegregatedas
awhole。Atthesametimebeingexposedtodifferentforcesduringthose
lateralbendingswhichthemovementsnecessitate,itspartsretainacertain
separateness。Ifwetraceupthedevelopmentofthevertebralcolumnfrom
itsprimitiveformofacartilaginouscordinthelowestfishes,weseethat,
throughout,itmaintainsanintegrationcorrespondingtotheunityofthe
incidentforces,joinedwithadivisionintosegmentscorrespondingtothe
varietyoftheincidentforces。Eachsegment,consideredapart,exemplifies
thetruthmoresimply。Avertebraisnotasinglebone,butconsistsofa
centralmasswithsundryappendagesorprocesses,andinunfinishedtypes
ofvertebratheseappendagesareseparatefromthecentralmass,and,indeed,
existbeforeitmakesitsappearance。Buttheseseveralindependentbones
constitutingaprimitivespinalsegment,aresubjectedtoacertainaggregate
offorceswhichagreemorethantheydiffer:asthefulcrumtoagroupof
muscleshabituallyactingtogether,theyperpetuallyundergocertainreactions
incommon。Andaccordingly,inthecourseofdevelopment,theygradually
coalesce。Stillcleareristheillustrationfurnishedbyspinalsegments
thatbecomefusedtogetherwheretheyaretogetherexposedtosomepredominant
strain。Thesacrumconsistsofagroupofvertebrafirmlyunited。Inthe
ostrichanditscongenerstherearefromseventeentotwentysacralvertebra;
and,besidesbeingconfluentwithoneanother,theseareconfluentwith
theiliacbones,whichrunoneachsideofthem。If,now,weassumethese
vertebratohavebeenoriginallyseparate,astheystillareintheembryo
bird,andifweconsidertheforcestowhichtheymustinsuchcasehave
beenexposed,weshallseethattheirunionresultsintheallegedway。For
throughthesevertebratheentireweightofthebodyistransferredtothe
legs:thelegssupportthepelvicarch;thepelvicarchsupportsthesacrum;
andtothesacrumisarticulatedtherestofthespine,withalltheorgans
attachedtoitandupheldbyit。Hence,ifseparate,thesacralvertebra
mustbeheldfirmlytogetherbystrongly—contractedmuscles,andmust,by
implication,bepreventedfrompartakinginthoselateralmovementswhich
theothervertebraundergo——theymustbesubjectedtoacommonstrain,
whiletheyarepreservedfromstrainswhichwouldaffectthemdifferently;
andsotheyfulfiltheconditionsunderwhichsegregationoccurs。Butthe
casesinwhichcauseandeffectarebroughtintothemostobviousrelation,
aresuppliedbythelimbs。Themetacarpalbones(thosewhichinmansupport
thepalmofthehand)areseparatefromoneanotherinmostmammals:the
separateactionsofthetoesentailingonthemslightamountsofseparate
movements。Thisisnotsohoweverintheox—tribeandthehorse—tribe。In
theox—tribe,onlythemiddlemetacarpals(thirdandfourth)aredeveloped;
andthese,attainingmassiveproportions,coalescetoformthecannonbone。
Inthehorse—tribe,thesegregationiswhatwemaydistinguishasindirect:
thesecondandfourthmetacarpalsarepresentonlyasrudimentsunitedto
thesidesofthethird,whilethethirdisimmenselydeveloped;thusforming
acannonbonewhichdiffersfromthatoftheoxinbeingasinglecylinder,
insteadoftwocylindersfusedtogether。Themetatarsusinthesequadrupeds
exhibitsparallelchanges。Noweachofthesemetamorphosesoccurswherethe
differentbonesgroupedtogetherhavenolongeranydifferentfunctions,
butretainonlyacommonfunction。Thefeetofoxenandhorsesareusedsolely
forlocomotion——arenotput,likethoseofunguiculatemammals,topurposes
whichinvolvesomerelativemovementsofthemetacarpals。Thustheredirectly
orindirectlyresultsasinglemassofbonewheretheincidentforceissingle。
Andfortheinferencethatthesefactshaveacausalconnexion,wefindconfirmation
throughouttheentireclassofbirds,inthewingsandlegsofwhich,like
segregationsarefoundunderlikeconditions。Whilethissheetispassing
throughthepress(1862),afactillustratingthisgeneraltruthinayet
moreremarkablemanner,hasbeenmentionedtomebyProf。Huxleywhokindly
allowsmetomakeuseofitwhilestillunpublishedbyhim。TheGlyptodon,
anextinctmammalfoundfossilizedinSouthAmerica,haslongbeenknown
asalargeuncouthcreaturealliedtotheArmadillo,buthavingamassive
dermalarmourconsistingofpolygonalplatescloselyfittedtogethersoas
tomakeavastbox,inclosingthebodyinsuchwayaseffectuallytoprevent
itfrombeingbent,laterallyorvertically,intheslightestdegree。This
box,whichmusthaveweighedseveralhundredweight,wassupportedonthe
spinousprocessesofthevertebrae,andontheadjacentbonesofthepelvic
andthoracicarches。Andthesignificantfactisthathere,wherethetrunk
vertebraeweretogetherexposedtothepressureofthisheavydermalarmour,
atthesametimethat,byitsrigidity,theywerepreservedfromallrelativemovements,theywereunitedintoonesolid,continuousbone。Theformationandmaintenanceofaspecies,consideredasanassemblage
ofsimilarorganisms,isinterpretableinananalogousway。Alreadywehave
seenthatinsofarasthemembersofaspeciesaresubjecttodifferent
setsofincidentforces,theyaredifferentiated,ordividedintovarieties。
Hereitremainstoaddthatsuchofthemasaresubjecttolikesetsofincident
forces,aresegregated。Forbytheprocessof"naturalselection,"
thereisacontinualpurificationofeachspeciesfromthoseindividuals
whichdepartfromthecommontypeinwaysthatunfitthemfortheconditions
oftheirexistence。Consequently,thereisacontinualleavingbehindof
thoseindividualswhichareinallrespectsfitfortheconditionsoftheir
existence,andarethereforenearlyalike。Thecircumstancestowhichany
speciesisexposed,beinganinvolvedcombinationofincidentforces;and
themembersofthespecieshavingamongthemsomethatdiffermorethanis
usualfromtheaveragestructurerequiredformeetingtheseforces;itresults
thattheseforcesareconstantlyseparatingsuchdivergentindividualsfrom
therest,andsopreservingtheuniformityoftherest——keepingupits
integrityasaspeciesorvariety。Justasthechangingautumnleavesare
pickedoutbythewindfromamongthegreenonesaroundthem,orjustas,
touseProf。Huxley'ssimile,thesmallerfragmentspassthroughasieve
whilethelargerarekeptback;so,theuniformincidenceofexternalforces
affectsthemembersofagroupoforganismssimilarlyinproportionasthey
aresimilar,anddifferentlyinproportionastheyaredifferent;andthus
iseversegregatingthelikebypartingtheunlikefromthem。Whetherthese
separatedmembersarekilledoff,asmostlyhappens,orwhether,asotherwise
happens,theysurviveandmultiplyintoadistinctvariety,inconsequence
oftheirfitnesstocertainpartially—unlikeconditions,mattersnottothe
argument。Theonecaseconformstothelawthattheunlikeunitsofanaggregate
aresortedintotheirkindsandparted,whenuniformlysubjecttothesame
incidentforces,andtheothertotheconverselawthatthelikeunitsof
anaggregatearepartedandseparatelygroupedwhensubjecttodifferent
incidentforces。AndonconsultingMr。Darwin'sremarksondivergenceof
character,itwillbeseenthatthesegregationsthuscausedtendevertobecomemoredefinite。§167。Mentalevolutionunderoneofitsleadingaspects,wefound
toconsistintheformationinthemindofgroupsoflikeobjectsandlike
relations——adifferentiationofthevariousthingsoriginallyconfounded
togetherinoneassemblage,andanintegrationofeachseparateorderof
thingsintoaseparategroup(§153)。Hereitremainstopointoutthat
whileunlikenessintheincidentforcesisthecauseofsuchdifferentiations,
likenessintheincidentforcesisthecauseofsuchintegrations。Forwhat
istheprocessthroughwhichclassificationsareestablished?Howdoplants
becomegroupedinthemindofthebotanistintoorders,genera,andspecies?
Eachplantheexaminesyieldshimacertaincompleximpression。Nowandthen
hepicksupaplantlikeonebeforeseen;andtherecognitionofitisthe
productioninhimofalikeconnectedgroupofsensations,byalikeconnected
groupofattributes。Thatistosaythereisproducedthroughoutthenerve—centres
concerned,acombinedsetofchanges,similartoacombinedsetofchanges
beforeproduced。Consideredanalytically,eachsuchcombinedsetofchanges
isacombinedsetofmolecularmodificationswroughtintheaffectedpart
oftheorganism。Oneveryrepetitionoftheimpression,alikecombinedset
ofmolecularmodificationsissuperposedonthepreviousones,andmakes
themgreater:thusgeneratinganinternalplexusof。modifications,withits
answeringidea,correspondingtothesesimilarexternalobjects。Meanwhile,
anotherkindofplantproducesinthebrainofthebotanistanothersetof
molecularmodifications——asetwhichdoesnotagreewiththeonewehave
beenconsidering,butdisagreeswithit;andbyrepetitionofsuchthere
isgeneratedadifferentideaansweringtoadifferentspecies。What,now,
isthenatureofthisprocessexpressedingeneralterms?Ontheonehand
therearethelikeandunlikethingsfromwhichseverityemanatethegroups
offorcesbywhichweperceivethem。Ontheotherhand,therearetheorgans
ofsenseandpercipientcentres,throughwhich,inthecourseofobservation,
thesegroupsofforcespass。Inpassingthroughthemthelikegroupsofforces
aresegregated,orseparatedfromtheunlikegroupsofforces;andeachsuch
separateseriesofgroupsofforces,answeringtoanexternalgenusorspecies,
producesanideaofthegenusorspecies。Webeforesawthataswellasa
separationofmixedmattersbythesameforce,thereisaseparationofmixed
forcesbythesamematter;andherewemayfurtherseethattheunlikeforces
soseparated,workunlikestructuralchangesintheaggregatethatseparates
them——structuralchangeseachofwhichthusrepresentstheintegratedseriesofmotionsthathasproducedit。Byaparallelprocess,therelationsofco—existenceandsequenceamong
impressions,becomesortedintokindsandgrouped。Whentwophenomenathat
havebeenexperiencedinagivenorder,arerepeatedinthesameorder,those
nerve—centreswhichbeforewereaffectedbythetransitionareagainaffected;
andsuchmolecularmodificationastheyreceivedfromthefirstmotionpropagated
throughthemisincreasedbythissecondmotion。Eachsuchmotionworksa
structuralalterationwhich,inconformitywiththelawsetforthinChapter
IX,involvesadiminishedresistancetoallsuchmotionsthatafterwards
occur。Thesegregationofthesesuccessivemotions(ormorestrictly,the
permanentlyeffectiveportionsofexpandedtheminovercomingresistance)
thusbecomesthecauseof,andthemeasureof,thementalconnexionsbetween
theimpressionswhichthephenomenaproduced。Meanwhile,phenomenadifferent
fromthese,beingphenomenathataffectdifferentnervouselements,will
havetheirconnexionsseverallyrepresentedbymotionsalongotherroutes;
andalongeachoftheseotherroutes,thenervousdischargeswillseverally
takeplacewithareadinessproportionatetothefrequencywithwhichexperience
repeatstheconnexionsofphenomena。Theclassificationofrelationsmust
hencegoonparipassuwiththeclassificationoftherelatedthings。In
commonwiththemixedsensationsreceivedfromtheexternalworld,themixed
relationsitpresentscannotbeimpressedontheorganism。withoutmoreor
lesssegregationofthemresulting。Andthroughthiscontinuoussortingand
groupingofchangesormotions,whichconstitutesnervousfunction,there
isgraduallywroughtthatsortingandgroupingofmatter,whichconstitutesnervousstructure。§168。Insocialevolution,thecollectingtogetherofthelikeand
theseparationoftheunlikebyincidentforces,isprimarilydisplayedin
thesamemanneraswesawittobeamonggroupsofinferiorcreatures。The
humanracestendtodifferentiateandintegrate,asdoracesofotherlivingforms。Oftheforceswhicheffectandmaintainthesegregationsofmankind,may
firstbenamedthoseexternalonesclassedasphysicalconditions。Theclimate
andfoodwhicharefavourabletoanindigenouspeople,aremoreorlessdetrimental
toanalienpeopleofdifferentbodilyconstitution。Intropicalregions
thenorthernracescannotpermanentlyexist:ifnotkilledoffinthefirst
generation,theyaresointhesecond,and,asinIndia,canmaintaintheir
footingonlybytheartificialprocessofcontinuousimmigrationandemigration。
Thatistosay,theexternalforcesactingequallyontheinhabitantsof
agivenlocality,tendtoexpelallwhoarenotofacertaintype,andthus
tokeepuptheintegrationofthosewhoareofthattype。Evenamongthe
Indianpeoplesthemselvesthelikehappens:someofthehill—tribesbeing
segregatedbysurvivingthemalariousinfluenceswhichkilloffHinduswho
entertheirhabitat。Theotherfoxesconspiringtoproducethesenational
segregations,arethosementalonesshownintheaffinitiesofmenforothers
likethemselves。Unitsofonesocietywhoareobligedtoresideinanother,
generallyformcoloniesinthemidstofthatother——smallsocietiesof
theirown。Raceswhichhavebeenartificiallysevered,showtendenciesto
re—unite。Nowthoughthesesegregationscausedbythemutuallikingsofkindred
men,donotseemduetothegeneralprincipleenunciated,theyreallyare
thusinterpretable。Whentreatingofthedirectionofmotion(§80),
itwasshownthattheactionsperformedbymenforthesatisfactionoftheir
wants,arealwaysmotionsalonglinesofleastresistance。Thefeelingscharacterizing
amemberofagivenrace,arefeelingswhichgetcompletesatisfactiononly
amongothermembersofthatraceasatisfactionpartlyderivedfromsympathy
withthosehavinglikefeelings,butmainlyderivedfromtheadaptedsocial
conditionswhichgrowupwheresuchfeelingsprevail。When,therefore,a
citizenofanynationis,aswesee,attractedtowardsothersofhisnation,
therationaleisthatcertainagencieswhichwecalldesires,movehimin
thedirectionofleastresistance。Humanmotions,likeallothermotions,
beingdeterminedbythedistributionofforces,itfollowsthatsuchsegregations
ofracesasarenotproducedbyincidentexternalforces,areproducedbyforceswhichtheunitsoftheracesexerciseononeanother。Duringthedevelopmentofeachsocietyweseeanalogoussegregationscaused
inanalogousways。Afewofthemresultfromminornaturalaffinities;but
thosemostimportantoneswhichconstitutepoliticalandindustrialorganization,
resultfromtheunionofmeninwhomsimilaritieshavebeenproducedbytraining。
Menbroughtuptobodilylabouraremenwhohavehadwroughtinthemacertain
likeness——alikenesswhich,inrespectoftheirpowersofaction,obscures
andsubordinatestheirnaturaldifferences。Thosetrainedtobrain—workhave
acquiredacertainothercommunityofcharacterwhichmakesthem,associal
units,morelikeoneanotherthanlikethosetrainedtomanualoccupations。
Andthereariseclass—segregationsansweringtothesesuper—inducedlikenesses。
Moredefinitesegregationstakeplaceamongthemoredefinitelyassimilated
membersofanyclasswhoarebroughtuptothesamecalling。Evenwherethe
necessitiesoftheirworkforbidconcentrationinonelocality,asamong
artizanshappenswithmasonsandbricklayers,andamongtradershappenswith
theretaildistributers,andamongprofessionalshappenswiththemedical
men,therearenotwantingOperativeBuilders'Unions,andGrocers'Societies,
andMedicalAssociations,implyingaprocessofsiftingoutandgrouping。
Andwhere,asamongthemanufacturingclasses,thefunctionsdischargeddo
notrequirethedispersionofcitizenswhoareartificiallyassimilated,
thereisanaggregationoftheminspeciallocalities,andaconsequentincrease
inthedefinitenessofindustrialdivisions。If,now,weseekthecauses
ofthesesegregations,consideredasresultsofforceandmotion,weare
broughttothesamegeneralprincipleasbefore。Thislikenessproducedin
themembersofanyclassorsub—classbytraining,isanaptitudeacquired
bythemforsatisfyingtheirwantsinlikeways。Thatis,theoccupation
hasbecometoeachalineofleastresistance。Henceunderthatpressure
whichdeterminesallmentoactivitythesesimilarly——modifiedsocialunits
aresimilarlyaffected,andtendtotakesimilarcourses。If,then,there
beanylocalitywhich,eitherbyitsphysicalpeculiaritiesorbypeculiarities
wroughtonitduringsocialevolution,isrenderedaplacewhereacertain
kindofindustrialactionmeetswithlessresistancethanelsewhere,itfollows
fromthelawofdirectionofmotionthatthosesocialunitswhohavebeen
mouldedtothiskindofindustrialaction,willbesegregatedbymovingtowards
thisplace。If,forinstance,theproximityofcoalandironminestoanavigable
river,givestoGlasgowanadvantageinthebuildingofiron—ships—ifthe
totallabourrequiredtoproduceagivenvessel,andgetitsequivalentin
foodandclothing,islesstherethanelsewhere;thereiscausedaconcentration
ofiron—shipbuildersatGlasgow,eitherbydetentionofthepopulationborn
toiron—shipbuilding,orbyimmigrationofthoseelsewhereengagedinit,
orbyboth。Theprincipleequallyholdswheretheoccupationismercantile
insteadofmanufacturing。Stock—brokersclusterwheretheamountofeffort
tobeseverallygonethroughbythemindischargingtheirfunctions,and
obtainingtheirprofits,islessthanelsewhere。Alocalexchangehaving
oncebeenestablished,becomesaplacewheretheresistancetobeovercome
byeachissmallerthaninanyotherplace;and,beinglikeunitsunderstress
ofcommondesires,pursuitofthecourseofleastresistancebyeachinvolvestheiraggregationaroundthisplace。Ofcourse,withunitssocomplexasthosewhichconstituteasociety,
andwithforcessoinvolvedasthosewhichmovethem,theresultingselections
andseparationsmustbefarmoreentangled,orfarlessdefinite,thanthose
wehavehithertoconsidered。Formen'slikenessesbeingofvariouskinds,
leadtovariousordersofsegregation。Therearelikenessesofdisposition,
likenessesoftaste,likenessesproducedbyeducation,likenessesthatresult
fromclass—habits,likenessesofpoliticalfeeling;anditneedsbuttoglance
roundatthecaste—divisions,theassociationsforphilanthropic,scientific,
andartisticpurposes,thereligiouspartiesandsocialcliques,toseethat
somespeciesoflikenessamongthecomponentmembersofeachbodydetermines
theirunion。Nowthedifferentsegregativeprocesses,bytraversingoneanother
andoftenbytheirindirectantagonism,moreorlessobscureoneanother's
effects,andpreventanyonedifferentiatedclassfromcompletelyintegrating。