The  main  cause  of  the  superiority  of  the  social  to  the
3.  Society.  individual  organism  is,  according  to  an  established  law,
the  more  marked  speciality  of  the  various  functions  fulfilled  by
organs  more  and  more  distinct,  but  interconnected ;  so  that  unity
X-  of  aim  is  more  and  more  combined  with  diversity  of  means.  We
can  not,  of  course,  fully  appreciate  a  phenomenon  which  is  for  ever
proceeding  before  our  eyes,  and  in  which  we  bear  a  part ;  but  if
we  withdraw  ourselves  in  thought  from  the  social  system,  and  con-
template it  as  from  afar,  can  we  conceive  of  a  more  marvellous
spectacle,  in  the  whole  range  of  natural  phenomena,  than  the  regu-
lar and  constant  convergence  of  an  innumerable  multitude  of  human
beings,  each  possessing  a  distinct  and,  in  a  certain  degree,  inde-.
