The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

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Identifikator:: 1775636852

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-164018

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Knibbs, George Handley http://d-nb.info/gnd/1045010944

Title:: The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Ernest Benn Limited

Year of publication:: (1928)

Scope:: 131 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VII. The migration of populations

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84 THE SHADOW OF THE WORLD’S FUTURE even migration may be promoted with a sinister inten- tion. It may even happen that one nation is anxious to see migration promoted elsewhere, in order to relieve its own fears of consequences. The whole plexus of relations which modern trans- port and economics, and the intricacies of trade and commerce have established, have really welded the peoples of the earth into a kind of pseudo-solidarity. The evidence of this is that disaster to any one people means some measure of disaster to all. By the applica- tion of science to industry, and by the magic of inven- tion, the life of humanity has been quickened and enriched, and the possibilities of physical and psychical enjoyment have been promoted. The plane of possible moral and intellectual effort has also been raised. Through this the destinies of the peoples of the earth have become a much deeper and more intricate problem. It is one, however, which needs to be faced. Every day this need becomes nore pressing. There is a reason for this. Man’s power to destroy has been enormously enhanced by recent achievements in chemical and physical science. On the other hand, although his power to ameliorate and meet all evils has also advanced, the measure of this advance is relatively insignificant as compared with his powers of spreading ruin and disaster. As a consequence war has become more pregnant with horror, and more frightful in its effects both material and psychical. In addition to the magnitude of the wreckage actually done, a still greater avil is that war tends to engender perpetual distrust and a sense of insecurity, and further it breeds suspicion and dislike and a deep hatred. These deflect human =fforts into a markedly anti-social direction. Behind evils such as have been referred to lies the spirit of selfishness. Its manifestations are of course protean, and often it is masked behind what, on a superficial view, appears to be a commendable national

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