Factors determining valuation and arrangement of
the discussion.
(1) INSTINCT AND HEREDITY 73
Prof. Ward on heredity: Haeckel on instincts:
McDougall on instincts: imitation and morality:
demagogues and fanatics: geniuses and politicians:
maternal impressions: heredity versus environment:
conscience as an emotional and instinctive
organ, and conscience as a thinking and intellectual
organ: the force of cosmic suggestion on morality:
remorse.
(2) THE FACTOR OF EMOTION 86
Emotion defined: its manifestations: its control:
Ward on emotion: James on emotion: the æsthetic
emotions: Racine and the element of mystery in
Art: William Hazlitt on the worship of names:
emotional sensibility: æsthetic appreciation.
(3) JUDGMENT OF ENDS 96
The intellectual and critical processes: realization
of ends: recognition of Good: the norm of valuation.
(4) COSMIC SUGGESTION 99
Public opinion: emotional suggestions: individual
suggestibility: gregarious attraction: ecstatic
oratory: Rasputin: Mark Antony: propaganda:
the Press: Mr. Hilaire Belloc's views: the influence
of literature: the worship of symbols: Bergson's
definition of metaphysics: the necessary task of
religion: progress or decline: the highest form of
morality.