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 OBJEOT$ OF DE VEL OPMENI' 349 happiness. Efilciency and perfection of human develop- men will be cultivated wfi, h greaer assiduity han a presen--no as ends in hemselves, bu subor- dinated to he aim of happiness. Probably we are as ye a long way from perpetual peace guaranteed by a League of Nations; and until such an organization has stood century without failin it the test of more than a would scarcely be wise for nations o overlook he possibility of having o defend hemselves or a leas figh for he League. Conse- quently for a long period ye efficiency in war mus be an aim of social and political policy o be co-ordinated with he aim of directly maximizing happiness.  The conclusion o be drawn is ha for he present. he staesman's aims in his mare direct measures of legislation, education, and works, should be he maximization of happiness in conjunction wih securing he national defence, and ha he develop- ment of physical people should be both these ends. which is perfectly of policy towards the broad and pursued in cirecions This analysis leads to a clear and logical. The ends intellectual efficiency in he leading to conclusion direction just indicated is certainly practicable and the aims such as will be accep- table to the people. Moreover it has the advantage that it is merely continuing evolution in the same direction in which it has hitherto been guided by the principle of. survival. We are simply adding consciously the factor of reasonably determined social control, which is itself evolving rapidly from appli- cation to disconnected reforms to a grand assumption of responsibility for the whole life of. mankind. 4. The Ideal Population.--The broad conclusions as to he ulimae aims of social activities saed in I 8es my  o/Em 8  8 Pr, Ind Jotul of Boes, Vol. I, p. 1.