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 sociology, as in biology, there is no cell without a parent cell. The society of each generation develops a   multitude of spontaneous and acquired variations, and out of these, by a blending process of natural and conscious selection, the succeeding society is evolved. The new order will differ in no   important respects from the present, except in the completer development of its more salient features. The visitor from another planet who had known the old and should see the new would note but few changes. Alter et Idem--another yet the same--he would say. From magnate to baron, from workman to villein, from publicist to   court agent and retainer, will be changes of state and function so    slight as to elude all but the keenest eyes."