 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The chief difficulty for men, as for other animals, is adaptation to new circumstances. The great reptiles of the days before men, who might have seemed invincible, perished from a change of climate. ... Man, however, has survived the Ice Age, wars, pestilences, and all the other dangers which have threatened his existence. ...
（But) Most people find it pleasanter to follow their passions rather than their intelligence, but when the penalty is starvation, they will, in the long run, submit to being reasonable. .
Source: The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism, 1920, part II, chapter 1.
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