Marxism and Darwinism
MARXISM AND
DARWINISM
By ANTON PANNEKOEK
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
Marxism and Darwinism
BY
ANTON PANNEKOEK
Translated by Nathan Weiser.
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
CO-OPERATIVE
Copyright, 1912
By
Charles H. Kerr & Company
Printed in the United States of America
John F. Higgins Ptg. Co.
376 W. Monroe St., Chicago
"SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST."
In northern climes, the polar bear
Protects himself with fat and hair,
Where snow is deep and ice is stark,
And half the year is cold and dark,
He still survives a clime like that
By growing fur, by growing fat.
These traits, O bear, which thou transmittest
Prove the Survival of the Fittest.
To polar regions waste and wan,
Comes the encroaching race of man,
A puny, feeble, little bubber,
He has no fur, he has no blubber.
The scornful bear sat down at ease
To see the stranger starve and freeze—
But, lo! the stranger slew the bear,
And ate his fat and wore his hair;
These deeds, O Man, which thou committest
Prove the Survival of the Fittest.
In modern times the Millionaire
Protects himself as did the bear:
Where Poverty and Hunger are
He counts his bullion by the car:
Where thousands perish still he thrives—
The wealth, O Croesus, thou transmittest
Proves the Survival of the Fittest.
But, lo, some people odd and funny,
Some men without a cent of money—
The simple common human race
Chose to improve their dwelling place:
They had no use for millionaires,
They calmly said the world was theirs,
They were so wise, so strong, so many,
The Millionaires?—there wasn't any.
These deeds, O Man, which thou committest
Prove the Survival of the Fittest.
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