Excerpt from Origin of Government Kof nation, which is war. Views upon origin of govern ment prejudiced by biological theories of society. Spencer's biological views. Mr. D. E. Fraser and the priestly origin of government. Universal applicability to the whole history of the human race must characterize a true theory of the origin of government. Patriarchal and priestly theories deficient in this respect, and in applicability to war. When Spencer is most reasonable he asserts that there has been no civilization without government, and that the origin of government is to be found in war. We have seen how government originates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.