Explain What Huxley Means When He Says, "It Is from Neglect

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Essay

Explain what Huxley means when he says, "It is from neglect of these plain considerations that the fanatical individualism of our time attempts to apply the analogy of cosmic nature to society. Once more we have a misapplication of the stoical injunction to follow nature; the duties of the individual to the state are forgotten, and his tendencies to self-assertion are dignified by the name of rights."

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