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95. Bannisterstatesthisveryclearlyin Bannister1988,ix (theAcknowledgmentspage):“Chapter 5
    appearsin slightlydifferentformas ‘WilliamGrahamSumner’s’ “SocialDarwinism” (Historyof Political
    Economy5 [1973],89-109),copyrightby DukeUniversityPress,whichgrantspermissionfor republica-
    tion.” Observethat“SocialDarwinism” is in scarequotesin Bannister’s title “WilliamGrahamSumner’s
    ‘SocialDarwinism.’” Thisis becausethis paper,muchlike the chapterit wasremadeintoin Bannister
    1988,arguedthatSumnerwasnot a socialDarwinist;he wasonlysmearedas suchby manyof his
    politicalopponents.


96. Bannister1988,55.


97. H. Kaye1986,33–34, qtd. by T. C. Leonard2009,41, accessedonlineSunday,November6, 2011.