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  2. C. Sagan1995,260.

  3. E. O. Wilsoncoinedthe term“sociobiology,” accordingto M. Bressler1981,181.

  4. C. Lumsdenand E. O. Wilson1983,39–40.

  5. Qtd.by C. LumsdenandE. O. Wilson1983,39. JonathanBeckwithauthoredthis quotationwith
    fourteencosigners,includingStephenJay Gould.Again,Beckwith’s letterappearedin the November13,
    1975,NewYorkReviewof Books.

  6. Thefact thatthe quotationcomesfromprofessionalphilanthropistJohnD. Rockefeller,Jr., rather
    thanhis tycoonfather,waspointedout by Universityof Wisconsin-ParksidechancellorIrvinG. Wyllie,
    accordingto Bannister1988,274 n. 70. As notedin Fosdick1956,130-31,JohnD. Rockefeller,Jr., spoke
    thosewordsat a 1902addressat BrownUniversity.Hofstadterattributesthatquotationto a “JohnD.
    Rockefeller,” citingGhent1902,29. Hofstadterdoesnot specificallysay “Rockefeller,Senior.” However,
    the implicationis thathe is talkingaboutRockefeller,Sr., giventhatHofstadtersaidthatthe manwho
    utteredthatquotationwasamongthe “businessentrepreneurs.” Rockefeller,Sr., is knownprimarilyfor
    beinga businessentrepreneur.Conversely,the manwhoactuallyutteredthat quotation—JohnD. Rocke-
    feller,Jr.—is not knownprimarilyfor beingan entrepreneur,but for beinga professionalfull-timephilan-
    thropistfor mostof his life, evenin youngadulthood.Derber1998,26–27, onlysays“JohnD. Rockefell-
    er,” andnot “Rockefeller,Senior,” whenattributingthisquotationto him.But thathe attributesthis
    quotationto Rockefeller,Sr., ratherthanJohnD. Rockefeller,Jr., is seenin thathe attributesto the same
    “JohnD. Rockefeller” the quotation“Godgaveme my money,” whichwerewordsspokenby Rockefeller,
    Sr. However,AllanChase1980,paperback,8, veryexplicitlyascribesthe quotationto “JohnD. Rockefell-
    er, Sr.” For otherexamplesof authorsfalselyascribingthe quotationto JohnD. Rockefeller,Sr., see
    Commager1950,209, 455; M. Fichman2002,186; A. Trachtenberg1982,84–85; and J. A. Yoder1975,32–33.

  7. H. G. Bowenand C. F. Kettering1958,67.

  8. C. Lumsdenand E. O. Wilson1983,39–40.

  9. Bannister1988,xxix.

  10. Thisquotationis fromM. Ridley1997,252.

  11. Thiscan be seenin Kasun1988,158.

  12. Skousen2001,tradepaperback, 212

  13. Skousen2007,accessedonlineFriday,October28, 2011.

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  15. Zubrin2012,35, 40.

  16. Qtd.by P. Cohen2007,accessedonlineSaturday,May26, 2007.

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  19. S. Jacoby2008,61–62, 69–72, smearsSumner.Ibid., 70–79; and S. Jacoby2004,140, smearsSpencer.

  20. S. Jacoby2008,62, 80. Up untilthe partsaying“militarymen,” I am quotingS. Jacoby2008,62.
    Staringwith“SocialDarwinismhas neverdied.. .”, I am quotingS. Jacoby2008,80.

  21. Rand1992,paperback,680–83.

  22. S. Jacoby2008,71.

  23. M. Roach2005,107–109.

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  26. A. Toffler1981,paperback,101.

  27. R. Wright1994,hardcover,picturessectionin the middleof the book,330.

  28. R. Wright2000,266.

  29. P. Cohen2007,accessedonlineSaturday,May26, 2007.

  30. Brantlinger1977,234.

  31. J. M. Hobson2004,236-37.

  32. Bannister1988,151.
    51.The Nation68 (1894),p. 294, qtd. by Bannister1988,155.
    52.PopularScience45 (1894),p. 558,qtd.by Bannister1988,155.Of course,becausemillionairesocialist
    HenryDemarestLloydsupportedthe welfarestateevenmoreferventlythanKidddid,he criticizedKidd
    for beingtoo laissezfaire(Bannister1988,155).Thatthe description“socialist” fairlyappliesto Henry
    DemarestLloydis evincedin Ekirch1974,48.

  33. Banister1988,155.

  34. B. Kidd1894,233, 237, qtd. by Bannister1988,156.

  35. Black2003,119.

  36. ThatHolmesthoughtprivatephilanthropy“the worstabuseof privateownership” is a quotation
    comingfromOliverWendellHolmesto FrederickPollock,letter,April23, 1910,in M. D. Howeed. vol. 1,
    169–171.

  37. Lombardo2008,163, citingS. M. Novick1992,709–712.

  38. Spencer1851,pt. 2, ch. 4, sec. 3, para.1, accessedonlineTuesday,July7, 2007, 2007

  39. Spencer1851,pt. 3, ch. 19, sec. 1, para.1, accessedonlineTuesday,July17, 2007.

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