books.google.ca - Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Social_Darwinism_in_American_Thought.html?id=Ty8aEmWc_ekC&q=cosmic&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSocial Darwinism in American Thought