All of which proves that it is in vain for man to attempt to battle the inexorable law of nature, which has decreed that a superior race shall never be destroyed or absorbed by an inferior.
Benjamin Disraeli: “All of which proves that it is in vain for man to attempt to battle the inexorable law of nature, which has decreed that…”
Editor's note · Context
Concluding a discussion on the resilience of the Jewish people in his biography of Lord George Bentinck, he states a perceived natural law regarding the survival of superior races.
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