"Survival of the Fittest."<br><br>In northern climes, the polar bear<br>Protects himself with fat and hair,<br>Where snow is deep and ice is stark,<br>And half the year is cold and dark,<br>He still survives a clime like that<br>By growing fur, by growing fat.<br>These traits, O bear, which thou transmittest<br>Prove the Survival of the Fittest.<br><br>To polar regions waste and wan,<br>Comes the encroaching race of man,<br>A puny, feeble, little blubber,<br>He has no fur, he has no blubber.<br>The scornful bear sat down at ease<br>To see the stranger starve and freeze -<br>But, lo! the stranger slew the bear,<br>And ate his fat and wore his hair;<br>These deeds, O Man, which thou committest<br>Prove the Survival of the Fittest.<br><br>In modern times the Millionaire<br>Protects himself as did the bear:<br>Where Poverty and Hunger are<br>He counts his bullion by the car:<br>Where thousands perish still he thrives -