Sumner's statement about competition and the "law of nature" leads to a great American belief. Those who have done well materially are better than those who have done not so well. Those who have prospered have done so because of teir own individual talents and efforts. The corollary is that those who have not done so well have done so because of some personal defect.
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A scientific law is a term used in science to describe a statement about a natural phenomenon that has been observed to occur consistently under certain conditions. Scientific laws describe what happens in nature without explaining why it happens.
a phenomenon of nature that has been proven to invariably
Henry Sumner Mane has written: 'Ancient law' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Primitive societies, Law, Codification, History
A statement about how things work in nature can be made by observing the interactions between the flora and fauna of our back yards. The rabbit eats the clovers in constant look out for the hawk circling above in of his next meal. Nature is the course of organism in their pursuit of the necessary material to sustain their life.
It is a repeated observation about nature.