ite ▁am us ements , ▁or ▁dead ▁sciences . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁object ▁of ▁this ▁work ▁to ▁point ▁out ▁a ▁method ▁by ▁which ▁the ▁breath ▁of ▁life ▁may ▁be ▁bre athed ▁into ▁its ▁nost r ils ." ▁ ▁Ward ▁the or ized ▁that ▁pover ty ▁could ▁be ▁minim ized ▁or ▁elimin ated ▁by ▁the ▁system atic ▁inter vention ▁of ▁society . ▁M ank ind ▁wasn ' t ▁hel pl ess ▁before ▁the ▁imp erson al ▁force ▁of ▁nature ▁and ▁evolution ▁– ▁through ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁Mind , ▁man ▁could ▁take ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁situation ▁and ▁direct ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁human ▁society . ▁This ▁theory ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁teles is . ▁( Also ▁see : ▁mel ior ism , ▁soci ocracy ▁and ▁public ▁soci ology ). ▁A ▁soci ology ▁which ▁intellig ently ▁and ▁scientific ally ▁directed ▁the ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁development ▁of ▁society ▁should ▁inst itute ▁a ▁universal ▁and ▁compreh ensive ▁system ▁of ▁education , ▁reg ulate ▁competition , ▁connect ▁the ▁people ▁together ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁equal ▁opportun ities ▁and ▁co operation , ▁and ▁promote ▁the ▁happiness ▁and ▁the ▁freedom ▁of ▁everyone . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁of ▁la isse z - f aire ▁Ward ▁is ▁most ▁often ▁remembered ▁for ▁his ▁rel ent less ▁attack ▁on ▁Herbert ▁Sp encer ▁and ▁his ▁theories ▁of ▁la isse z - f aire ▁and ▁surv ival ▁of ▁the ▁f ittest ▁that ▁totally ▁domin ated ▁so cio / e conom ic ▁thought ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁after ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁While ▁Marx ▁and ▁commun ism /