By telling the story the driver was trying to say that the weak in the society would always be prey to the strong.
Abbott would respond by agreeing with the survival of the fittest story. According to him he would agree that does that are not strong enough have to be removed from the society.
Ward would respond by saying that the stronger in the society had to help the weaker ones. He would disagree with the survival of the fittest and social Darwinism theory.
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