"When science taught us that man had been slowly evolved from some apelike progenitor, it gave rise to a new hope that the upward march would be continued, and out of that hope sprang the eugenic ideal."
So said Major Darwin in his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Eugenics Education Society.
"But science," he declared, "while giving good grounds for hope, also issued a grave warning concerning the danger of national deterioration from the unchecked multiplication of inferior types.
"A determination that such a downfall shall not be the fate of our nation if we can help it is felt by us who are inspired by the eugenic ideal.
"Eugenists should discuss long and freely, and when they do advance, advance boldly. Eugenics aim at increasing the rate of multiplication of stocks above the average and at decreasing the rate in the case of inferior stocks, "Eugenists put mora] qualities first, mental second, and physical Mantua; Aug. 1.—The Guaranty Trust Company hag bought 310,- 000,000 of Philippine certificates of indebtedness for #9,751,150. expected that this will relieve exchange.
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