Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-18
NOTED SCIENTISTS QUOTED.
The Traits OF Character Iuberiied by
chlidreh from Parents - Other
Topics Discussed.

OF not only the general traits Of their
parents and other closely related pro-
generators, but the temporal surround
ngs ana condition OF the prospective
mother often plays an important past
In forming the characters Of the chill
dren. Treating on the condition Of me
working classes In London, In recent
article in the Independent, Vigil Il.
Stockhouse, among other things,
says London Is hotbed Of prostitu-
ton. Nearly every woman cast upon
her cWn resources has three issues 10
face--sulcide, starvation or prosttu-
ton
The people here appear 10 be IN a
state Of oegeneracy This Is not sur
prising aP the children receive their
earliest education at the public houses,
which the mothers frequent as much MS
the fathers. Another reason Is that
London has great many more women
than men, The latter have a certain
amount OF choice in selecting life
partner, and naturally endeavor TO get
one as superior to themselves'as posi-
bic. In nine cases out Of ten u woman
marrying an inferior win sink to her
husbands level; and In great many
Instances, while this degeneration Is
going on the woman is carrying an un-
born child. With the mother dancing
on the street to the music Of a hurdy.
gurdy Ga common enough sighU ard
travelling to the public house for liquid
patriotism she Is uncnnsclously educat-
ing her unborn offspring, which. having
been degeneratnE ever since It's con-
ceptlon Is started on q fair road 10
mental and moral decay at its birth. ~
The following article, cut from m
editorial In the News n short time
ago, bears directly upon this subject
and Is very plain:
"A German professor has recently
traced the history OF descend
ants OF drhnkards. and found an hs-
tonishng record. Thus he has succeed
ed in locating S3i individuals descend
ing from a woman known as a drunk
ard and thief, and who lived In the
18th century. The professor traced the
lives Of 709 of these descendants. from
youth to old age, and of these 142
were beggars and 6i more lived an
| charity. There were In the family 70
convlcts, including murderers. The
| professor estimated that in 10 years
| this family has cost the German au-
| thortles In almshOuses. law C.urts,
| prisons and other Institutions about ST.
| 100000"
This from the pen OF the famous
| ethnologist, Charles Darwin.
] Man says he, Scans with scrupu-
| lous care the character and pedigree
| Of HIS horses, cattle and dogs before ne
matches them, but when It comes TO his
! own marriage he rarely or never takes
any such care. He is impelled by near
| ly the same motives as the lower aid-
mails when left TO their CO. free choice.
! though he Is In so far superior TO them
| that he highly values mental channs
and virtues. On the other hand. he is
| strongly attracted by mere wealth or
! rank Yet he might by selection 90
something not only for the bodily CON
stitution and frame Of his offspring, but
FOR their intellectual and moral quail
ties All do good service VINO
aid toward this end Man, like every
other animal has no doubt advanced
to his present high condition through
struggle for existence consequent on
his rapid multiplication; and II he Is to
advance still higher, he must remain
subject TO a severe struggle"
| Prof T.. y. Slossom OF the University
OF Wyoming, commenting upon Presi-
| dent David $. Jordan's THE Blood Of
the NatioR makes this remarkable ut
teranCe
lie has given some Of the causes OF
the decay OF races, but has not told us
how they rise. What. for example
were the peculiar conditions which de-
| yeloped so many genuses at one time
| In 50 small country as GreeceY How
10 cultivate the human race to secure
| the largest possible number Of great
| men, is the most important problem In
| the world yet only few men like
| Cation and Lepouge have ventured TO
attack It scientifically. We have eX-
celleht treatises on the growth OF cab
bages. and We know how To get any
form Of dog or horse desired, but there
are several kinds OF men very much
needed just now and We trust TO luck
to get them
II Is almost unreasonable IN this age
| OF culture and intelligence, that the
| farthest advanced and best educated
| among the human races take greater
interest In the improvement OF dogs.
| and cabbages THIN in the moral and
| mental advancement Of their own spe-
cies. yet this Is undoubtedly true.
| No intelligent person Will deny that
Chas. Darwin was one Of the most
searching and acute observers that
have been upon this earth No one
can as yet apprehend the benefits that
viii eventually accrue from the teach
ings Of such men as Darwin, Huxley,
Spencer and others Of their class. IL Is
due TO the earnest study Of such men
that Il has been scientifically proved
that there were horses on the Ameri-
can continent, previous TO the discOy-
cry thereof by Columbus, as recorded in
the Boor Of Mormon, and thus, at least
one important fact has been established
by science. to verify the truthfulness Of
that sacred volume.
insert here what Prof. Thomas H.
HuKley says regarding this IN his The
Evolution OF the Horse
you are all aware that when your
country was first discovered by Euro
peans, there were no traces Of the ex-
istence Of the horse on any part Of the
American continent. The accounts Of
the conquest Of Mexico devil upon the
establishment Of the natives Of that
country, when they tirst became ac-
quainted with that astounding phen-
onenon-a man seated upon a horse.
Nevertheless. the Investigations Of
American biologists have proved that
the remains OF horses occur In the
most superficial deposits Of both North
and South America"
| II VIII undoubtedly appear to many.
as preposterous and undlgniied to
speak about improving the human race
10y careful and scientific mating lust
as Is done with animals Yet. such
proces0 is wholly In accordance 10 the
laws Of God, which are the laws OF
nature.
| IL every honest person would make
II his rule not to take. or accept FOR
mate except a person Of honest and