The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

the consolation that those whom the Lord loves
die young. now live to produce generation
more degenerate than themselves. Natures
method of adapting the individual TO the en-
vironment, Which is the surest method OF prog.
ress has been reversed, and we now adapt the
environment to the indivdual--temper the
wind to the shorn lamb.
II IS quite true as the Committee Physical
Deterioration said. that of all the discriml.
mating agencies to produce the survival OF the
httest disease is the worst for the injury to
those which survive is so serious that all meas
ures that tend to combat disease tend to i'm.
prove the race" This is especially true or such
diseases as consumption, malaria smallpox.
typhoid fever, diphheria. all forms of sep.
ticaemia, etc. but It is scarcely true OF
typhus fever which has now been prac.
tically abolished from the country, but
which my old friend, Sir William Card
ner used to say most gentle
manly disease, because, If it did not kill you.
you were all the better for having had it, as
you would then be immune to any future attack.
There il no individual Providence in Nature.
she is entirely concerned with the evolution OF
the race. and not with the perpetuation OF the
life of the individual. Her methods slow
but sure, and there is doubt ii her methods
had free play she would in some centuries
evolve a superman, but the same end can be
attained in much shorter space of time by
artificial selection.
of human parents there is in the breeding
Of the lower animals this country might be pur
fed in less than century. If the English
speaking nations would only cultivate eugenio
ideals they may yet rule the globe.
In the elevation OF the race we are met with
many difficulties, because in the present limited
state of our knowledge we do not know ali the
factors best suited to raise and perpetuate the
Society is very composite and it Is
necessary that it should be So in Nature we
cannot have dead-level of uniformity
Order is Heavens first law. and that contest
some are. and must be, greater than the rest.
There always have been exceptionally able in.
dividuals and it is to be hoped that there al.
ways will be men and women who tower intel.
lectuay above their fellows. We want to raise
as many of these intellectual giants as possible.
and this can only be done by proper mating;
the environment may improve the individual.
but it cannot improve the race.
We want to educate young people in the
necessity for care in the selection OF their
mates for life. Do not fall in love with any in.
dividua who turns up because he or she is OF
the opposite sex and may possess certain
amount Of glamour for you. An old friend OF
mine always advises young man never to fall
in love with girl until he has seen the mother
If the mother be all right then they can fall in
love with the daughter. The eugenist would
he inclined to examine the family tree for
generation or two further back; though this is
not always easy, and IL there be any very black
spots the family escutcneOn tney are sure
to be covered up.
have high opinion of the young wome1.
of the present day. the potential mothers OF the
deterioration, except in the lowest strata as
the men, and in the upper and middle classes
the girls of to-day will bear very favorable
comparison with their mothers and grand.
mothers. 1t is largely with them that the future
of the depends, and to them would say,
Do not fall in love with any man except you
are convinced that he would make good father
of your family, and do not marry any man un.
less you are in love with him.
Now wish them to set high moral stand
ard for men, and that will go long way toward
In ta1V
very emotional and readily forgive the weak.
ness Of others. but the woman who marries a
man to reform him usually brings untold misery
on herself and her offspring. Do not marry
man because he is wealthy; intellect is long
way ahead OF wealth. But, on the other hand,
as Carnegie says. you need not reject man
because he is millionaire. There is no objec.
ton to wealth If it be accompanied by ntell.
gence, kindness. generosity sobriety. morality
good health. vigor. energy and self-relance,
and any other fine qualities which may appeal
10 your imagination. The maternal instinct IS
very deeply rooted in the female mind but a
woman should not only love offspring but wish
70 nave offspring OF whom she would have rea.
son to be proud
Marriage is the most honorable state for
women, and maternity the exercise OF her most
noble function, but many woman in her haste
TO set married for fear she does not get an
other chance, often lives TO regret the day and
would De much better single than unsuitably
matched 1t is often deplorable to see a fine
handsome woman tied to a miserable wretch
because he happen to be able TO support her
Noieu often ieel tnat there not enough
suitable men TO go around. and so when they
are getting out OF their twenties they take any
Undesirable whom in earlier years they wonld
nave ioathed. have said that woman should
not marry man unless she loves him and
love Is not thing which is advertised in tn
papei~ or given away with pound OF tea and
without mutual admiration and respect there
can be no love. Many people mistake mawkish
sentlmentality and any kind OF base sexual
qualification for love. People who cannot live
happily together are better apart but I have
no sympathy for those who do not find ont
their incompatibilites before marriage such
people are of no value to the race. There Is a
society for facilitating divorce started by Conan
Doyle and others but what racial advantage is
TO be gained therefrom fail to see
we want healthy, vigorous manhood and
womanhood. we want men and wome who will
hold their own in the battle OF life with any
Other nation-we want q nation OF stalwarts
This can all be rapidly attained by intelligent
artificial selection. and the nation which will
produce the finest and most intelligent raca
will win in the long run
Fhe health OF nation is It's most valuable
asset and should like to see every man be.
tween the ages of twenty and sixty able TO han.
die rifle and bayonet, and, If needs be, take
part IN the defense oil his country would
encourage the military spirit from early youth
upward as the best means OF developing the
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