Sentence:  the preservation of the race of man is made to grow out of that quickening impulse, which we call the life of humanity. This notion, which was called Traducianism by the schoolmen (the system opposed to it being termed <WSD>Creatianism</WSD> SIC) 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.