262 GENETICS 



opinion changes, there were in England, as recently as 

 1819, 233 crimes punishable by death according to 

 law. 



One needs only to recall the days of the Spanish 

 Inquisition or of the Salem witchcraft persecution to 

 realize what fearful blunders human judgment is 

 capable of, but it is unlikely that the world will ever 

 see another great religious inquisition, or that in 

 applying to man the newly found laws of heredity 

 there will ever be undertaken an equally deplorable 

 eugenic inquisition. 



It is quite apparent, finally, that although great 

 caution and broadness of vision must be exercised in 

 bringing about the fulfilment of the highest eugenic 

 ideals, nevertheless in this direction lies the future 

 path of human achievement. 



