The 

 Human 

 Harvest 



Illustra- 

 tions from 

 France 



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these influences are spent on the individual 

 and the social system of which he is a part. 

 So far as science knows, education and train- 

 ing play no part in heredity. The change 

 in the blood which is the essence of race- 

 progress, as distinguished from progress in 

 civilization, finds its cause in selection only. 



To apply to nations and races of men the 

 principles we know to be valid in cattle- 

 breeding we may take a concrete example. 

 Let us look for a moment at the alleged 

 decadence of France. 



Noblest of Roman provinces was Gallia, 

 the favored land, in which the best of the 

 Romans, the Franks and the Northmen 

 have mingled their blood to produce a na- 

 tion of men, hopefully leaders in the arts 

 of peace, fatally leaders also in the arts of 

 war. 



To-day we are told by Frenchmen that 

 France is a decadent nation. This is a con- 

 fession of judgment, not an accusation of 

 hostile rivals. It does not mean that the 

 slums of Paris are destructive of human life. 

 That we know elsewhere. Each great city 

 has its great burdens, and these fall hard on 



