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monial intentions. Mr. Galton has conclusively 

 disintegrated that criticism by his brief discussion 

 of the facts of monogamy, endogamy, exogamy, 

 Australian marriages, taboo, prohibited degrees, 

 and celibacy. Persons, as he says, who are born 

 under these various rules live under them without 

 any objection; they are unconscious of their re- 

 strictions as we are unaware of the atmospheric 

 pressure. 



We may observe, then, that the negative part of 

 Mr. Galton's proposals is one which has long been 

 bruited, is unquestionably practicable, and, in the 

 case of the insane, is applauded by all. In this, 

 its struggling infancy, eugenics does not propose 

 to tamper with marriage, nor to outrage public 

 sentiment, both of which its protagonists respect. 

 Nor do I for one moment believe that when eu- 

 genics is everywhere recognized, and its name is as 

 familiar as, let us say, politics, it will propose any 

 injury to or detraction from the dignity of the 

 central and fundamental institution of society ; on 

 the contrary. 



Surely even less objection than to the negative 

 part of the eugenic proposals can be taken to the 

 positive. These will readily suggest themselves 

 to all who appreciate the eugenic idea ; and when, 

 haply, the object of ennobling our race is enthroned 

 among men's ambitions, the positive proposals of 

 eugenics will need no enumeration or academic 

 support. It used to be stated that each man's 

 duty to the state included the begetting and up- 



