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so long a time in the same place that one is 

 enabled to see not only the parents, but to watch 

 the children, and in some cases even the grand- 

 children, and to see the cruel influence, "even 

 unto the third and fourth generation," of the sins 

 of the Community towards the individual. 



Professor Galton suggests that among the sub- 

 jects of those who study "Eugenics" should be 

 the "Systematic collections of facts showing the 

 circumstances under which gifted families have 

 most frequently arisen." I would also suggest 

 that a similar inquiry should be made " showing 

 the conditions under which have most frequently 

 arisen the lazy, the vicious, the hopeless, the 

 degraded, and the l unemployable.' " From my 

 own untabulated experience, I would venture to 

 affirm that it will be found that the housing of 

 the people is largely accountable for the evils 

 spiritual and physical from which this generation 

 is suffering. How can people persist in striving 

 after the realisation of the spiritual life, how can 

 they rest in the knowledge of God when the 

 normal decencies of life are denied to them, 

 when their bodies are deprived of oxygen, and 

 their minds crushed by sordid surroundings ? 



PRIVATE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TOWN 

 CONDITIONS 



The scientific spirit which is leading many minds 

 to search for hidden causes has led them also to 



try and deal with this evident cause, and during 



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