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tinction, and may be called the sociological 

 aspect of physical degeneration. 



"4. The debility and diseases which enter 

 most largely in its production are the result of 

 sexual licentiousness. 



" 5. Pauperism in adult age, especially in the 

 meridian of life, indicates a hereditary tendency 

 which may or may not be modified by the envi- 

 ronment. 



"6. Pauperism follows men more frequently 

 than women, indicating a decided tendency to 

 hereditary pauperism. 



"7. The different degrees of adult pauper- 

 ism, from out-door relief to almshouse charity, 

 indicate in the main different gradations of wan- 

 ing vitality. In this light the whole question is 

 opened up, whether indolence, which the dog- 

 matic aphorism says 'is the root of all evil,' 

 is not, after all, a mark of undervitalization, 

 and an effect which acts only as a secondary 

 cause. 



" 8. Induced pauperism results from bad ad- 

 ministration of the law, or temporary weakness 

 or disability in the recipient. 



"9. The pauperism of childhood is an acci- 

 dent of life rather than a hereditary character- 

 istic. 



