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in the long run, the cheapest way to improve a 

 bad germ-plasm is to scatter it." For this sen- 

 tence, which seems to us extremely dangerous, is 

 almost certain to be quoted apart from its context : 

 " I do not, however, recommend this course as 

 superior to segregation; but only as a cheap and 

 somewhat hazardous substitute. In the case of 

 the Jukes there are so many dominant traits of 

 feeble inhibition that scattering them is like scatter- 

 ing firebrands each tends to start a fire in a new 

 place." The last sentence hits the nail on the head. 

 (4) What other suggestion is there save the ancient 

 one, to get at the real through the ideal, to work 

 back to the old-fashioned pride of race and pride 

 in wholesome children, to cultivate a sense of the 

 social or racial aspect of marriage, to foster rational 

 prejudices against mismating, and to raise our 

 standard of health for mind and body alike? 



