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The 



Family and the Nation 



A Study in Natural Inheritance 

 and Social Responsibility 



BY 



WILLIAM CECIL DAMPIER WHETHAM 



M.A., F.R.S. 



FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 



AND 



CATHERINE BURNING WHETHAM^ 



HIS WIFE 



LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 



39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON 



NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 



1909 



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