21 8 THE FAMILY AND THE NATION 



But no means exist for the advancement and 

 teaching of genetics from the point of view of the 

 economist, the sociologist, and the statesman. Few 

 opportunities open to the public-spirited man or woman 

 of wealth would yield a better return in benefit to the 

 community than the foundation of a school in the 

 older universities to extend the new knowledge of 

 heredity to the problems of the nation and mankind. 



Much material for investigation is supplied by the 

 Census returns and the Annual Reports of the Registrar- 

 General. Here we have the basis for a national socio- 

 logical department, which, in the future, should possess 

 a preponderant weight in the legislative counsels of 

 the Government. 



Public opinion must be educated not only by 

 academic study in the universities and elsewhere, but 

 by more popular methods. To develop a healthy tone 

 of mind about the future of the race is worthy of all 

 our efforts. 



It is necessary first to convince that small section of 

 the community that really judges and decides questions 

 according to the light of reason, and then to create 

 such ingrained feelings and associations in ourselves 

 and others with regard to the subject, that instinctively 

 all men will come to decide questions rightly, as now 

 too often they decide wrongly. We are beginning to 

 understand better the psychology of a nation, and to 

 know that a few simple ideas are all that it is possible 

 to impress at once on the minds of the people. 



If we had to state the essence of our subject in a 

 brief form, we should say : Encourage in all ways 



