2g6 SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR 



problems for statesmen which cannot be solved off-hand, 

 but require knowledge not only of the crude facts of 

 statistics, but also of the causes at work. Scientific 

 knowledge that is to say, thorough and unassailable 

 knowledge of the laws of heredity, of psychology, and 

 of the natural history of human populations, are among 

 the essential qualifications for those who have to face and 

 deal with this difficult matter. And who is there who has 

 this knowledge or is even trying to obtain it ? Not the 

 State in this country or its officials : for in every depart- 

 ment of government (however capable some of the 

 subordinates may be) there is a determined opposition 

 to and fear of Science on the part of the political and 

 highly paid chiefs the jealous fear due to complete and 

 deadly ignorance. 



