122 HEREDITY AND SOCIETY 



present for the benefit of future citizens, or the weight 

 of the burden to be cast on future generations in order 

 that certain existing persons may live unchecked and 

 die unharassed, all these problems should be included 

 within the scope of education, in so far as such sub- 

 jects can be separated from the sphere of influence of 

 religion. They are matters which are unrecognized by 

 the education authorities and are often ignored or 

 slurred over by the Churches. Yet all students of 

 heredity are deeply concerned with the solution thereof, 

 for in a correct adjustment lies the turn of the scale 

 which in the long run has decided the fate of nations. 



