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Legislation in Ohio adjudges a person an habit- 

 ual criminal when convicted of a third offense, 

 under which conviction he may be held for life. 

 This law is based upon sound physiology and 

 psychology. Such a quarantine should be 

 applied to all tramps, cranks and generally 

 worthless beings. Society must do this for pro- 

 tection, not punishment; to avoid their con- 

 tamination; and, above all, to prevent the pro- 

 pagation of their kind. Advanced sociology 

 will devote its principal energy to preventing 

 the reproduction of the unfit, and, if any are 

 produced, by proper isolation see to it that 

 they do not survive beyond one generation. 

 Here lies the only solution of a very difficult 

 problem, — first, tiy prevention; next, perma- 

 nent isolation. 



Finally, it is certain that the responsibility of 

 bringing children into the world is usually not 

 taken seriously enough. To produce offspring 

 handicapped by diseased tendencies or without' 

 the ability to give them proper nutrition or 

 training is really race suicide that we hear so 

 often condemned. Among 1258 living descend- 

 ants of Max Jukes, there were 310 paupers. 



