'iniiri's rer0ddeticri of the unlit. Me Says: 

 " Society is breeding from defective stock. Ihe 

 best fit to produce the best offspring are ceasing to 

 produce their kind, while the fertility of the worst 

 remains undisturbed," a charge which, according 

 to the views of many, might be brought against 

 society in most civilised countries, but, although 

 somewhat significant, would be hardly suffi- 

 cient to produce such rapid deterioration. 



Dr. VeresaefE tells us further what we may 

 expect in the near future if we continue at the 

 present pace : " In the same way as ordinary 

 plain food is no more considered a suitable diet 

 for us, so in the future will natural air become 

 irrational, being too rare and impure for our 

 small and delicate lungs. Man will carry an 

 apparatus filled with concentrated pure oxygen 

 about with him, inhaling it through a little 

 tube, and if his apparatus suddenly goes wrong, 

 will perish from suffocation in the free air of 

 heaven exactly like a stranded fish. The human 

 eye, transformed into a rudimentary and inflamed 

 organ, will be in daily need of syringing, rinsing 

 and cleaning. Wine, tobacco, tea, etc., losing 

 their stimulating properties, humanity will pass 

 on to new and more potent poisons. Fecunda- 

 tion will be accomplished artificially as being 

 too gross for man, the amorous instinct finding 

 satisfaction in voluptuous embraces and other 

 irritants." 



The doctor is not treating this matter as a 

 huge joke, as some might be led to think ; or 

 even trying to impose on the credulity of his 

 readers, but is seriously dealing with a very 



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