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CHAPTER VII. 



STERILITY OF THE CAPABLES. 



FAGS 



Are the More Capable relatively sterile ? If so, we are 

 breeding from our Incapables Capable and Am- 

 bitious Men marry Late in Life Many Unmarried 

 Persons among Upper Classes Lower Class Mar- 

 riages are the Most Prolific Their Infant Mortal- 

 ity is Greater Artificial Restriction of the Family 

 Fertility of French and English Marriages Con- 

 trasted Possible Swamping of the Capables by 

 the Incapables Artificial Restrictions at present 

 most disastrous - - 135 153 



CHAPTER VIII. 



OBLIGATION IN PARENTHOOD. 



Are we prepared to carry out Selective Methods? 

 Rights of the Individual, and Obligations to the 

 Community Rights of Children and our Obliga- 

 tion to them Our Sense of Obligation is Develop- 

 ing Social Philosophers and Social Reformers 

 Segregation is not yet practicable Segregation no 

 New Idea, and ultimately a Necessary Practice 

 The Masses must be taught the Main Facts of 

 Heredity and Evolution The End and Aim of 

 Marriage Our False Ideas regarding Marriage 

 The Stream of Life - 154 170 



APPENDIX 171 180 



