HUMAN LIFE 



New York over a million dollars for the 

 care of its criminal, defective and immoral 

 members. We may deem it fortunate for 

 us, and for them, that 300 of its known 

 progeny died in infancy. 



To be a eugenist does not necessarily 

 mean to be a crank. It means to be a 

 person interested in such tangible revela- 

 tions as I have just referred to of the 

 wholesale misery and social injury possi- 

 ble from bad heredity, and willing to 

 approve and actively support whatever 

 can be done wisely by education and legal 

 provision to prevent repetition of this 

 sort of thing. It means to be a person 

 willing to use common sense, scientific 

 knowledge, and prevision for the good of 

 his own family, society, and the race. 

 Karl Pearson has pointed out that one- 

 half of England's new generation is being 

 produced by the most hereditarily un- 

 fortunate one-fourth of England's popula- 

 tion. Bad heredity is outstripping good 

 heredity in England. No amount of 

 after education or good environment can 

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