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attitude of greater respect for the finest traditions of the state and for the 

 best qualities of her native stock, a greater determination based upon more 

 clearly thought out objectives to "raise the standards of civilization" in 

 the country places and, in this better setting, to rear a finer race, with fewer 

 defectives and reasonably large families of children, sturdy in body and 

 healthy in mind. 



Is this hopelessly Eutopian? I maintain that it is based on sound funda- 

 mental principles and I submit that if Eugenics is to get anywhere and do 

 anything it must be forward looking and, in the face of accusations of im- 

 practicality, must have infinite courage. Especially must Eugenics take 

 due account of the multitudinous elements of the environment in which it 

 proposes to have its superior children born and reared. Such was the 

 purpose and aim of these Background Studies in Eugenics in Vermont. 



