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tion, wealth, etc., that the real object of 

 marriage, the mating of appropriate 

 equals, is forgotten. 



A scrub-horse and a scrub-mare some- 

 times produce exceptionally fine appearing 

 colts, but I invariably find they have 

 "thrown back" to some well-bred ancestor. 

 No sane breeder would breed from such 

 specimens, for he would know of a cer- 

 tainty he would get worthless colts. 



The day is not far distant when mar- 

 riageable girls will realize this, and search 

 the records of the Eugenic Bureau, and also 

 insist on a Certificate of Health. 



A lady of rare breeding, beauty and re- 

 finement of mind, born of illustrious par- 

 ents, who had been reared on a breeding 

 farm, by force of circumstances, married 

 the son of parents of low unhealthy lineage, 

 but who were possessed of great wealth. 

 And, when forced to bear a child or be 

 turned adrift in the world, she went outside 

 and deliberately selected a stranger to be 

 the father of her child, a man of good mind 

 and healthy body, whom she discovered to 

 be of good ancestry. She gave as her ex- 



