152 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



they should postpone such indulgence until 

 after the reproductive period has passed. 

 On the other hand, the syphilitic should be 

 isolated and ostracized as unfit, not only for 

 parentage, but as a menace to upright men 

 and women. No man, who has honest in- 

 tentions toward the woman he desires to 

 marry, should hesitate to instantly show his 

 intended, or her advisor, his ancestral pedi- 

 gree, and submit himself to a physical ex-, 

 amination. Otherwise, he is undesirable and 

 has something to hide. 



LAWS OF HEREDITY THE SAME JN 

 MAN, PLANT OE BEAST. 



The immutable law of heredity is not 

 comprehended when men are under consid- 

 eration. When I say I only can produce 

 worthy horses, as I marshal the forces of 

 heredity in the right way, I am believed. 

 When the dog fancier declares that his blue- 

 ribbon dogs are entirely due to the right 

 kind of breeding, no one doubts him. The 

 dairyman would be considered irrespons- 

 ible, did he claim that record butter cows 



