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cover how to advise skilled horse and hog 

 breeders, poultrymen, dairymen, etc, 

 etc., how to mate animals, but when it 

 comes to humans, — ^young in experience, — 

 males and females settle for themselves the 

 most important question of their own lives, 

 their offspring, and the future of the State, 

 on the spur of the moment. Is it any won- 

 der that our country is flooded with un- 

 healthy, dissipated, good-for-nothing 10 

 cent boys and girls, and that our own Gov- 

 ernment recently, oflScially, rejected 75%' 

 of her sons? This sacred institution of 

 marriage has become a sacrilege. Will the 

 Church not come to the rescue of our Na- 

 tion if our politicians will not? 



How then, it may be asked, can the race 

 be lifted to a higher level? How may a 

 larger and still larger per cent, of men 

 "worth-while" be produced? Great horses 

 are due to inherent qualities, not because 

 of feed and care. Many thousands get as 

 good feed and care, but fall far short of 

 great achievement, because of the lack of 

 inherent greatness. Great men, likewise, 

 are great because of inherited worth. No 



