188 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



the Eugenic Eecord Office, with its 

 branches, will be consulted by every pros- 

 pective intelligent bride and groom. 

 Fathers and mothers will consult their own 

 family records and those of the possible 

 families into which their children may 

 marry. Certificates of Registration will be 

 issued, just as all well-bred animals are 

 today registered, and we will know the good 

 points and the bad points of each family. 

 Unless this is done we, as a Nation, are 

 doomed. 



I have noticed that when people of the 

 same race marry, their children carry the 

 characteristics of that race, and where 

 there are two different races, they gener- 

 ally carry the characteristics of each race, 

 but the characteristics of the older and 

 more established race, especially if the sire 

 of that race is inbred, will certainly prevail. 

 As an illustration of this, I was once walk- 

 ing through a park in a foreign city, where 

 I heard my name called. I turned and met 

 a lady of rare grace and refinement, once 

 one of the handsomest well-bred girls in 

 America. We had not seen each other for 



