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young men and women at the Eugenic Eee- 

 ord OflSce, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Isl- 

 and, where they can attend eugenic classes 

 and get useful information which will bene- 

 fit themselves and the nation, and some day 

 be to their great pecuniary profit. 



OUR OLD NEW YORK FAMILIES 

 HAVE BRED OUT. 



It would make one sad at heart to name 

 over the great and good families who made 

 the history of New York and this wonder- 

 ful city what it is to-day, but who have 

 ' ' petered out ' ' in the last few years. Their 

 family names are no longer heard, and 

 their proud owners are dead, gone forever, 

 for want of expert advice in breeding. 

 They failed to observe the laws of health 

 and hygiene, with fatal results. The expert 

 scientists of today, with their present 

 knowledge, could have shown them how to 

 have preserved their vigor and their fam- 

 ily names. One object of this book is to 

 call the attention of the present generation 

 to this and devise some well laid plans to 

 prevent its recurrence. 



