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lies perished because they denied to their 

 children the right to be well born. 



From the fate of the distinguished old 

 families of New York City and London, I 

 want to save our present generation. I am 

 unwilling to see, without a word of protest, 

 our best blood continue to rush to extinc- 

 tion. As I have pointed out, two things 

 brought the old families to the point of ruin. 

 One was ove r-indulgence in the use of alco- 

 hol. This poison will render sterile any 

 family who will excessively use it. It is all 

 the more deadly when it has as allies the 

 social diseases. The other thing which led 

 to oblivion so many distinguished names of 

 the past was the intermarriage of families 

 rendered wefl1rby j;,hp same iudulg ennesjiTd 

 vices. In tEeirmarriages, they violated the 

 most fundamental law of biology. They 

 adde d weakness to weak ness. They 

 brought an alcoholic soaked body to one de- 

 vitalized by the social diseases. The result 

 was that nature's law thus outraged des- 

 troyed the breed. 



This fate is sure to overtake our present 

 day families of worth and distinction, un- 



