256 THE EIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



or bad. Is man not worth more than a 

 horse? The only way I can get horses 

 "worth while" is by mating the healthiest 

 and most distinguished individuals of the 

 breed. 



The myriads of unborn babies stretch 

 out their tiny hands to us from the mystic 

 future and plead in baby voices, as before 

 an august Court of Justice, for the right 

 of decent, healthy and normal parentage, 

 for the right of cultured, healthy, well- 

 bred parentage, for the right of talented 

 parentage. Out of the insistent demands 

 of these shadowy babies the most impor- 

 timate of all to my ear is the one which 

 declares : 



"Eefuse to give me birth, or else let me 

 be well-born. ' ' 



"Will not this generation grant this 

 sacred request? 



"Blood will tell." 



