SEQUEL TO “ THE JUKES ” 301 
in the long run, the cheapest way to improve a 
bad germ-plasm is to scatter it.” For this sen- 
tence, which seems to us extremely dangerous, is 
almost certain to be quoted apart from its context: 
“TI do not, however, recommend this course as 
superior to segregation; but only as a cheap and 
somewhat hazardous substitute. In the case of 
the Jukes there are so many dominant traits of 
feeble inhibition that scattering them is like scatter- 
ing firebrands—each tends to start a fire in a new 
place.” The last sentence hits the nail on the head. 
(4) What other suggestion is there save the ancient 
one, to get at the real through the ideal, to work 
back to the old-fashioned pride of race and pride 
in wholesome children, to cultivate a sense of the 
social or racial aspect of marriage, to foster rational 
prejudices against mismating, and to raise our 
standard of health for mind and body alike? 
