CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XII 



THE TEMPERANCE FAILURE 



Two methods of Temperance Reform — Nature's plan — The 

 reformer's plan — The failure of Temperance Reform 

 in America — Total Prohibition inapplicable to dense 

 population — Local Option likewise inapplicable — 

 " Safety valves " — The failure of Temperance Reform 

 in Australasia — The failure in Scandinavia — The 

 Gothenburg System 144 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM 



Civilisation inimical to the Temperance Reformer's 

 method — A relic of barbarism — The fundamental 

 errors of Temperance Reformers — Temperance 

 Reform impossible from the biological standpoint — 

 Can only aggravate the evil — A Sisyphean task — The 

 true remedy — The obstacle imposed by man — The 

 alternatives 158 



CHAPTER XIV 



THE GREAT PROCREATION FETISH 



The Tapu System — The Procreation Tapu — The Denuncia- 

 tion of Malthus — The Denunciation of Sir James 

 Simpson — Ecclesiastical Midwifery — Law and morals 

 — The contagious diseases — Their encouragement on 

 religious grounds — Human sacrifice — The magnitude 

 of the evil — The Contagious Diseases Acts — Their 

 repeal — The price — The bearing of the fetish on 

 rational Temperance Reform 173 



