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usually has no reference to good hereditary 

 traits wherever found, indeed such traits 

 would not be recognized if they appeared out- 

 side of "the four hundred." Such talk prob- 

 ably does neither harm nor good; the "social 

 thoroughbreds" are so few in number and so 

 nearly sterile that the mass of the population 

 is not affected by these exclusive classes. 



Galton advocated the segregation and inter- 

 marriage of the most highly intellectual mem- 

 bers of society, such as the prize scholars in the 

 colleges and universities; but if the human 

 ideal is the generalized rather than the spe- 

 cialized type it would be better if the prize 

 scholars married the prize athletes. A race 

 of highly specialized scholars or athletes is not 

 so desirable as a race in which these and other 

 excellences are well balanced. From this 

 point of view the person who is voted the "best 

 all-round man in his class" is nearer the 

 eugenical ideal than the prize scholar. 



~No man can trace his lineage back through 

 many generations without realizing that it in- 

 cludes many hereditary lines differing greatly 

 in value. The significance of sexual reproduc- 



