CHAPTER III 
MORAL CONSIDERATIONS 
My strength is as the strength of ten 
Because my heart is pure. — Tennyson. 
I. The Right to Be Well Born 
Our Children’s Heritage. — Men and women these days 
are being deeply stirred by a sense of responsibility for pos¬ 
terity. We must see that those who come after us are not 
deprived, through our wasteful ways, of the materials neces¬ 
sary for their well being — forests, minerals, fertile fields, 
water power. The permanent structures we erect, the con¬ 
stitution, the governments, and philanthropic and educa¬ 
tional institutions we establish, which are changed with such 
difficulty, should be so planned as to benefit our descendants 
for many generations. But most of all should we be con¬ 
cerned that our offspring themselves have splendid bodies 
and noble minds. “To pass on the torch of fife not only 
undimmed, but ever brighter from generation to generation, 
is the highest service which parents of any generation can 
possibly render.” 
1. What natural resources are we using recklessly instead of 
properly conserving for posterity ? 
2. Why is it important that our permanent institutions should be 
established with the thought of their serving those who come after 
us? 
3. What heritage is more important than these public provisions ? 
Race Decay. — While this sense of duty to posterity is 
arousing the best people of our time, the human stock in civ- 
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