ieve that
race regeneration is possible, and, that it is worth while. We must preach
its principles as we would a religion. The power of knowledge is a mighty
lever. We are living in a period of transition, but we are nearer the
future than the past.

We are told by the average individual that it will be impossible to arouse
the public to an intelligent appreciation of the scope of race
regeneration. When the writer conceived the happy phrase, "Better Babies,"
a few years ago, he builded better than he knew. It has become the slogan
of splendid achievement already, and there are a multitude of signs and
tokens that the propaganda is established on a sure foundation.

If the annihilation of all past civilizations was due to the refusal of its
members to breed for posterity, may we not reasonably assume that we have,
according to our statistics, reached the same crisis? If this is logical
reasoning, and every factor warrants this conclusion, have we not reached
the time when the perpetuation of the race is the most serious question of
our times? Is it not a problem for the enthusiastic and immediate [xxx]
support of every statesman, politician, teacher, and preacher alike? Can
any question be of more importance? What will our marvelous material
splendor avail if the race is destined to immediate extinction?

We need the assistance of every intelligent citizen, we need most, the
awakening impulse of the mothers of the race. We who are alive are
responsible for environment and nurture, and we must believe that the
purpose to be achieved is of supreme importance. Every mother, through the
power of knowledge, may become a practical eugenist. It is to aid her in an
intelligent appreciation of the practical intent of the science that this
work is presented.

W. GRANT HAGUE, M.D.

New York City.

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THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE

CHAPTER I

"Nations are gathered out of nurseries."

CHARLES KINGSLEY.

"To be a good animal is the first requisite to success in life, and to
be a nation of good animals is the first condition of national
prosperity."

HERBERT SPENCER.

CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE EVOLVED THE SCIENCE OF EUGENICS

INFANT MORTALITY--MARRIAGE AND
MOTHERHOOD--HEREDITY--ENVIRONMENT--EDUCATION--DISEASE AND
VICE--HISTORY--SUMMARY.

There has been evinced during