nger than the young of any other species.

It stands to reason, therefore, that the function of motherhood must be
reckoned with in any scheme of race regeneration; that it must be provided
with the most favorable environment; and that it must be relieved of any
condition which would materially retard the meeting of the obligation to
its fullest possible extent. In an ideal eugenic sense the state must
ensure sustenance to those deprived of ample food and raiment, and [18]
science must continue to solve the problem of a fitter sanitary and
hygienic environment for the congested and densely populated zones of
habitation. Philanthropy must not continue to be wholly misdirected, it
must extend its aid to the deserving healthy and fit, as well as to be
exclusively the protecting agency of the diseased and unfit. If life is the
only wealth, and the preservation of childhood the highest duty of society
and the state,--which it would seem to be, since the continuance and
preservation of the race is obviously essential to the continuance of the
state itself,--the life of every child must be considered an economic as
well as a moral trust. If, therefore, every child is sacred, every mother
is equally sacred. If every child is to be cared for, every mother must be
cared for. If the state cannot afford to provide for what is imperatively
essential to its own continuance, it might as well go out of existence, as
it inevitably will in the end on any other basis, and as all preceding
states have done.

Mothers must not be dependent upon their children's labor for their
maintenance, because if children are compelled to work, they will not be
able to work in the future,--and adult efficiency is necessary to the
well-being of the individual, the race, and the state.

No mother should work, because in the care of her children she is already
doing the supreme work. The proper care of children is so continuous and
exacting a task, and of such importance to posterity, that it must be
regarded as the highest and foremost work--and adequate in itself--and its
efficiency must not be hampered by mothers having to do anything else.

Motherhood must not be financially insecure, because this would defeat its
eugenic purpose. Society, therefore, as a matter of self-preservation, must
ensure to woman her mental and economic security. Civilization's margin is
large enough to provide this. We spend large amounts on luxuries and evils
which are c