reece.
Domestication is only possible when the species has certain
natural faculties, viz.--great hardiness; fondness for man;
desire of comfort; usefulness to man; fertility; being easy
to tend. Habitual selection of the tamest to breed from.
Exceptions; summary.

THE OBSERVED ORDER OF EVENTS

Steady improvement in the birthright of successive generations;
our ignorance of the origin and purport of all existence;
of the outcome of life on this earth; of the conditions
of consciousness; slow progress of evolution and its
system of ruthless routine; man is the heir of long bygone
ages; has great power in expediting the course of evolution;
he might render its progress less slow and painful;
does not yet understand that it may be his part to do so.

SELECTION AND RACE

Difference between the best specimens of a poor race and
the mediocre ones of a high race; typical centres to which
races tend to revert; delicacy of highly-bred animals; their
diminished fertility; the misery of rigorous selection; it is
preferable to replace poor races by better ones; strains of
emigrant blood; of exiles.

INFLUENCE OF MAN UPON RACE

Conquest, migrations, etc.; sentiment against extinguishing
races; is partly unreasonable; the so-called "aborigines";
on the variety and number of different races
inhabiting the same country; as in Spain; history of the
Moors; Gypsies; the races in Damara Land; their recent
changes; races in Siberia; Africa; America; West Indies;
Australia and New Zealand; wide diffusion of Arabs and
Chinese; power of man to shape future humanity.

POPULATION

Over-population; Malthus--the danger of applying his
prudential check; his originality; his phrase of misery check
is in many cases too severe; decaying races and the cause
of decay.

EARLY AND LATE MARRIAGES

Estimate of their relative effects on a population in a few
generations; example.

MARKS FOR FAMILY MERIT

On the demand for definite proposals how to improve
race; the demand is not quite fair, and the reasons why;
nevertheless attempt is made to suggest the outline of one;
on the signs of superior race; importance of giving weight
to them when making selections from candidates who are
personally equal; on families that have thriven; that are
healthy and long-lived; present rarity of our knowledge
concerning family antecedents; Mr. F.M. Hollond on the
super