Show 1 0 1 PAUL UI O ON EXI LOGY A AND D 1 nU Ua I lc iC an and l Eugenics Let Lct U us cx- cx S amine a little littlemore more closely what can cnn be expected from a n genealogy with wih eugenic foundation First and foremost It will wil give vc genetics a chance to advance n co with Ith rapidity In Its Hs study of man Genetics tho the stud study of o heredity hered hered- It f ity cannot successfully proceed b by direct observation In the tho human species as It does docs with wih plants and rapidly breeding animals because the generations aro nrc too long Less Jes I Ithan than three generations are arc o of little value for Cor our researches and even cn three can rarely ho observed to a advantage h by an any one person Tl Therefore teore Information must bo be used So far we have ha gained most of ot thisby this thisby h by sending o field Cel workers a a new kind of or genealogist out genealogist out out among the tho people In whom we are arc Interested and having thorn thom collect tho the Information we wo wanted either cither by study of extant records or b by bi word ot of mouth But tho the written records of ot value have been l usually no negligible In quantity and oral communication com corn has therefore been our main maln- eta stay It I has hns not been wholly sl satisfactory Few Fe people aside from genealogists can can give 10 even the names of ot all al their great great- Ireat- Ireat grandparents far Car less can they tell tel anything anything anything any any- thing thing of ot Importance about themI them It I Is thus to genealogy that we aro are driven Unless wo we have family records we can accomplish little And we wo cannot got get et these family records unless 8 you genealogists realize the tho Importance of o furnishing them for as I have already p pointed out ot and as ns I t wish to emphasize genealogies at present available arc are of little vahe to genies because because be be- cause of tho the Inadequacy c of the data they thoy furnish is of ot exceptional l I It is only In the tIme ease case families such as the tIle royal house of ot Europe that hat enough Information Is given about each Individual to furnish an opportunity for analysis What could be he done lone if i there were more such uch data data- available n is brilliantly Illustrated Ius Illus illus- tr by the In Investigation aton of oC Dr D. Frederick Frederck Adams Woods of or Boston of or tho the reigning houses of Europe Woods Frederick Adams Mental and Moral In Royalty RoaH New NewYork York Henry Holt Hol Co 1906 Also the tho In Influence Influence In- In fluence of ot Monarchs N. N Y The MacMillan Co 0 1914 I commend his writings to every genealogist as a source of oC inspiration as aswell aswell well wol as In information Hope for Quick nc Results Results To T. To get Jet more such data we must look to the future Wo We must begin at once to keep our OUI family records rca rec In such a n way war that they will wil be bo of the tho greatest value possible that possible that they will wl serve sere not riot only our family pride but bigger pur pur- S poses It I will wi not tako take long long to get together a n large number of ot family histories In which tho the Idea will 1 bo be to tell tel as much as pos pos- sible instead of as little as possible about every evory orr e Individual mentioned Lt Let t me run over a few fow of ot the problems on which such genealogies would ouM throw light There Is the Important problem of or tho thc Inheritance of lon longevity e Karl Pearson showed Karl Pearson Royal Society of or London Phil Phi TI Traits Trins Vol page Vol 1 1 page 74 71 London 1903 somo some years cars a ago o by br advanced statistical moth moh oils that longevity H e is inheritable Dr Alexander Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander Graham Grham D Dell Bell 1 whose est In Investigation atol of ot tho the ancestry of or congenital deaf persons at Marthas Martha's Vineyard and el elsewhere here e more than thana a generation ago was wae one ne of ot the tho first pieces of biographical genealogy executed In this and established the tho herItable heritable heritable her her- country an indubitably nature of congenital congenial deafness Alex Alex- AleX Graham Grham Bell Ben Memoir upon the tho Form Forma Forma- ion llon ton of a Deaf Deat Variety of ot the Human Race Raco D. D C. C National Academy of Sc- Sc nce Dr Bell Bel Is now working upon tile the published history of the Hyde family tamly In Inthe the tho United States and anc analyzing it from r many n points ponts of ot view to bring to light the thc a way in which longevity lh Is is Inherited Itt He Is this trait trai Is la a 1 particularly easy one for tor Investigation because wo 0 n need cd to know nothing more than the dates on which an In Individual and his parents were wert born anc and died S I Certainly CertaIn a genealogy that does docs oes not tell tol tol 0 o much must must must-be be considered defective an and i yet of or the thc or more persons listed In the I Hydo o Genealogy there are arc less than for tor I whom these data aro are complete i Longevity Ln being due moro more moro moroto I to heredity than anything else it I Is evident as Do De Bell Bel Bel has hns cl clearly arl arly pointed out that It is a trait tri of which families may my well cl be proud if I It runs run consistently In their stock And as we try tn as far tar as possible to put our knowle knowledge go to practical use he has also pointed point point- ed out that It Is ver very desirable for tor a young man or a young woman to marr marry Into a family Cam fam amily am- am I ily p possessing that trait trai since it I Is la a good Indication of general soundness of ot constitution constitution const const- and physical vigor Families In whose Ancestry longevity is isa isa isa a characteristic can camu well wel afford to make the facts and take pride In alliance with other worthy families similarly en endowed owed Such a mating like with wih like Is technically call cally known to us as It used I. I to be supposed that people tended to marry their opposites the blondes and the brunettes tho the short and the tall The Tho use of of exact methods of or eU eugenics has demonstrated that thai the reverse is tho the ca case e and that for fol almost every cven measurable trait there Is la I dence of ot mating math A. For a summary summary sum sum- mar mary see sec ec Harris J. J Arthur Mating Mat ing in Man Ian Popular Science Monthly No o. o C G f pages N. N Y May 11 1912 That such sucha I a fact tact Is of 01 gret value to the race raco when whon I the time character Involved Is one of of or so much Importance as longevity Is obvious ob and the tendency should bo be encouraged Genealogy can give gIc much help In this connection There are nrc certain phases of ot the alwa always s 's sInter Inter Interesting problem of or sex sex determination on which genealogy can easily throw light It I has lies sometimes been asserted that the age of ot 1 the parents Influence the sex of ot the off off- of- of spring Wo f do 10 not know that this is 11 so so 50 but out out- with wih the tho help of ot genealogy we might find Another question Cueston of ot groat gront practical Importance Importance Im ira- on which we wo seek seok Information re relates relates relates re- re lates to tho time posterity of ot men of genius Is there an any truth In the i idea ea that their mental activity L tends to use up somo some vital vial WHO wun me tilO result that mat lat uriC nicy are aro caner sterJe sterile or leave fC posterity of or mediocre quality The Time hl Idea n doc s 08 not sound convincing con but we shall 1131 not dismiss It I dogmatically we wo shall appeal to genealogy for data n on to dispose of ot ii It definitely Of course courso the alleged ed fact here must not be bo confused with wih the well wel known fact of or re regression formulated as a mathematical mathe law lan by Galton Galon cv We know that on the tIme average a the lie children of superior parents will wi tend to be Interior inferior to their Parents and rl the children of or parents who are arc below belots' below normal nor nor- mal will wi tend to ho he a little better beter than their parents This Is due duo to the thc vast bulk hulk of ot the tho remote ancestry most of or Is necessarily average a or 01 as the tho statistician puts it It I. I mo- mo dlo rc The Tho drag of this more remote heredity heredity hered hered- I ity tends to pull pul every evory child toward mediocrity medio- medio crity or th tho the average of ot tho the rate I I must mUNt emphasize the fact act that this is purely purel purela a 8 law jaw applin applying only oly to a quantity of cases and Is frequently untrue of Individual f ua ual i cases Genealogy a and nt Eugenics D By fly Paul editor of or the tho Journal of ot Hered ity il 13 6 Tito ril of or Genius The he men of at A Athens them loved JU to discuss and fl argue U presently sent the they produced Socrates and Demosthenes Athens worshiped beauty and soon oon it hailed tho the creator of or the Parthenon Par Par- thenon and Ph Athens hens revered re knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge before Aristotle rl and many years cars tote arose The Macedonians panted for Cor or war ar and Alexan Alexander Alex Alex- an ander er was wan f brought forth Rome chafed for tor conquest and nd Caesar appeared d. d El England lan un under under un- un der del Elizabeth Elzabeth was drunk with wih the lo e love of life and auth ant Shakespeare lived Modern Germ Germany ny hummed HI met with from c castle lo to cottage and In time Beethoven and Schubert hubert were be be- gotten goten remarked 1 If Beethoven cn It I ha has been had been born In iii Chicago ho lie could not ot have havo composed his symphonies But ut he could not h have hc c been born In Chicago Chicago do dos s not grow row ns nR Chicago go produced men ot J other talents America has no Kant no noI r I IWa Wa Wagner ncr This J Js is merca because If It sou ou vh ViSit lt lt an if American playground of an nr afternoon you oU C will wi not find numbers of ot stud students lying Iring under undera a si tree absorbed In n mi reading philosophy for lor the house 0 of of love lo of it i It nor nor upon entering th the villages In tine the evening will vIll you ou find nino wi out of ten len families making music America n g arc coal barons and money mone i or or for th tho treat rest Inventors and electrical on- on onI f I Why Vh h ha has America no ilO poet of nature to to tol f rank with wih tho tIme I Englishman Wordsworth or Keats the tho Amen Ameri American I or Shele Shelley It I Is because can people do not love e nature naturu a atho tho English people do In America the time leisure class Iut lives In iii towns tons and ant cares nothing for or C clouds dUdS f stars birds and trees while whIt that lass loos lv live hive In the tho countr country toils terribly and 1 takes no for tor poetry A leisure elas clas loving the country and living there Is the thc nursery of nature poets 1 This Is tho ho r reason rean a cn also why great men come conic In groups Tim century says say say genius Lowell Lowel was a spendthrift of ot literary An attack of Immortality might have been been looked for tor In n a tam family I then a as scarlet to er i would woul be now Is I Mankind Advancing By Mrs r J John hn Martin Martill l. l tl x t e |