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Show "BETTER BABIES Eugenics Is the bcIoiico nnd the nrt of better babies. All sane people bcllevo In eugenics. eugen-ics. , Sensible eugenics would take conditions condi-tions ns they urc and seek to mako tho world better by getting the best possible- results without being erratic errat-ic nnd dogmatic. In other words to limit marriage to only n few who could stand tho extreme test of tho pharlsalcnl scientists sci-entists would bo to crento an arlstoc-racy arlstoc-racy of blood and ancestry. It Is doubtful if a bettor raco can be secured by being too exactly particular par-ticular about the things that show up in n doctor's laboratory. It Is entirely probably that n man nnd n woman who lovo each other a3 It Is posstblo for them to lovo each other, can produco better offspring thnn two scientifically certified people peo-ple who havo othor qualifications but a sincero and abiding affection. It Is much to bo doubted It n baby Is woll born no matter how physically physical-ly fit its parents aro unless thero Is n spiritual longing which takes hold on tho Infinite and brings a child born of tho spirit as well as of tho flesh. Tho need of eugenics Is npparcnt and appalling. Somo men breed their hogs for market with moro Interest and caro than thoy do their sons for mortnl being. They expect n mlrnclo of dlvino grnco to mako up for all tho deficiencies defici-encies duo to their ncgllgcnco. llegenorntlon would bo easier if generation were moro Intelligent. Tho operation of nny successful schemo of eugenics Is In tho field of choice rather than In field of law. Education will do what legal action cannot do. Ho who thinks It wicked to give attention to raising n better baby crop Is unworthy a placo In nny community. com-munity. , Thero is nothing moro holy nnd sacred than nil that has to do with the creations of now llfo. Manifestly thero aro somo peoplo who should not marry. Tho law can do much to eliminate tho unfit from tho mnrrlago altar. t Thcro aro diseases which should '. jH forever bo a bar to marriage. j 'H But tbo real field of eugenics Is J H in educntlon and nn appeal to con- H science I H If tho churches could havo as u . I H tost of membership n profound con- M viction as to tho necessity of spirit- H ual generation ns woll as of regener- H ntlon It would bo well. H Let tho wholo matter of sox rcla- H tlon bo brought out Into the light H of dovout knowledge, strip it of all H Its unhallowed glow of mystery and H let It bo entered Into rovcrently nnd H discretely. H Tho real forces that mold our lives H aro not material they aro beyond H tho reach of tho physician's test. H Selected. H |