Eugenics, euthenics and love : how they go hand in hand / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.
- Date:
- [1914]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Eugenics, euthenics and love : how they go hand in hand / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![EUGENICS, EUTHENICS AND LOVE-- SSE ESKER me! HOW THEY GO HAND IN HAND HEN the word “eugenics” first came be- W fore the public a few years ago, there were strong objections to its supposed im- plications, on sentimental grounds. Much of the opposition has died away in re- cent years, showing a very remarkable modifica- tion of public sentiment. But even now it is not unusual to hear the feasibility of any attempted application of eugenic principles challenged, on the ground that Nature, having been in the busi- ness of matchmaking from time immemorial, is very well able to carry on this business without interference from the scientific students of he- redity. Such objections are reminiscent of the thought of an elder day, when the current phrase about marriage being made in Heaven was taken more than half seriously, and when the entire attitude [1]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33628439_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
