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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![It is possible, however, to supplement this sug- gestion with the assurance that, in general, the ap- plication of eugenic principles to the mating of human beings would not by any means necessitate the supplanting of the old traditional method of matchmaking, but would only serve as a supple- mentary procedure, aimed at the perfecting of a method which must be admitted to lack something of the ideal. Nature As Eugenist In point of fact, it requires but the most casual knowledge of the subject to convince one that nature herself is the original eugenist, and that the motives that actuate individuals under the spell of the god of love are essentially eugenic motives. To substantiate this suggestion, it is only necessary to call attention to the fact expressed by the common saying that opposites attract. This means that a person is drawn toward one of the opposite sex whose predominating tendencies cor- respond to his subordinated ones. Note, as practical illustrations, how the tall man is attracted by the small woman, blonde by brunette, genius by mediocrity. It is even matter of common experience that the most virtuous young women are often fascinated by opposite moral traits in their male associates; while, con- [4]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33628439_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
