War & the trend of national vitality . ed to treat it seriously. To disregard the lesson of the army rejections and 14 ?I • the indicated decline in national vitality shown by therecords would be the height of folly. If we are as intelligent, as progressive, as scientific,and as highly civilized as we think we are, even a hint orslight sign—not to mention our specific evidence of racedeterioration—should inspire prompt action by the nation. We must teach our children, our youths and, as faras possible, our adult population, how to live right, howto keep the body and its organs in good healthy
War & the trend of national vitality . ed to treat it seriously. To disregard the lesson of the army rejections and 14 ?I • the indicated decline in national vitality shown by therecords would be the height of folly. If we are as intelligent, as progressive, as scientific,and as highly civilized as we think we are, even a hint orslight sign—not to mention our specific evidence of racedeterioration—should inspire prompt action by the nation. We must teach our children, our youths and, as faras possible, our adult population, how to live right, howto keep the body and its organs in good healthy must not only teach them sanitation, personal hygieneand the need of observing the common laws of health;the safety of the state and the race demands that we ac-tually stimulate them to apply this knowledge. There is no limit to the progressive and constructivepossibilities of the American people. They can and willsolve this problem if it is kept before them until they arearoused to action. September, 1917. 15 ?. Gaylord BroMakersSyracuse, N JAN. 21, 1908 This Book may be kept FOURTEEN DAYS A fine o£ 2 CENTS will be charged foreach clay the Book is kept over time. - £ tile. o^L 2Q
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