. Civic biology; textbook of problems, local and national, that can be solved only by civic coöperation. Biology. IMJACTK'AL LAWS ol' IJIK :U:i and wuinaii. W'r arc now jnst be<,nnning lo U-arn tans in this Held wliieli nmy savu our present civilization the decays that have overtaken those of tlie past. Whatever a man may claim for personal hhcriy. m* oiu- can ( laim any right to even risk mental or i)hysical inipaiiiiicnt of his own offspring or to inij)ose the cai«' of defectives upon tlie community. Alcohol is hcing ))arrc(l from athletics, from the army and navy, from public servi


. Civic biology; textbook of problems, local and national, that can be solved only by civic coöperation. Biology. IMJACTK'AL LAWS ol' IJIK :U:i and wuinaii. W'r arc now jnst be<,nnning lo U-arn tans in this Held wliieli nmy savu our present civilization the decays that have overtaken those of tlie past. Whatever a man may claim for personal hhcriy. m* oiu- can ( laim any right to even risk mental or i)hysical inipaiiiiicnt of his own offspring or to inij)ose the cai«' of defectives upon tlie community. Alcohol is hcing ))arrc(l from athletics, from the army and navy, from public service, and frm all busi- ness, public and private, where strengtli, endurance, and dependability are required, antl the evidence given above cre^. o ^"^"^w^ li^MM^i^i^g^ ^ 2 4 3 N ; N II I I I II Fig. 168. Recessive character of feeble-mindedness and effects of alcoholism Small black circles indicate stilll): d, died : d. died in infancy : t. tnl)«T- cnlar: r. unknown. For other symbols see Fiij. 1(>7. After (ioddard would seem not only to give society the right but to impose 111)011 it the dutv of banishiiio: alcohol from aiiv i)ossible contact with the supreme business of evolving the race. *'You can't be strong and well unless you ///v ri;; These words of Jess Willard are lite-wide in their apj)liea- tion. We are iust beo'inniiiL;- to learn tVoni the new \ ii'w- point of eugenics. Drugs like morphine and opium, cocaine and heroin, must be studied with special reference to their in- fluence upon the germ plasm. The same is tine (d' nii-otine, and it may be that we shall have to set the age at whii-li indulgence in tobacco mav safely be begun at lifty-tive years instead of at the usual sixteen or twcntv-ctne. .\nv. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clif


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