. Stirpiculture, or, The ascent of man [microform]. Public health; Heredity, Human; Evolution; Santé publique; Hérédité humaine; Evolution. Mi^A •it (li'ft' from tlu-ir point of view) »intl have not cvrii tlic int-'lanclioly pIcasniT enjoyed ]>y tlie eriniinjils of at least l<?io\vini^ how loni; their liliorties ai'e to he restiaineil an<l the cause of their incarceration. Thoy were sinij)ly honest in expressin-^ their opinions an<l these f their minds it wouM he all riijht, hut there is nothinif the matter with them; their incarceration is a mistake. And so on. (how few of »is
. Stirpiculture, or, The ascent of man [microform]. Public health; Heredity, Human; Evolution; Santé publique; Hérédité humaine; Evolution. Mi^A •it (li'ft' from tlu-ir point of view) »intl have not cvrii tlic int-'lanclioly pIcasniT enjoyed ]>y tlie eriniinjils of at least l<?io\vini^ how loni; their liliorties ai'e to he restiaineil an<l the cause of their incarceration. Thoy were sinij)ly honest in expressin-^ their opinions an<l these f their minds it wouM he all riijht, hut there is nothinif the matter with them; their incarceration is a mistake. And so on. (how few of »is can see our failinLfs, even when n(»t insane ?) The mentally alienated ai-e not imltecile or iiliotic tintil the disease' has far advanced. There is an (dement of sadness here that thou;^h daily presented to me [ am miahlt' ade<|uately to it is even more lament- ahle when we consider that it is inereasiuL; and from natural causes and this the more when from 00 to iSO per cent, of this misery is the result of the infraction of nature's laws, not only well known hut there is an inner consciousness of their correctness if c(» were allowi'd flee action. "The sins" (and I would add diseases) "of the parents shall he " visited on tlnMr children to the third and fourth nt^ncration.' Well known as this law is, yet society and the consciene(^ of individuals of hii,di intelli;L,'ence will imj)ose this dire punisluuent on their unfortuncte children. I helieve, were this thorou<,ddy appreciated, the injustice' and inhumanity, nay the L,'n)ssness of the crime, would compel its cessation. Fj-om one tainted emi;^rant to this province there has been a thousand cripjjled intellects: many immiu'cd in the asylum—some until death and many a hurthen on their community-- the remainder tilliuL,'the roll of citizenship, hut liahle to this intiiction from causes that would not atiect a sound n\ind. There is no time, however, to adequately dis
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