THE NEW SCIENCE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 22 November 1912, Page 4

THE NEW SCIENCE.

The' scienoe* of; Eugenics is- tip--held iii tlie Fortnightly Review by' Mr M. Crackanthorpe, K. 0., who concludes that Socialists and churchmen, are the chief opponents of the aims of the science. Believing as they profess to do that all men -should, and might, he made equal in. respect both of status and means, Socialists see in the theory of heredity a most embarrassing! factor, and accordingly show., open hostility. For the regeneration of mankind they rely exclusively on improved surroundings. Th<j writer quotes a representative Socialist as stating, "Give the industrial commu-, nity houses worth living in, work worth executing, adequate remuneration. appreciable leisure, enjoyable recreation, and reliable employment, and tho .habitua;! drunkard, the criminal, the tramp, and the feebleminded wi Ik become as extinct as the dodo." Mr Crackanthorpe's comment on this. >s: "How delightfully simple this sounds, and how impossible it is. What iComplftte -igno'faifc6' 'of human nature, .its temptations and weaknesses it'shows." He proceeds to show that spiritually-minded people often make the mistake of supposing that religion and science are antagonistic) to each other, and he urges willing self-sacrifice in the present generation in order that burdens and disabilities may not be laid on, posterity. Tn. fhe main, he is a strong advocate of eugenic methods and measures for the world's betterment.