IMPROVING THE RACE
LONDON, July 24. Dr Campbell, of London, read a paper on “Eugenics.” Theoretically, lie said, it was possible to breed a race of supermen, and to convert the present man (who was a mere caricature of the ideal) into a being of perfect form and supreme moral and intellectual endowment. They- wanted to raise a race immune from disease. “If we desired to retain our vast possessions wo must raise a manlier breed and a better ruling stock than those now directing the destinies of the Empire.” They wanted not only men with an improved physique, but of greater moral and intellectual capacity-.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3098, 30 July 1913, Page 25
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106IMPROVING THE RACE Otago Witness, Issue 3098, 30 July 1913, Page 25
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