THE SUPERMEN OF THE FUTURE.

Western Star, 24 April 1936, Page 4

THE SUPERMEN OF THE FUTURE.

Until radical changes in ea\ irmmi ,;i i have been made, tin- rate ■ ■! : j progress must be slow said S ir .lell-r.. ! Hlixlcy, delivering tiie D.dHa l.ecrm • | at the Oall"n nmuviMviry U a .• •. In ' ! i by 111,. Eugenics .Society, at iT" Waldorl ! Hotel, reports the ‘.Daily Tt ! e - r 11>i I,' j “A radical tsausformati<> n <q sm in ••• I is 11: cesFfiry,” Dr liuxb y declared j “net only for our ■.•. peer, a m achieve j any evolutionary |0 o :',!■■« 1 ci tMiiere;, ■ j t'i avoid gradual degeneration, i “Apart from a few palliuive ineis- ■ ' utes, such as th c sti-rili :ati<>n of cor- i tain tynes of defectives. and the a!- ‘ tempt to reduce the differential birth- 1 rate of different chi sees, the nriin tn-)r 1 of taieejicis at the lUeniwMi j.; f : jiy ,'.fi;dv 1

. of the existing social system and the 1 attempt to ti au 'loam it into one lav- j ( ini! ;d l l e to later nuasutcs of selective | brei ding.” | Tin' I 'ct Hirf the aveiage vlature, j pbv-iqiir. , J l ,l iII lei I i genre of the lower , eC'iioiui'- s t ;'; st ■ i jn Rritnin were love.' ! ha n those of file upper had often 'veil , put do'.v,, by eiigeuisis to innate in- > Itrioiity Rut until something had ; l.ein don,, to equals,. environment be- i V, ei) (ho el -.tin there was no srieidpr; i 1■ -i for tins si it; meat, i D was ~r.'c|icaliy reHdn that milch j < f i In* oh ci vcd differences were du • | to on\ 1 1 'Ur.iieiu . ) .:i O 1 durali'ina I ' , •oj p'-rtunii .. aud inula ' factors, ! ‘' tv,, must i iicoar":e. the equ 11is'ition of s'-eial i".i\i’cninent for different ebisxe.. by unwaid levelling, for only so can we pick out with leriai.iiy the innately up. .' aj.,j l.h« jufet'ioi

types, 1 ’ Dr Huxley continued. ‘‘We must encourage iuU'inati'iunljsin, lor otherwise' we shall continue to be ul srs ed with the need for quantity as against quality, “We must also aim at transforming (lie pic , lit moial and general altitude towards sex and reproduction and eust ans i uncerning mnrii'ge and parentage so as to make mine rapid eugenic prop:,, o possible. “With oil;- on-sent type of s': i d system la thing but palliative tinkering jc possible, change of moral nui'".ik and <eii:d system which will enciun.ige eugenic icproduelion is needed.’ -

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