...Sociologically, Mendelism suggests a mode of procedure the opposite of that favored by current eugenics; certain serious physical and mental defects, almost certainly...criminality could be eradicated if society so determined; but any attempt to distinguish certain strains as superior, and to give special encouragement to them,...

...Sociologically, Mendelism suggests a mode of procedure the opposite of that favored by current eugenics; certain serious physical and mental defects, almost certainly...diatheses, and some of the forms of vice and criminality conld be eradicated if society so determined; but any attempt to distinguish certain strains as superior,...

...a simple genetic factor." 8 In sum, as the last quoted writer states, there is little doubt that " some serious physical and mental defects, almost certainly...and criminality could be eradicated if society so determined."4 This is a conclusion of extreme importance. It is one, too, that seems prima facie susceptible,...

...species, and in this way some serious physical and mental defects, some morbid diatheses, and some forms of vice and criminality, could be eradicated if society so determined. The question of the improvement of the race resolves itself into heredity and environment. Both are...

...turn back again to Professor Bateson : "Some serious physical and mental defects, almost certainly some morbid diatheses and some of the forms of vice...science can, in the present state of knowledge, be invoked for interference. More extensive schemes are already being advocated by writers who are neither...