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than the illustrious Dean Inge of St. Paul's, nor is there a deeper and more logical thinker and exponent of the science of eugenics than Dr. F.C.S. Sehiller of Oxford. "Eugenists believe" says Dean Inge "that unless civilisation is guided on scientific principles, it must come to ruin. We are ready to give up all our theories, if we can be proved to be in the wrong; but we stand by scientific as against emotional or sentimental ethics" (outspoken Essays, Second Series). And Dr. Chiller lays greater emphasis on this fact by affirming However powerful, therefore, a society may be, and however great its resources, it is doomed if it so organizes itself is to breed the wrong sort of men and to favour the survival of the worthless at the expense of the more valuable" (Eugenics and Politics).
Ages ago our own country was not wanting in wise men who perceived the evil of indiscriminate procreation. St. Thirumoolar who existed in the 5th century A.D., not only speaks of what ought to be the right sort of sex - functions, but also indicates the conditions under which a limited number of choice offspring is producible. From this it just be clear that, in treating explicitly of sexual functions and birth - control methods, I have not done anything offensive against delicacy of taste but have simply voiced forth that the great men of the past and the present thought and aid on the subject.
Another prominent feature of this work is its strong advocacy of nature - cure methods. If man can learn to make a proper use of air, light, heat, water and dwelling places, if he can live only upon such vegetable foods is contain all the elements required for the building up of his body, if he can keep clean the excretory organs without allowing the used - up matter to remain in them long, if he can fast occasionally so as to give rest to his over-wrought organ the stomach, if he can keep his blood free from impurities and contamination, and lastly if he can exercise his mind and body to an extent beneficent but not fatiguing, there is no reason why he should not live a
