eugenics

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All of these criticisms should be stimulating, should lead eugenists to avoid mistakes in program or procedure.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

What is the relation, as conceived by the eugenists, as between germ plasm and culture?

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

This form of campaign, although usually calling itself eugenic, has been due far less to eugenists than to sex hygienists who have chosen to sail under a borrowed flag.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

Random mating, therefore, need not be taken into account by eugenists, who must rather give their attention to one of the two forms of non-random mating, namely, assortative and preferential.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

This principle of socialism is invariably accompanied by numerous associated principles, and it is on these associated principles, not on the fundamental principle, that eugenists and socialists come into conflict.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul