THE SCOPE OF EUGENICS
The scientific advance of the last half-century has profoundly altered the aspect of sociology. We are no longer compelled to force conclusions derived from purely theoretical reasoning on an unwilling populace. We have at last come to understand that biology is really the science of life, and that...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Westminster review, Jan. 1852-Jan. 1914 Jan. 1852-Jan. 1914, 1910-07, Vol.174 (1), p.25-34 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The scientific advance of the last half-century has profoundly altered the aspect of sociology. We are no longer compelled to force conclusions derived from purely theoretical reasoning on an unwilling populace. We have at last come to understand that biology is really the science of life, and that its utility is to be determined by its value to human society. There is no finer or truer aphorism to be found in all Huxley than his remark that science is systematised common-sense. |
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ISSN: | 2044-6853 |