Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be MarriedArmitage, Robert B.
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Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married
Armitage, Robert B.
Marriage; Sex instruction; Women -- Health and hygiene
Eugenics, sometimes known as the Science of Parenthood, has well been
styled "the New Science," for it has forced itself into public notice
within the past ten or fifteen years, whereas before that time it was
practically unknown to the general public. At the present time some of
the world's greatest thinkers have spoken or written on the subject, and
many regard it as one of the most vital branches of human research,
endeavor, and study, for the future of the race is involved in the
solution of its problems. In its general phase of race-betterment,
Eugenics is receiving the attention of statesmen, sociologists and
patriots; in its particular phases, the earnest attention, interest and
study of men and women who wish offspring of the best quality
obtainable.
The spirit of Eugenics may be expressed in the words of Dr. G. Stanley
Hall, president of Clark University, who has said: "Our duty of all
duties is to transmit the sacred torch of life undiminished, and, if
possible, a little brightened, to our children. This is the chief end
of men and women. All posterity slumbers in our bodies, as we did in our
ancestors. The basis of the new biological ethics of today, and of the
future, is that everything is right that makes for the welfare of the
yet unborn, and all is wrong that injures them, and to do so is the
unpardonable sin--the only one nature knows."
That phase of Eugenics which has brought the new science more
prominently before the public mind, and which has enrolled on its roster
the names of some of the world's most eminent scientists, sociologists,
and writers--the phase of race-betterment from the standpoint of
sociology--has led many to believe that Eugenics is confined to that
phase, and is but a movement toward "the successful breeding of the
human race" on a universal scale. To many, such a movement while deemed
commendable and desirable nevertheless lacks the appeal of the heart and
affections--it seems to be of the head alone. But when such persons are
brought to their realization that Eugenics is also a movement to promote
the bearing of children--to enable each mated couple to bring forth
perfect offspring--then the heart is enlisted as a co-worker with the
head.
The sociological phase of Eugenics--the phase of Race Culture in
general--is being vigorously advanced by societies and organizations in
various parts of the world, the parent organization being the Eugenics
Education Society, of London, England. Dr. C. W. Saleeby, one of those
prominent in the work of the said Society, has the following to say
concerning the work of that organization:
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