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This small volume is based upon three lectures on Eugenics delivered at Oberlin College in April, 1910. In preparing them for publication many extensions and a few additions have been made in order to present the subject more adequately and to include some very recent results of eugenic investigation. Few subjects have come into deserved prominence more rapidly than has Eugenics. Biologists, social workers, thoughtful students and observers of human life everywhere, have felt the growing necessity for some kind of action leading to what are now recognized as eugenic ends. Hitherto the lack of guiding principles has left us in the dark as to where. | The Social Direction of Evolution by 1 The Social Direction of Evolution by William E. Kellicott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics Author William E. Kellicott Release Date March 20 2010 EBook 31705 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOCIAL DIRECTION OF EVOLUTION Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http THE SOCIAL DIRECTION OF HUMAN EVOLUTION THE SOCIAL DIRECTION OF HUMAN EVOLUTION AN OUTLINE OF THE SCIENCE OF EUGENICS The Social Direction of Evolution by BY 2 WILLIAM E. KELLICOTT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY GOUCHER COLLEGE Illustration NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1919 COPYRIGHT 1911 BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America PREFACE This small volume is based upon three lectures on Eugenics delivered at Oberlin College in April 1910. In preparing them for publication many extensions and a few additions have been made in order to present the subject more adequately and to include some very recent results of eugenic investigation. Few subjects have come into deserved prominence more rapidly than has Eugenics. Biologists social workers thoughtful students and observers of human life everywhere have felt the growing necessity for some kind of action leading to what are now recognized as eugenic ends. Hitherto the lack of guiding principles has left us in the dark as to where to take hold and what methods to pursue. To-day however progress in the human phases of biological science clearly gives us clews regarding modes of attack upon many of the fundamental problems of human life and social improvement and progress and suggests concrete methods of