ABSTRACT
The enthusiastic and generally well-meaning advocate of eugenics might lead one to believe that by marriage between the successful and influential members of the community a population of uniformly superior children would be obtained. If defective stocks are inbred the defects are accentuated, since each parent contributes the defective tendency to the progeny, and, on the other hand, when good stocks are inbred the perfection of the progeny is likewise insured. If defective stocks are inbred the defects are accentuated, since each parent contributes the defective tendency to the progeny, and, on the other hand, when good stocks are inbred the perfection of the progeny is likewise insured. An environmental modification due to the alcohol treatment was introduced in the experimental stock of animals, but this also was as truly present for one egg or embryo as for another.
