Mendelism / by R.C. Punnett.

  • Punnett, Reginald Crundall, 1875-1967.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Mendelism / by R.C. Punnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mendelism ■ whose wish is to leave the world a little less aimless than they found it, who desire not to promiscuously swim down the turbid stream and make up the grand confusion. Most of us are agreed that the circumstances of modern life are susceptible of change and of improve ment. That end we seek to attain by better teaching and better sanitation. And in this direction we have made a start by concen trating attention upon the lower strata of society. Speaking broadly, our present policy aims at raising the standard of the less fit, at attempting to bring them closer by such means to those who are richer in natural endowment. Has such a line of endeavour any hope of permanent success ? Or is it based upon a misconception of the nature of living things ? Some there are doubtless already who question whether the general policy pursued with regard to the lowest classes of the nation is a sound policy, who are troubled with the suspicion that hygiene and education are fleeting palliatives at best, (59)