Eugenics and Other Evils

By Chesterton, G. K.

Book Id: WPLBN0002954670
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Eugenics and Other Evils
Author:	Chesterton, G. K.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Essay/Short nonfiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Eugenics and Other Evils
Historic Publication Date:	1922
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Chesterto, B. G. (1922). Eugenics and Other Evils. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should enable him to make sure that the burden of longevity in the previous generation does not become disproportionate and intolerable, especially to the females; say this to them and they will sway slightly to and fro like babies sent to sleep in cradles. Say to them Murder your mother, and they sit up quite suddenly. Yet the two sentences, in cold logic, are exactly the same. (Summary by Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Literature