CHAPTER I.. Introductory.

INTRODUCTORY. PAGE Muscle and Brain versus Political Organisation--The Muscles and Brains of a Race are not bound to decay--The Fall of Greek and Roman Political Organisation--The Permanence of the Scandinavian and Jewish Types--Possible Racial Degeneration in Spain--Our Power to ensure our own Racial Progress--The Knowledge we possess regarding the Laws of Racial Change--Evolution--Modern Philanthropic Effort--Are these conducive to Racial as well as to Individual Well-being? 1–18