Oct 21, 2010
"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.
Chapter 8 -- A Summary of a False Theory:
"I have up to this point treated the Eugenists, I hope, as seriously as they treat themselves. I have attempted an analysis of their theory as if it were an utterly abstract and disinterested theory; and so...
Oct 14, 2010
"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.
Chapter 7 -- The Established Church of Doubt:
"Let us now finally consider what the honest Eugenists do mean, since it has become increasingly evident that they cannot mean what they say."
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Oct 7, 2010
"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.
Chapter 6 -- The Unanswered Challenge:
"Dr. Saleeby did me the honour of referring to me in one of his addresses on this subject, and said that even I cannot produce any but a feeble-minded child from a feeble-minded ancestry. To which I reply, first of...
Sep 30, 2010
"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.
Chapter 5 - The Flying Authority:
"It happened one day that an atheist and a man were standing together on a doorstep; and the atheist said, "It is raining." To which the man replied, "What is raining?": which question was the beginning of a violent...
Sep 23, 2010
"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.
Chapter 4 -- The Lunatic and the Law:
"The modern evil, we have said, greatly turns on this: that people do not see that the exception proves the rule. Thus it may or may not be right to kill a murderer; but it can only conceivably be right to kill a...