CHAPTER IV

THE QUALITY OF THE POPULATION; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION (EUGENICS) AND EDUCATION

Natural Selection and Artificial Selection--The Interests of the Future Generation--Inheritance and Education--Nature of Education--Character of the Child--Limits of Educability--The Aim of Education--Good Example--Confidence and Love--Reward and Punishment--Education by the Parents--Education in different Social Classes--Parents, School, Environment--The Tendency of Evolution 25