no use eliminating a few narcotized individuals as long as a
greater number is always being produced.

Persons predisposed to tuberculosis by heredity, chronic invalids, the
subjects of rickets, hemophilia, and other persons incapable of
procreating a healthy race owing to inherited diseases or bad
constitution, form a second category of individuals who ought to avoid
propagation, or do so as little as possible.

=Types to Perpetuate.=--On the other hand, men who are useful from the
social point of view--those who take a pleasure in work and those who
are good tempered, peaceful and amiable should be induced to multiply.
If they are endowed with clear intelligence and an active mind, or
with an intellectual or artistic creative imagination, they constitute
excellent subjects for reproduction. In such cases certain taints
which are not too pronounced may be passed over.

True will-power, _i.e._, perseverance in the accomplishment of
rational resolutions, and not the tyrannical and obstinate spirit of
domination, is also one of the most desirable qualities which ought to
be reproduced. Will-power must not be confounded with impulsiveness,
which is rather the antinomy of it, but often deceives superficial
observers, and makes them believe in the existence of a strong will,
because of the violent manner in which it tries to realize momentary
impulsive resolutions.

=Human Social Value.=--We have seen that, owing to traditional
routine, the intellectual merit of a young man is unfortunately judged
by the results of examinations. To succeed in these, a good memory and
strong mental receptivity are all that is necessary. It follows from
this that nonentities often attain the highest social positions, while
originality, creative power, perseverance, honesty, responsibility and
duty take a back place. I refer the reader to what I have said on the
estimation of human value, especially in the Landerziehungsheime
(Chapter XVI). They should be estimated according to their utility in
practical social life, where the qualities of will and creative
imagination play a more considerable part than memory and rapidity in
assimilating the ideas of others.

But we have seen that the standard of ordinary examinations is false,
even as regards pure intelligence. Critical judgment and imaginative
power of combination have a much greater intellectual value than
memory or the power of assimilation. It is, therefore, not to be
wondered at t