The Art of Life Series
The Super Race
THE ART OF LIFE SERIES
Edward Howard Griggs, Editor
The Super Race
AN AMERICAN PROBLEM
BY
SCOTT NEARING, Ph.D.
WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AUTHOR OF “SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT,” ETC.
NEW YORK
B. W. HUEBSCH
1919
Copyright, 1912, by
B. W. HUEBSCH
First printing, May, 1912
Second printing, May, 1919
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
TO THE
MOTHERS AND FATHERS
OF THE
SUPER RACE
FOREWORD
For ages men have sought to perpetuate their memories in enduringmonuments of brass and of stone. Yet, in their efforts to build lastingmemorials they have neglected the most enduring monument of all—theMonument of Posterity. These farseeing ones have overlooked their realopportunity; for in posterity—in the achievements of their children’schildren, men may best hope to reflect a lasting greatness.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Call of the Super Race | 13 |
| II | Eugenics—The Science of Race Culture | 26 |
| III | Social Adjustment—The Science of Molding Institutions | 44 |
| IV | Education—The Science of Individual Development | 55 |
| V | The American Opportunity | 75 |
The Super Race
THE CALL OF THE SUPER RACE
As a very small boy, I distinctly remember that stories of the discoveryof America and Australia, of the exploration of Central Africa and of theinvention of the locomotive, the steamboat, and the telegraph