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This book was written in 1916 and so predates the discovery and unravelling of DNA and the identification of the individual genes within it. The author discusses the age-old 'nature nurture' debate, though here he uses the terms heredity and environment.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1916 Edition.
Excerpt from Being Well-Born: An Introduction to Eugenics The writer recalls that when he was a young boy, he heard the grown-up people in the community earnestly and incessantly debating the question: Does heredity play a greater part in shaping one's mind and body than does his environment? From that day to this he has listened to men and women in every walk of life discussing the relation of heredity to environment in determining human traits. Teachers and parents are constantly asking: "Are such and such characteristics in my children due to their inheritance or to the way they have been trained?" Students of juvenile delinquency and of mental defect and deficiency are searching everywhere for light on this matter. It is not to be wondered at that practically all people are peculiarly interested in this problem, since it concerns intimately one's personal traits, and it constantly confronts any one who is responsible for the care and culture of the young. It is suggestive to note how people differ in their views regarding the extent to which a child's physical and mental qualities and capacities are fixed definitely by his inheritance. The writer has often heard students in university classes discuss the subject; and their handling of the problem has shown how superficially and even superstitiously most persons regard the mechanism and functions of heredity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Abstract: The political power of the rhetoric of science originates from the emphasis that is put on objective truth. To contribute to a fuller understanding of this trend and its consequences, I propose to present and analyze the rhetorical efficacy of a popular scientific textbook, Michael F. Guyer's Being Well-Born: An Introduction to Heredity and Eugenics (1927), in the context of the highly susceptible culture of turn-of-the-century America. By understanding how this text functioned during its publication, more than forty years after Francis Galton first coined the term "eugenics," I can examine the cultural situation to which Guyer speaks. Guyer's rhetorical strategies create an ethos of rationality, compassion, and morality, which influences and reassures his audience about the ethical and political necessity of accepting his conclusions. Understanding this conversation lends a greater understanding of current discourse surrounding fields that concern themselves with genetic engineering. Advisors: Dion Cautrell & Nan Johnson.