615. viii The Science of Eugenics The Time for Education and Legislation This is the day for the books, the lectures and the literature. The time to educate the young men and young women until they develop such a race patriotism and race loyalty that a young man or a young woman who should discover themselves vitally defective, even if the marriage day has been set, will turn aside and renounce their plans. They should for the sake of their own offspring and for the upbuilding of the race, control their emotions and affections so effectively as to step back into their single and respective paths of life; thus to bless the world with their own lives while heroically refraining from cursing the succeeding generation with their unhappy and unfortunate offspring. Race Patriotism and Race Loyalty This is the height of moral patriotism and eugenic loyalty which science aspires to generate within the breast of every man and woman, boy and girl, and, which, when we have achieved, or even partially achieved, this ideal, the world will witness a heroism and patriotism far more genuine and more glorious than that which inspires the soldier of today to throw himself unhesitatingly into the cannon's mouth, or otherwise to exhibit that bravery and courage which characterizes those splendid men and women who so freely give up their lives for their country.