The Eugenic Society At the Galton dinner of the Eugenic
Society on Monday under the chairmanship of Dean Inge, Sir J. Arthur Thomson spoke of the warnings from Nature which arc to be found in the study of eugenics. His theme was the exaggerations and specializations of insects, such as those of the worker bees, which wear out their hearts by over- work, the Termite queens who lay 10 million eggs a year, and the big-jawed Termite soldiers who have to be spoon-fed all their lives, showing us that if we attempt to " tame by science the nescient waywardness of man's stock " there are many difficulties and dangers in the path. At the same time, man has much to gain from the lessons that animal genetics have taught him, and the spokesmen and leaders of the Eugenic Society are wise in their generation, advancing only where they are on sure ground.
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