Word: inapt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...still more fundamental importance is the problem of preserving the quality of the race; for upon this depends the permanence of civilization itself. This should be sharply distinguished from such an inapt expression as "race suicide," which has so impressed uncritical minds. There is as much danger of race suicide as there is of famine through over-population. The real danger is that there may be race degeneration through the failure to multiply on the part of those best fitted to improve the stock; that is, those who have shown their talents by their achievements. Obviously, no race can maintain...