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He stated that "There are serious motives, such as those often mentioned in the so-called medical, eugenic, economic, and social 'indications,' that can except for a long time, perhaps even during the whole duration of the marriage, from the positive and obligatory carrying out of the act. His testimony before Congress, and that of others, was full of eugenic contentions couched in the most scientific tone; for example, alcoholism, poverty, and avarice were argued to be "genes" inherited by people born of Irish, Italian, and Jewish parents, respectively. As Kazin shows, this was no "move to the right" on his part; it was motivated not just by Bryan's lifelong devotion to biblical teachings, but by his conviction that what we now call "social Darwinism," and the "scientific" racism and eugenic manipulation that would later ravage Europe, lay in Darwin's shadow. |
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