Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize Winner. Man the Unknown, 1939. [Source] […] A man’s value depends on his capacity to face adverse situations rapidly and without effort. Such alertness is attained by building up many kinds of reflexes and instinctive reactions. The younger the individual, the easier is the establishment of reflexes. A child can accumulate …
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Carrel: eugenics asks for the sacrifice of many individuals.
Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize Winner. Man the Unknown, 1939. [Source] A choice must be made among the multitude of civilized human beings. We have mentioned that natural selection has not played its part for a long while. That many inferior individuals have been conserved through the efforts of hygiene and medicine. But we cannot prevent …
“Strategic Planning for Mental Health” by J. R. Rees, 1940
Strategic Planning for Mental Health By Colonel J. R. (John Rawlings) Rees, M.D. [SOURCE: mental-health-vol-1-no-4-october-1940] Summary of an address given at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Mental Hygiene on June 18th, 1940. By Colonel J. R. Rees, M.D. It would be hard to imagine a time more unusual or more trying than …
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