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War, then, offers one of the greatest problems which the eugenist must face, for a few months of war may undo all that eugenic reforms can gain in a generation.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

These are the problems which occur to the eugenist and call for investigation and, if possible, settlement....

From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.

"In our field," put in Maude Schofield, "I might express the thought this way—the sociologist has had his day; now it is the biologist, the eugenist."

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

Once I thought "eugenist" = "zany," Now I know better and raise high in air Bumpers Falernian, "Looking towards you."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 by Various

Thus it is essential that the eugenist, dealing with the hereditary factor of life, and the social reformer or socialist, dealing with the environmental factor, should supplement each other's work.

From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Ellis, Havelock