[472] Dr. A. B. Morel, Traité des Dégénérescences, p. 581, note: ‘The state of arrested development and sterility are the essential characteristics of beings arrived at the extreme limit of degeneracy.’
[473] C. Lombroso and R. Laschi, Le Crime politique, etc., t. i., p. 8 et seq.
[474] Charles Darwin, A Naturalist’s Voyage round the World, Journal of Researches, etc., chap. x.
[475] Ernest Renan, Feuilles détachées. Paris, 1892, Préface, p. 10.
[476] Ludwig Fulda, Das verlorene Paradies, Schauspiel in drei Aufzügen. Stuttgart, 1892. Cf. p. 112:
Mühlberger. Rika, Rika; come out!
Frederika. Oh, Lord! will they send me back?
Mühlberger. Here’s my daughter. She must go into the fresh air—into the fresh air.
Frederika. Father, let me be. I must work.
Mühlberger (with passionate resolution). No. No more work—no more—no more work. You must go out into the fresh air, my child—my good sick child. (He holds her in his embrace. Pause. No one present can escape from the impression of this episode.)