Education, by weeding out women unfit to be mothers, causing
them to dislike and forego maternity, will doubtless prove
a valuable aid in reducing the pressure of too large a popula-
tion. Gide says that the fecundity of the human race will
very materially decrease, without anything immoral being done,
in proportion as the intellectual and moral improvement of
individuals increases. What is to the savage woman, who has
no intellect, but a matter of a few hours, is to the intellectual
product of civilization prolonged misery and frequent death.
