Excerpt from Birth Control: Read Before Columbia Medical Society, June 13, 1932The greatest philosophers Of all time appreciated the need Of exercising some control of reproduction in building a strong and versatile society or nation. The idea is unmis takably expressed in the Pythagorean, Socratic and Pla tonic philosophies where race development and betterment Often stand out as the supreme purpose Of the writers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.