The facts after being collected are to be discussed, for improving our
knowledge of the laws both actuarial and of physiological heredity, the
recent methods of advanced statistics being of course used. It is
possible that a study of the effect on the offspring of differences in
the parental qualities may prove important.
It is to be considered whether a study of Eurasians, that is, of the
descendants of Hindoo and English parents, might not be advocated in
proper quarters, both on its own merits as a topic of national
importance and as a test of the applicability of the Mendelian
hypotheses to men. Eurasians have by this time intermarried during three
consecutive generations in sufficient numbers to yield trustworthy
results.