National Development Quotes
This is a question our women must answer; upon their loins depends the future destiny of the nation.
At the beginning of the United States, the Founding Fathers had seen fit not to restrict a woman’s right to birth control and abortion, both of which were prevalent in Colonial America albeit not very reliable or safe. The first efforts to control abortion were in the 1820s and 1830s. Storer was the first anti-abortion activist. His major issue was that abortion diminished America’s fertility rate and with the high fertility of the immigrants, the native Americans would be overwhelmed.
By the 21st century, there were few who would agree with Roosevelt on this point. The contributions of inventors and scientists and then business men and financiers.
This statement has been described by the great American scientist Stephen J. Gould as “the most famous 19th century statement of equality made by a scientist.” Humboldt was one of the great scientists of his era and personally met with Thomas Jefferson who was a great admirer of his and who had read his works. It is somewhat ironic that the German racism of the 20th century was so ignorant of Humboldt’s views even as it lauded the great German. The famous Nazi book burning scene seen in newsreels around the world actually took place outside the library of Humboldt University in Berlin.
