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EUGENICS (from the Gr. ti-ytrip. well born), the modern name given to the science which deals with the influences which improve the inborn qualities of a race, but more particularly with those which develop them to the utmost advantage, and which generally ser ...

EUGENIUS, the name of four popes. EUGENIUS L, pope from 654 to 657. Elected on the banishment of Martin I. by the emperor Constans II., and at the height of the Monothelite crisis, he showed greater deference than his predecessor to the emperor's wishes, and m

EUGENIUS L, pope from 654 to 657. Elected on the banishment of Martin I. by the emperor Constans II., and at the height of the Monothelite crisis, he showed greater deference than his predecessor to the emperor's wishes, and made no public stand against the pa

EUGENIUS II., pope, was a native of Rome, and was chosen to succeed Pascal I. in 824. His election did not take place without difficulty. Eugenius was the candidate of the nobles, and the clerical faction brought forward a competitor. But the monk Wala, the re

... commercial centre of an extensive agricultural district; does a large business EUGENICS— EUGENIUS in grain, fruit, hops, cattle, wool and lumber; ami has various manufactures, including flour, lumber, woollen goods and canned fruit. Eugene was settled in 1854 ...