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title: "4 Breeding Quotes By Francis Galton"
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> [Englishmen Francis Galton to describe the "science" of bettering human stock and the elimination of unwanted characteristics... and individuals. Galton proposed societal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/englishmen-francis-galton-to-describe-the-science-of-bettering-human/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

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> [We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confined to questions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/we-greatly-want-a-brief-word-to-express-the-science-of-improving/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

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> [The aim of eugenics is to represent each class or sect by its best specimens; that done, to leave them to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/the-aim-of-eugenics-is-to-represent-each-class-or-sect-by-its-best/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

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> [Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/eugenics-is-the-study-of-the-agencies-under-social-control-that-may/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

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## Other authors on Breeding

## More by Francis Galton

> [The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/the-cat-is-the-only-non-gregarious-domestic-animal-it-is-retained-by/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [The publication in 1859 of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin made a marked epoch in my own mental development, as it did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/the-publication-in-1859-of-the-origin-of-species-by-charles-darwin/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/what-nature-does-blindly-slowly-and-ruthlessly-man-may-do-providently/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation need not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/a-really-intelligent-nation-might-be-held-together-by-far-stronger/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [“Poor humanity! I often feel that the tableland of sanity upon which most of us dwell, is small in area, with unfenced precipices on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/poor-humanity-i-often-feel-that-the-tableland-of-sanity-upon-which/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [Characteristics cling to families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/characteristics-cling-to-families/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [Exercising the right of occasional suppression and slight modification, it is truly absurd to see how plastic a limited number of observations become, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/exercising-the-right-of-occasional-suppression-and-slight/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/well-washed-and-well-combed-domestic-pets-grow-dull-they-miss-the/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [Englishmen Francis Galton to describe the "science" of bettering human stock and the elimination of unwanted characteristics... and individuals. Galton proposed societal intervention for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/englishmen-francis-galton-to-describe-the-science-of-bettering-human/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [ \[Statistics are\] the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/statistics-are-the-only-tools-by-which-an-opening-can-be-cut-through/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [The conditions that direct the order of . . . the living world . . . are marked by their persistence in improving the birthright of successive generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/the-conditions-that-direct-the-order-of-the-living-world-are-marked/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confined to questions of judicious mating,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/we-greatly-want-a-brief-word-to-express-the-science-of-improving/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [Whenever you can, count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/whenever-you-can-count/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [It is always the case with the best work, that it is misrepresented, and disparaged at first, for it takes a curiously long time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/it-is-always-the-case-with-the-best-work-that-it-is-misrepresented/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

> [The inferiority of photographs to the best works of artists, so far as resemblance is concerned, lies in their catching no more than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/the-inferiority-of-photographs-to-the-best-works-of-artists-so-far-as/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

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