"Eugenics is the study of the agencies under……" — Francis Galton
"Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally."
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Francis Galton
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16 Quotes by Francis Galton
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It is always the case with the best work, that it is misrepresented, and disparaged at first, for it takes…
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Exercising the right of occasional suppression and slight modification, it is truly absurd to see how plastic a limited number…
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It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak…
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Whenever you can, count.
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The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable…
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One of the effects of civilization is to diminish the rigour of the application of the law of natural selection.…
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All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to…
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Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
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We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confined to…
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The aim of eugenics is to represent each class or sect by its best specimens; that done, to leave them…
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What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power,…
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I do not so easily think in words.... after being hard at work having arrived at results that are perfectly…
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Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.
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The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.
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My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal…
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You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a…
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Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government…
— Chris Chocola
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Evangelical agencies with ready funding may have too little depth and vision to cope with the current conflict. God's kingdom…
— Carl F. H. Henry
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It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity…
— Winston Churchill
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Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and…
— Winston Churchill
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Oh, without prayer what are the church's agencies, but the stretching out of a dead man's arm, or the lifting…
— Charles Spurgeon
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It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light…
— John Mott
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In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial…
— Gijs de Vries
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I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that…
— John Dewey
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