"One of the effects of civilization is to……" — Francis Galton
"One of the effects of civilization is to diminish the rigour of the application of the law of natural selection. It preserves weakly lives that would have perished in barbarous lands."
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Francis Galton
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16 Quotes by Francis Galton
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