"Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they……" — Francis Galton
"Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas."
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16 Quotes by Francis Galton
Francis Galton has 16 quotes on this site.
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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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Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future…
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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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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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