"We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confined to questions of judicious mating, but which, especially in the case of man, takes cognizance of all influences that tend in however remote a degree to give to the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable than they otherwise would have had. The word eugenics would sufficiently express the idea."

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Source : Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development (1883)

Francis Galton

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Eugenics Quotes

“The final test of Afro-American studies will be the extent to which they rid the minds of whites and blacks alike of false learning, and the extent to which they promote for blacks and whites alike a completely rewarding participation in American life.”
“I was not using the gears I usually do for time trials - it was either hard [gear] to pedal, or really low [gear] to pedal; [that] was something special of today.”
“Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it”

Source : James Truslow Adams (2017). “The Epic of America”, p.262, Routledge
“Have hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow - No night but hath its morn.”
“There were illegal poets like Muzaffar al-Nawab, this is the thing - Muzaffar was widely known and he didn't really have books. He would deliver these readings on cassette tape. Go on YouTube and listen to him. He's like a preacher. He's a really interesting figure in modern Iraqi life.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.”

Source : Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov (2012). “The Art of the Middle Game”, p.81, Courier Corporation
“Walk your dogs on the beach that's my luxury. The food's not so good in West Palm, but you can't have it all.”
“I feel like every great record is like a world in itself.”

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