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.


"Hereditary Talent and Character" in MacMillan's Magazine Vol. XII (May - October 1865), p. 326.

Francis Galton Quotes

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...