Sir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English Victorian statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropol...
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. 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.
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. 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.
A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. Francis Galton
A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts.
Whenever you can, count. Francis Galton
Whenever you can, count.
The object . . . is to discover methods of condensing information concerning large groups of allied facts into brief and compendious expressions suitable for discussion. Francis Galton
The object . . . is to discover methods of condensing information concerning large groups of allied facts into brief and compendious expressions suitable for discussion.
I do not so easily think in words.... after being hard at work having arrived at results that are perfectly clear... I have to translate my thoughts in a language that does not run evenly with them. Francis Galton
I do not so easily think in words.... after being hard at work having arrived at results that are perfectly clear... I have to translate my thoughts in a language that does not run evenly with them.
Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas. Francis Galton
Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
Characteristics cling to families. Francis Galton
Characteristics cling to families.
The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Francis Galton
The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed.
The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary. Francis Galton
The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.
The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared. Francis Galton
The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared.
[Statistics are] the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those who pursue the Science of Man. Francis Galton
[Statistics are] the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those who pursue the Science of Man.
