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... genetic science , but the public widely believed it . I do not attempt to ascribe to " genetic " theory a pre - eminent role in the passage of those laws ; the biological justification was one of several important factors behind them ...
... genetic science , but the public widely believed it . I do not attempt to ascribe to " genetic " theory a pre - eminent role in the passage of those laws ; the biological justification was one of several important factors behind them ...
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... [ genetic science ] upon society have been quite different in different countries . The demonstration that certain dif- ferences between individuals are influenced by heredity and hence by ancestry has led in Germany to the promulgation ...
... [ genetic science ] upon society have been quite different in different countries . The demonstration that certain dif- ferences between individuals are influenced by heredity and hence by ancestry has led in Germany to the promulgation ...
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... genetic principles that a writer who is concerned with the advancement of the science of human genetics may well hesitate to embark at this stage upon a discussion of the social appli- cations of such knowledge as we now possess . Human ...
... genetic principles that a writer who is concerned with the advancement of the science of human genetics may well hesitate to embark at this stage upon a discussion of the social appli- cations of such knowledge as we now possess . Human ...
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Introduction | 1 |
19051930 | 8 |
Science and Pseudoscience | 54 |
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