Francis Galton: Quotes about nature

Francis Galton was British polymath: geographer, statistician, pioneer in eugenics. Explore interesting quotes on nature.
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“One of the effects of civilization is to diminish the rigour of the application of the law of natural selection.”

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