ID# 2100:
Handwritten proposal for issuing "eugenic certificates" to physically and mentally superior men aged 23-30, by Francis Galton
Date:
1906
Pages: (1|2|3|4|5|6)
Source:
University College London, FG, 138/10

Handwritten proposal for issuing &quote;eugenic certificates&quote; to physically and mentally superior men aged 23-30, by Francis Galton

5. service[crossed out 's'] or otherwise? Give particulars of three instances in which you were especially successful & mention [obs text] the number of competitors in each case; if they be [crossed out 'un']known, with exactness. Give limits within which their numbers [crossed out 'they'] certainly lie. // Have you been awarded [crossed out 'any'] prizes or other distinctions at any large college, school, [crossed out 'of'] or university, or by any literary or scientific body, if so state the particulars of not more than 3 of the most noteworthy ones. Have you been elected to any coveted post or trust, [crossed out '?'] paid or unpaid, in any school or college or in any association, whether it be athletic, scholastic or other. State particulars of not more than three of the most important of these as evidence [crossed out 'truths'] of the trust placed in your by your comrades. [obs text] Have you received any & what appointments? If so, do not mention more than two or three of the principle ones. State anything also that you think favourable to the conclusion to which a certificate testifies. [centered score] [end]

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