ID# 2101:
 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

6. [underscore]Note.[end underscore] Weight will be given by the Judges [crossed out 'examiners'] to the general character of your replies, which should be [crossed out 'adequate to convince'] be appropriate & satisfactory, but brief. It will be observed that an accumulation of small instances is reckoned superfluous, when a few prominent facts suffice to carry the desired conviction. x x x Nothing whatever is to be written that cannot be quoted & cannot be verified. [centered score] [end]

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