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When the concept of eugenics — the practice of selecting for desirable traits in the larger population by encouraging gifted and/or attractive people to breed — began to take hold in the early twentieth century, British thinker and writer G.K. Chesterton took a stance contrary to that of many intellectuals of the period and denounced it as evil in this bold, engaging series of essays.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 134 ● ISBN 9781776588107 ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4275519 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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