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Charles Benedict Davenport (1866–1944) was one of America’s most prominent eugenicists and biologists. He attended Harvard University, earning a Ph.D. in Biology in 1892, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1912. A personal friend and devoted follower of the founder of the science of eugenics, Francis Galton, Davenport became director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he founded the Eugenics Record Office in 1910. During his time there, he began a series of investigations into aspects of the inheritance of human personality and mental traits, and over the years he generated hundreds of papers on the genetics of alcoholism, pellagra, criminality, feeblemindedness, bad temper, intelligence, manic depression, and the b ...more

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	Heredity in Relation to Eugenics 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eugenics, the Science of Human Improvement by Better Breeding 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1910 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Admiral Dewey and the Battle of Manila Bay by Charles Benedict Davenport, Chelsea Curtis Fraser liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trait Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bulletin of the Museum of comparative zoology at Harvard College, Vol. XXVII. No. 6. Studies in morphogenesis, IV. A preliminary catalogue of the processes concerned in ontogeny, pp. 173 - 199 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FEEBLY INHIBITEDNOMADISM 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race Crossing in Jamaica. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction To Zoology - A Guide To The Study Of Animals 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The study of human heredity methods of collecting, charting and analyzing data by Charles Benedict Davenport, H.H. Laughlin, David F. Weeks 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body-build and Its Inheritance: Restored Classics to Go Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“emotion untempered by reason is social suicide”
― Charles Benedict Davenport, Heredity in Relation to Eugenics

tags: compassion, emotions, reason

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“Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.”
― Charles Davenport, Eugenics, the Science of Human Improvement by Better Breeding

tags: eugenics, imbecile, offspring, parents

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