We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedig…

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We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men with the best of our women as often as possible, and the inferior men with the inferior women as seldom as possible, and keep only the offspring of the best. ✨ Plato, Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (1987). The Republic
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