Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not…

Richard Dawkins
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Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and they are good ones, which would probably end up persuading me. But hasn't the time come when we should stop being frightened even to put the question? ✨ From the Afterword. www.heraldscotland.com. November 20, 2006.
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