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Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs and also so clever that they can manage each other's.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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