carlsonjok
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| Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ Jan. 02 2008,18:31) | It gets more complex for Sal. Churchill also participated in the eugenics movement, representing England at an international conference on eugenics conducted in London in 1912 (other participants included Charles Darwin's son and Alexander Graham Bell). Churchill was an enthusiastic supporter of eugenics, and reassured one group of eugenicists that Britain's 120,000 "feebleminded" persons "should, if possible, be segregated under proper conditions so that their curse died with them and was not transmitted to future generations."
Onward Christian Britain, eh, Sal? |
Better still:
While a soldier in the 21st Lancers, Churchill participated in the Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan. On August 24, 1898 he wrote to his mother that within 10 days:
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"there will be a general action - perhaps a very severe one. I may be killed. I do not think so. But if I am you must avail yourself of the consolations of philosophy and reflect on the utter insignificance of all human beings. |
He continues:
| Quote | | But I can assure you I do not flinch - though I do not accept the Christian or any other form of religious belief. |
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