> Use of the phrase 'of good breeding' indicates recognition of the practice
> of eugenics among members of the aristocracy and upper middle classes in the
> 19th century. In the 20th century it became difficult to to draw a clear
To this incredulous observer it appears more likely to reflect a claim
of natural superiority based on superior social status and learned
manners that signaled this status. The prevalenc of congenital
hemophilia among the European royal families is a notorious example of
the lack of genetic basis for this claim.
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