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Darwin was not the first to claim racial superiority. But he was the first to teach that some races of man "will almost certainly exterminate, and replace" other races of man. His followers developed a new intellectual field called "eugenics" for this mythical biological struggle.
Darwin was not the first to claim racial superiority. But he was the first to teach that some races of man "will almost certainly exterminate, and replace" other races of man. His followers developed a new intellectual field called "eugenics" for this mythical biological struggle.
In fact, the term "eugenics" was coined by Darwin's cousin, [[Francis Galton]].<ref>Francis Galton (1883). http://eugenics.us/francis-galton-coins-the-word-eugenics-as-the-science-of-better-breeding-men-brutes-and-plants-quote-of-the-day/344.htm "Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883), 24-25." Retrieved August 11, 2015 from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref>
In fact, the term "eugenics" was coined by Darwin's cousin, [[Francis Galton]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Cavanaugh-O'Keefe (2000). [http://web.archive.org/web/20120204002402/http://www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap02.html "Chapter two: Francis Galton and the Eugenics Society"]. ''Roots of Racism and Abortion: An Exploration of Eugenics.'' Retrieved from February 4, 2012 archive of Eugenics Watch at Internet Archive on September 17, 2014.
*Francis Galton (1883). http://eugenics.us/francis-galton-coins-the-word-eugenics-as-the-science-of-better-breeding-men-brutes-and-plants-quote-of-the-day/344.htm "Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883), 24-25." Retrieved August 11, 2015 from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref>
Defenders of Darwin, and Darwinism, often try to argue that Darwin, and Darwinism, have no logical connection to eugenics at all. However, in a 1914 speech, Charles Darwin's son, Francis Darwin, wrote: "In the first edition of the Descent of Man, 1874, [my father] distinctly gives his adherence to the eugenic idea by his assertion that many might by selection do something for the moral and physical qualities of the race." .<ref>Francis Darwin (1914). http://eugenics.us/eugenics-is-darwinism-and-evolution-applied/144.htm "The Galton Lecture, as found in The Eugenics Review." Retrieved August 11, 2015 from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref> He based his ideas on his cousin's work.
Defenders of Darwin, and Darwinism, often try to argue that Darwin, and Darwinism, have no logical connection to eugenics at all. However, in a 1914 speech, Charles Darwin's son, Francis Darwin, wrote: "In the first edition of the Descent of Man, 1874, [my father] distinctly gives his adherence to the eugenic idea by his assertion that many might by selection do something for the moral and physical qualities of the race." .<ref>Francis Darwin (1914). http://eugenics.us/eugenics-is-darwinism-and-evolution-applied/144.htm "The Galton Lecture, as found in The Eugenics Review." Retrieved August 11, 2015 from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref> He based his ideas on his cousin's work.