The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species. (Adam Ferguson)

The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species.

Adam Ferguson

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