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As already mentioned, the leader of eugenics was Darwin's
cousin Francis Galton, but Leonard Darwin, Darwin's own son,
was also one of the supporters and proponents of eugenics in
Britain. Winston Churchill was another who lent the movement
his support. 108
Galton maintained that the
principle of the "survival of
the fittest" had to be com-
plied with and that only
the strongest should be
allowed to participate in
the world. According to
Galton's unscientific
and illogical thesis,

Galton carried out an illogical
and unsuccessful study to
determine the common genetic
features of criminals, based on
fingerprints and face shape.

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