 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
About race, if politics were not involved, it would be enough to say that nothing politically important is known. It may be taken as probable that there are genetic mental differences between races; but it is certain that we do not yet know what these differences are. In an adult man, the effects of environment mask those of heredity
Source: In Praise of Idleness, and Other Essays, 1935, chapter 5: The Ancestry of Fascism.
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