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A begetter chiefly of sprinters and milers, he has been represented by plenty of so-so stallion sons himself, but via Danehill and Green Desert especially he features regularly in pedigrees of prominent runners, often in the top line.
It would seem pretty peculiar not to teach children about Charles Darwin, but should they also know about his cousin Francis Galton, the begetter of forensic fingerprints, the modern weather map, the silent dog whistle and eugenics, a branch of science that began with the best of intentions but pointed ultimately to Auschwitz?
The puzzling dedication of the Sonnets "To the Only Begetter of These Ensuing Sonnets, Mr W.
 
 
 
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