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85. V. M. Briggs2001,1–11.


86. Hofstadter1959,44.


87. Thecitationis foundin Hofstadter1959,44, 222 n. 45. ThepaperthatHofstadtercitesis C. R.
    Henderson1896,385–86. T. C. Leonard2009,46, accessedonlineMonday,November7, 2011,broughtto
    my attentionthe fact thatHofstadtercitedHendersonto denouncenineteenth-centuryindustrialistsas
    socialDarwinists,in the absenceof mentioningHenderson’s owninvolvementin the governisteugenics
    movement.


88. C. R. Henderson1909,228–29. T. C. Leonard2009,accessedonlineMonday,November7, 2011,
    broughtthis to my attention.


89. C. R. Henderson1900,253.


90. C. R. Henderson1909,228–29, 232.


91. C. R. Henderson1900,253.T. C. Leonard2003,698,accessedonlineTuesday,February12, 2012,
    broughtthis and the otheraforementionedstatementsof Henderson’s to my attention.


92. C. R. Henderson1909,228–29. T. C. Leonard2009,46, accessedonlineMonday,November7, 2011,
    broughtthis to my attention.


93. R. T. Ely 1894b.


94. R. T. Ely 1894a.Thesestatementsof Ely’s cameto my attentionthroughThiesand Daza2011,150,
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95. J. Goldberg2007,448 n. 24.


96. J. Goldberg2007,448 n. 24, quotingThe NewRepublic, March18, 1916.


97. J. Halpinand C. P. Williams2010,2, http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/
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98. Teixeiraand Halpin2010,24, 12, accessedonlineTuesday,September3, 2013.


99. Black2003,118.
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    quotationto my attention.
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