Sir Charles Galton Darwin - Untamed Rulers of Domesticated Masses

Darwin foresaw a managed humanity, tamed by a superior minority

Today, we turn to another figure from an elite family: Sir Charles Galton Darwin.

Following in Lord Bertrand Russell's footsteps, he studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1910. And, like Sir Julian Huxley, he was a committed eugenicist, serving as president of the Eugenics Society for six years.

He was the grandson of renowned naturalist Charles Darwin and was named after his great-uncle Sir Francis Galton - the man who pioneered eugenics during the Victorian era. Galton's idea laid the groundwork for what became behavioral genetics - a field of study that still exists to this day under the name molecular genetics.

Sir Charles Galton Darwin rose to the top of the scientific establishment. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, knighted as a Commander of the British Empire, and served as director of the National Physical Laboratory, where he worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II.

In 1953 he published The Next Million Years, building on the legacy of Wells, Huxley and Russell, and offering another candid view into the mindset of the scientific elite.

Echoing Russell’s ideas from Part 3, Darwin reminded readers of just how scientifically malleable human nature could be:

‘there is the possibility of substantially altering the intellectual and moral natures of individuals by some sort of hormonal injections’

He went on to describe the fate of those who would not embrace the agenda:

‘Civilization has taught man how to live in dense crowds […] Already there are many who prefer this crowded life, but there are others who do not, and these will be gradually eliminated.’

And offered an equally chilling alternative:

‘Life in the crowded conditions of cities has many unattractive features, but in the long run these may be overcome, not so much by altering them, but simply by changing the human race into liking them.’

Next (as though reading from a script) Darwin mused on the possibility of population control by conditioning man to forego his desire to procreate:

‘Why cannot man set up a community like an ants’ nest? […] Thus the control of the numbers of the two sexes may become possible, and with the knowledge of the various sexual hormones it might also become possible to free the majority of mankind from the urgency of sexual impulse, so that they could live contented celibate lives.’

And explored a possible solution which would see a dominant minority of ‘untamed’ ‘wild’ humans being needed to ‘tame’ everybody else. Darwin reminded us:

‘this minority would have to be the group possessing the most superior qualities of all.’

Interestingly, the population-obsessed Darwin had 5 children of his own – one of whom even married T. H. Huxley’s great-granddaughter. The apples of power rarely fall far from the same few family trees.

These quotes leave us in no doubt about how the minds of the scientific elite operate. To Darwin and his ilk, we are the human herd, to be manipulated and managed by those who prove themselves worthy.

In Part 5^[1] we will return to the Huxley family with Julian’s younger brother Aldous as he reflects on just how strikingly prophetic his dystopian novel turned out to be in Brave New World Revisited.

1. This is the fourth of a 9-part email series sent by Nick Heys to spread his personal journey and document the open plan for world control discoveries achieved in his book reviews. I thought it would be useful to have them all archived. If you prefer to receive this content in your inbox, free of charge, simply sign up for the newsletter at ContinuityOfControl.com. ↩