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SEEING the results that have been attained by breeding for special qualities in dogs, why should not systematic efforts be made to breed for general intelligence? The correspondents who have from time to time furnished you with illustrations of canine sagacity must be sufficiently numerous to form an Association to promote the interbreeding of intelligent dogs, and the distribution of their offspring to those who would foster and cultivate their intellect.
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RAYNER, H. Breeding for Intelligence in Animals. Nature 36, 246 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036246b0
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