Differences in innate ability were not denied (at least by the sensible). But it was rightly felt that there was a huge amount of work to be done to raise average levels of achievement before one needed to start worrying that one’s policies were promoting the survival of the unfit.
先天能力的差别并没有被否认（至少理智者没有否认）。但一种正确的观念是可以通过大量工作提高成就的平均水平，然后再开始担心某政策会有利于不适者的生存不迟。