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When will the laws of heredity, and the by-laws of agnation result in an altruism, where human bloodshed is an unknown horror?

From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

Relationship; kinship by descent; as, an agnation between the Latin language and the German.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah