Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and ConsequencesD. Appleton, 1891 - 390 lappuses |
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44. lappuse
... early youth . A prodigal nature commonly so prolongs the period when a man's receptive faculties are at their keenest , that a faulty education in youth , is readily repaired in after life . The education of Watt , the great mechanician ...
... early youth . A prodigal nature commonly so prolongs the period when a man's receptive faculties are at their keenest , that a faulty education in youth , is readily repaired in after life . The education of Watt , the great mechanician ...
76. lappuse
... early in life been sent to the Levant , where he had long been engaged in mercantile pursuits . Most men would , in such a situation , have allowed their faculties to rust ; for at Smyrna and Con- stantinople there were few books and ...
... early in life been sent to the Levant , where he had long been engaged in mercantile pursuits . Most men would , in such a situation , have allowed their faculties to rust ; for at Smyrna and Con- stantinople there were few books and ...
77. lappuse
... early seemed amiss in him , it was a non - natural gravity , which in youths is seldom a good sign , for it argues imbecility of body and mind , or both ; but his lay wholly in the former , for his mental capacity was vigorous , as none ...
... early seemed amiss in him , it was a non - natural gravity , which in youths is seldom a good sign , for it argues imbecility of body and mind , or both ; but his lay wholly in the former , for his mental capacity was vigorous , as none ...
78. lappuse
... early death , and partly to his exceeding sensitiveness in respect to posthumous criticism . He left peremptory orders that all his MSS . should be burnt . He appears to have been especially skilled in Greek and Hebrew scholarship . The ...
... early death , and partly to his exceeding sensitiveness in respect to posthumous criticism . He left peremptory orders that all his MSS . should be burnt . He appears to have been especially skilled in Greek and Hebrew scholarship . The ...
79. lappuse
... early , having collected a choice library of Oriental works . I will conclude this description of the family with a characteristically quaint piece of their biographer's preface : " Really , the case is memorable for the happy ...
... early , having collected a choice library of Oriental works . I will conclude this description of the family with a characteristically quaint piece of their biographer's preface : " Really , the case is memorable for the happy ...
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