Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and ConsequencesD. Appleton, 1891 - 390 lappuses |
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... eminent men — namely , the Judges of England from 1660 to 1868 , the Statesmen of the time of George III . , and the Premiers during the last 100 years - and to obtain from these a general survey of the laws of heredity in respect to ...
... eminent men — namely , the Judges of England from 1660 to 1868 , the Statesmen of the time of George III . , and the Premiers during the last 100 years - and to obtain from these a general survey of the laws of heredity in respect to ...
3. lappuse
... eminent , and all the illustrious names of modern English history , whose immediate de- scendants are living among us , whose histories are popularly known , and whose relationships may readily be traced by the help of biographical ...
... eminent , and all the illustrious names of modern English history , whose immediate de- scendants are living among us , whose histories are popularly known , and whose relationships may readily be traced by the help of biographical ...
4. lappuse
... eminence who are not English , or at least well known to Englishmen . I feared , if I included large classes of ... eminent in whatever pro- fession and in whatever country he knows most about , and let him trace out for himself ...
... eminence who are not English , or at least well known to Englishmen . I feared , if I included large classes of ... eminent in whatever pro- fession and in whatever country he knows most about , and let him trace out for himself ...
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... eminent kinsfolk . It is necessary to have clear ideas on the two following matters before my argu- ments can be rightly appreciated . The first is the degree of selection implied by the words " eminent " and " illus- trious . " Does “ ...
... eminent kinsfolk . It is necessary to have clear ideas on the two following matters before my argu- ments can be rightly appreciated . The first is the degree of selection implied by the words " eminent " and " illus- trious . " Does “ ...
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... eminent men . Another estimate of the proportion of eminent men to the whole population was made on a different basis , and gave much the same result . I took the obituary of the year 1868 , published in the Times on January 1st , 1869 ...
... eminent men . Another estimate of the proportion of eminent men to the whole population was made on a different basis , and gave much the same result . I took the obituary of the year 1868 , published in the Times on January 1st , 1869 ...
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