| Sir Francis Galton - 1869 - 490 lapas
...fresh arrival of an undergraduate, the rank of whose scholastic eminence was that of one in a million. CLASSIFICATION OF MEN ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURAL GIFTS....effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University,... | |
| 1870 - 500 lapas
...exhorters of the young and writers of tales intended to inspire emulation in boys generally assume that " babies are born pretty much alike, and that...and man, are steady application and moral effort." Eminent philosophers have given countenance to the same idea. Buflon defined genius as a protracted... | |
| 1870 - 904 lapas
...following passage : "The doctrine of the pretensions of natural equality in intellect, which teaches that the sole agencies in creating differences between...and man, are steady application and moral effort, is daily contradicted by the experiences of the nursery, schools, universities, and professional careers.... | |
| Francis Lloyd (of the universities of Halle and Athens.), sir Francis Galton - 1876 - 68 lapas
...with the issue in terms which are beyond the power of benevolence to misinterpret. Mr. Galton says, " I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally...and boy and man and man are steady application and mere effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality.... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 604 lapas
...following passage : "The doctrine of the pretensions of natural equality in intellect, which teaches that the sole agencies in creating differences between...and man, are steady application and moral effort, is daily contradicted by the experiences of the nursery, schools, universities, and professional careers.... | |
| Francis Galton - 1884 - 428 lapas
...the rank of the superlative crew. It is, however, quite another matter with respect to brain power, for, as I shall have occasion to show, the Universities...effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University,... | |
| Lester Frank Ward - 1906 - 428 lapas
...notion, devoid of scientific basis. Galton clearly expresses this supposed scientific view when he says : I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally...effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. 1 Now the fallacy here is in supposing that the mind is... | |
| Karl Pearson - 1914 - 468 lapas
...worth thousands of everyday workers to the race. "I have no patience," wrote Francis Galton in 1869, "with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often...effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality." It is a hard doctrine for democracy, but the safety of... | |
| Coleman Roberts Griffith - 1923 - 538 lapas
...the point where we know that children are not equal. In the words of Galton men now no longer have patience "with the hypothesis occasionally expressed,...and man, are steady application and moral effort." * Children are not equal in weight, in height, or in any other physical character ; they are not equal... | |
| Coleman Roberts Griffith - 1923 - 540 lapas
...the point where we know that children are not equal. In the words of Galton men now no longer have patience "with the hypothesis occasionally expressed,...written to teach children to be good, that babies are bom pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and... | |
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