 | Sir Francis Galton - 1869 - 490 lapas
...principally the work of Englishmen. The Americans have an immense amount of the newspaper-article-writer, or of the memberof-congress stamp of ability ; but...America, we should not become materially richer in highly eminent men. People seem to have the idea that the way to eminence is one of great self-denial,... | |
 | Francis Galton - 1869 - 474 lapas
...principally the work of Englishmen. The Americans have an immense amount of the newspaper-article-writer, or of the memberof-congress stamp of ability ; but...America, we should not become materially richer in highly eminent men. People seem to have the idea that the way to eminence is one of great self-denial,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1870 - 524 lapas
...newspaper-article-writer or of the member-of-Congress stamp of ability ; but ihe number of their really smart authors is more limited even than with us. I argue that, if the hindcrances to the rise of genius were removed from English society as completely as they have been... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1870 - 536 lapas
...principally the work of Englishmen. 1 he Americans have an immense amount of the ncwspaper-article-writer or of the member-of-Congress stamp of ability ; but the number of their really smart authors is more limited even than with us. I argue that, if the hinderances to the rise of genius... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1897 - 530 lapas
...States. He points out that : "The Americans have an immense amount of the newspaperarticle-writer, or of the Member-of-Congress stamp of ability ; •...America, we should not become materially richer in highly eminent men. ' ' In this connection he urges with great vigor that while common men require... | |
 | Charles Horton Cooley - 1897 - 56 lapas
...States. He points out that : "The Americans have an immense amount of the newspaperarticle-writer, or of the Member-of-Congress stamp of ability ; but...America, we should not become materially richer in highly eminent men. ' ' In this connection he urges with great vigor that while common men require... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1900 - 720 lapas
...may be recognised, according to Galton, the truly superior man. He adds that "if the hindrances of the rise of genius were removed from English society...as they have been removed from that of America, we (that is, the English) should not become materially richer in highly eminent men."* That is to say... | |
 | Anne Fausto-Sterling - 2000 - 492 lapas
...philosophers: "The higher kind of books . . . read in America are principallv the work of Englishmen. . . . If the hindrances to the rise of genius were removed...America, we should not become materially richer in highly eminent men"(Galton 1892. p. 36). Galton feared for the future of English civilization, but... | |
 | Nicholas Wright Gillham - 2001 - 429 lapas
...principally the work of Englishmen. The Americans have an immense amount of the newspaper-article-writer, or of the member-of-congress stamp of ability; but...really eminent authors is more limited even than with us."27 Third, Galton compared sons of eminent men with adopted sons of Popes and other dignitaries... | |
 | Francis Galton - 2005 - 433 lapas
...Americans have an immense amount of the newspaper-article-writer, or of the • metnber-of-congress stamp of ability; but the number of their really eminent...America, we should not become materially richer in highly eminent men. People seem to have the idea that the way to eminence is one of great self-denial,... | |
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The Americans have an immense amount of the newspaper-articlewriter, or of the member-of-congress stamp of ability; but the number of their really eminent authors is more limited even than with us. I argue that, if the hindrances to the rise of genius,... 
