| Francis Fisher Broune - 1870 - 524 lapas
...ingenious. He holds: "i. Thai [in a state like the British Isles] men who are gifted with high abilities, easily rise through all the obstacles caused by inferiority of social rank. "2. Countries [like the United States] where there are fewer hinderances than in England to a P'i.jr man rising in... | |
| Francis Fisher Browne - 1870 - 536 lapas
...ingenious. He holds: " i. That [in a state like the British Isles] men who are gifted with high abilities, easily rise through all the obstacles caused by inferiority of social rank. " a. Countries [like the United States] where there arc fewer hinderances than in England to a poor... | |
| Francis Galton - 1891 - 434 lapas
...case. To recapitulate : I have endeavoured to show in respect to literary and artistic eminence — 1. That men who are gifted with high abilities — even...Countries where there are fewer hindrances than in [I England, to a poor man rising in life, produce a much larger proportion of persons of culture, but... | |
| American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1897 - 530 lapas
...have equally risen to eminence. ' ' To support this view he relies chiefly upon three arguments : "i. That men who are gifted with high abilities — even...the obstacles caused by inferiority of social rank. "a. Countries where there are fewer hindrances than in England, to a poor man rising in life, produce... | |
| Edward Lee Thorndike - 1903 - 198 lapas
...artists. To recapitulate: I have endeavored to show in respect to literary and artistic eminence — 1. That men who are gifted with high abilities — even...persons of culture, but not of what I call eminent men. [England and America are taken as illustrations.] 3. Men who are largely aided by social advantages... | |
| Edward Lee Thorndike - 1903 - 196 lapas
...respect to literary and artistic eminence— 1. That men who are gifted with high abilities—even men of class E— easily rise through all the obstacles...persons of culture, but not of what I call eminent men. (England and America are taken as illustrations.) 3. Men who are largely aided by social advantages... | |
| Edward Lee Thorndike - 1914 - 424 lapas
...: "To recapitulate : I have endeavored to show in respect to literary and artistic eminence — 1. That men who are gifted with high abilities — even...persons of culture, but not of what I call eminent men. (England and America are taken as illustration. ) 3. Men who are largely aided by social advantages... | |
| Edward Lee Thorndike - 1914 - 428 lapas
...recapitulate : I have endeavored to show in respect to literary and artistic eminence — 1. That men \vho are gifted with high abilities — even men of class...persons of culture, but not of what I call eminent men. (England and America are taken as illustration.) 3. Men who are largely aided by social advantages... | |
| Edward Lee Thorndike - 1914 - 428 lapas
...says: "To recapitulate: I have endeavored to show in respect to literary and artistic eminence — 1. That men who are gifted with high abilities — even...to a poor man rising in life, produce a much larger pro|xjrtion of persons of culture, but not of what I call eminent men. (England and America are taken... | |
| 1921 - 534 lapas
...four such eminent relatives. He concluded as follows: "(a) That men who are gifted with high abilities easily rise through all the obstacles caused by inferiority of social rank. "(b) Countries where there are fewer hindrances than in England, to a poor man rising in life, produce... | |
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