| 1889 - 334 lapas
...one whose nature, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the paths that lead to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit; one which, if hindered, thwarted, will fret and strive until the hindrance is overcome." It is a psychological fact that a... | |
| Francis Galton - 1891 - 434 lapas
...mean a nature which, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit...hindered or thwarted, will fret and strive until the hinN^^ ._ drance is overcome, and it is again free to follow its labour-loving instinct. It is almost... | |
| Charles Horton Cooley - 1897 - 56 lapas
...mean a nature which, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit...hindrance is overcome, and it is again free to follow its labor-loving instinct. It is almost a contradiction in terms to .doubt that such men will generally... | |
| American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1897 - 530 lapas
...mean a nature which, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit...hindrance is overcome, and it is again free to follow its labor-loving instinct. It is almost a contradiction in terms to doubt that such men will generally... | |
| James McKeen Cattell - 1915 - 336 lapas
...mean a nature which, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit...hindrance is overcome, and it is again free to follow its labor-saving instinct.3 This in reality amounts to saying that the genius is omnipotent. Nothing can... | |
| James McKeen Cattell - 1915 - 340 lapas
...mean a nature which, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit...and strive until the hindrance is overcome, and it ia again free to follow its labor-saving instinct.3 This in reality amounts to saying that the genius... | |
| Dean Keith Simonton - 1988 - 242 lapas
...inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit-one which, if hindered or thwarted, will fret and strive...is again free to follow its labour-loving instinct. Galton here expressed in the most generalized form the personality requisite for history-making success... | |
| R. A. Ochse, R. Ochse - 1990 - 318 lapas
...But I mean a nature, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb to the path that leads to eminence and has strength to reach the summit - one which, if hindered, will fret and strive until the hindrance is overcome, and it is again free to follow its labouring... | |
| Robert S. Albert - 1992 - 434 lapas
...inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence and has strength to reach the summit — on which, if hindered or thwarted, will fret and strive...hindrance is overcome, and it is again free to follow its labouring instinct (Galton, 1869, p. 33, italics added). Seemingly paradoxical for a view that puts... | |
| Dean Keith Simonton - 1994 - 518 lapas
...mean a nature which, when left to itself, will, urged by an inherent stimulus, climb the path that leads to eminence, and has strength to reach the summit...is again free to follow its labour-loving instinct. Where does this drive come from? The answer to this question is one of the great mysteries of psychology.... | |
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