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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:one day, the baron ordered his men to turn in fifty pike. A friend of his, who heard him give the order, exclaimed,' Now, then! what have you given such an order as this for 'I What good do you expect to come of it ? You will soon have not a bream left in your pond. But perhaps you don't know the nature of the pike 1' ' My good Sir,' replied the Baron with a smile,' you waste your words; I am quite aware of all you say. But let me in return ask you what makes you think that I am fond of bream ?'"—Book viii., fab. 20.His fables number 197 in all, and are arranged in nine books.Around the base of the statue, and in other parts of the gardens, were seated wet-nurses, with their little charges, and arrayed in all the finery for which they are remarkable. The wet-nurse is quite an institution in Eussia, as well it might be, when we look at the gigantic foundling hospitals, where infants are taken in by scores a day, and a wet-nurse has to be provided for each. These women, I was told, are very particular about their dress. When hired, they always expect their employer to deck them out in national costume of the gayest colours. And certainly the specimens I saw verified this statement . One had on a light-blue serafan, or gown, bordered with gold lace, and a bright-coloured kerchief bound round her head. (The women of the lower orders never wear bonnets, but bright-coloured kerchiefs folded across the head, and tied under the chin.) Another had on a much-tinselled head-dress, in shape like a Glengarry cap; I believe it is called a pavoinik.But for the isvostchiks and the moujiks (peasants), one might walk about the streets of St. Petersburg and hardly know that one was in Eussia. If, however, you want to see something national, turn out of the Nevskoii through the Gostinnoi ... ... Read more

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The idea of the work occurred to me when exploring South-western Africa in 1850-51. I felt acutely at that time the impossibility of obtaining sufficient information on the subjects of which it treats; for though the natives of that country taught me a great deal, it was obvious that their acquaintance with bush lore was exceedingly partial and limited. ... Read more

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I PRoroSE to show in this book that a man's natural abilities are derived by inheritance, under exactly the same limitations as arc the form and physical features of the whole organic world. Consequently, as it is easy, notwithstanding those limitations, to obtain by careful selection a permanent breed of dogs or horses gifted with peculiar powers of running, or of doing anything else, so it would be quite practicable to produce a highly-gifted race of men by judicious marriages during several consecutive generations. I shall show that social agencies of an ordinary character, whose influences are little suspected, arc at this moment working towards the degradation of human nature, and that others are working towards its improvement. I conclude" that each generation has enormous power over the natural gifts of those that follow, and maintain that it is a duty we owe to humanity to investigate the range of that power, and to exercise it in a way that, without being unwise towards ours

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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER 1; CLASSIFICATION OF MEN ACCORDING TO THEIR REPUTATION 5; CLASSIFICATION OF MEN ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURAL GIFTS 12; COMPARISON OF THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS 33; NOTATION 44; THE JUDGES OF ENGLAND BETWEEN 1660 AND 18G5 49; STATESMEN 98; ENGLISH PEERAGES, THEIR INFLUENCE UPON RACE 123; COMMANDERS 134; LITERARY MEN 160; MEN OF SCIENCE 185; POETS 218; MUSICIANS 230; PAINTERS 239; DIVINES 249; SENIOR CLASSICS OF CAMBRIDGE 289; OARSMEN 296; WRESTLERS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY 303; COMPARISON OF RESULTS 307; THE COMPARATIVE WORTH OF DIFFERENT RACES 325; INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT THE NATURAL ABILITY OF NATIONS 338; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 349; APPENDIX 362; INDEX 369

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Originally published in 1895.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1892.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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ENGLISH MEN OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER 1. ANTECEDENTS. Object of Book-Definition of Man of Science-Data- Nature and Nurture-Race and Birthplace-Occupation of Parents and Position in Life-Physical Peculiarities of Parents-Primogeniture, &c.-Fertility-Heredity- Pedigrees-Statistical Results. The intent of this book is to supply what may be termed a Natural History of the. English [en of Science of the present day. It will describe their earliest antecedents, including the hereditary influences, the inborn qualities of their mind and body, the causes that first induced them to pursue science, the education they received and their opinions on its merits. The advantages are great of confining the

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CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; ANTECEDENTS; Object of book, 1 ; Definition of £< Man of Science," 2 ; Data, 10 ; Nature and nurture, 12 ; Race and birth-place, 16 ; Occupation of parents and position in life, 21 ; Physical peculiarities of parents, 27 ; Primogeniture, &c, 33 ; Fertility, 36; Heredity, 39 Pedigrees, viz :-Alderson, 41 ; Bcntham, 43 ; Carpenter, 43 ; Darwin, 45 ; Dawson Turner, 48 ; Harcourt, 50 ; Hill, 51 ; Latrobe, 54 ; Playfair, 55 ; Roscoe, 57; Strachey, 58 ; Taylors of Ongar, 60 ; Wedgewood, 62 Statistical results, 64 ; grandfathers and uncles of scientific men, 65; brothers and male consuls, 67 ; Family characteristics, 69 ; Distribution of ability in gifted families, 70 ; Relative influence of paternal and maternal lines, 72; CHAPTER II; QUALITIES; Preliminary, 74 ; Energy, 75, viz :-much above average, 78 ; below average, 97 Size of head, 98 ; Health, 99 ; of parents, 101; Perseverance, 103 j Impulsiveness, 104; Practical business; xii; CONTENTS; habits, 104 ; Memory, 107 ; viz-good verbal, 109 ; good for facta and figures, 111 ; for form, 113 ; good, but uo particulars given, 117; bad, 12 ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 27; v. 100; Original Publisher: Macmillan; Publication date: 1869; Subjects: Genius; Heredity, Human; Medical / Genetics; Psychology / General; Psychology / Cognitive Psychology; Science / Life Sciences / Evolution; Science / Life Sciences / Genetics ... Read more

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This volume is the first instalment of a work that admits of wide extension. Its object is to serve as an index to the achievements of those families which, having been exceptionally productive of noteworthy persons, seem especially suitable for biographical investigation.

The facts that are given here are avowedly bald and imperfect; nevertheless, they lead to certain important conclusions. They show, for example, that a considerable proportion of the noteworthy members in a population spring from comparatively few families.

The material upon which this book is based is mainly derived from the answers made to a circular sent to all the Fellows of the Royal Society whose names appear in its Year Book for 1904.

The questions were not unreasonably numerous, nor were they inquisitorial; nevertheless, it proved that not one-half of those who were addressed cared to answer them. It was, of course, desirable to know a great deal more than could have been asked for or published with propriety, such as the proneness of particular families to grave constitutional disease. Indeed, the secret history of a family is quite as important in its eugenic aspect as its public history; but one cannot expect persons to freely unlock their dark closets and drag forth family skeletons into the light of day. It was necessary in such a work as this to submit to considerable limitations, while turning to the fullest account whatever could be stated openly without giving the smallest offence to any of the persons concerned.


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Volume: 3BPublisher: Cambridge [Eng.] University pressSubjects: Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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After some years had passed subsequent to the publication of this book in 1883, its publishers, Messrs. Macmillan, informed me that the demand for it just, but only just warranted a revised issue. I shrank from the great trouble of bringing it up to date because it, or rather many of my memoirs out of which it was built up, had become starting-points for elaborate investigations both in England and in America, to which it would be difficult and very laborious to do justice in a brief compass. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, published in 2004, is a book written by James Surowiecki about the aggregation of information in groups, resulting in decisions that, he argues, are often better than could have been made by any single member of the group. The book presents numerous case studies and anecdotesto illustrate its argument, and touches on several fields, primarily economicsand psychology. The opening anecdote relates Francis Galton's surprise that the crowd at a county fair accurately guessed the weight of an ox when their individual guesses were averaged (the average was closer to the ox's true butchered weight than the estimates of most crowd members, and also closer than any of the separate estimates made by cattle experts). ... Read more