 | Edmund Burke - 1871 - 670 pages
...in his own language : " I purpose." says he, "to show that a man's natural abilities are derived hy inheritance under exactly the same limitations as...and physical features of the whole organic world. . . . As it is easy," he adds, " notwithstanding those limitations, to obtain hy careful selection... | |
 | 1870 - 624 pages
...to appeared in ' Macmillan's Magazine ' for 1855, and has been expanded into the work now before us. natural abilities are derived by inheritance, under...and physical features of the whole organic world. Consequently, as it is easy, notwithstanding those limitations, to obtain by careful selection a permanent... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1884 - 436 pages
...opening page of the introductory chapter in his " Hereditary Genius " he says : — "I purpose to show in this book that a man's natural abilities are derived...and physical features of the whole organic world. Consequently, as it is easy .... to obtain by careful selection a permanent breed of dogs or horses... | |
 | 1922 - 620 pages
...individual and group differences among human beings are still with usT] Since Galton set out to prove that ' ' a man's natural abilities are derived by...physical features of the whole organic world ' ' the biological sciences have made many and notable contributions to the fund of knowledge concerning the... | |
 | Sir Francis Galton - 1869 - 490 pages
...should have been. DIRECTIONS TO THE HINDER. HEREDITARY GENIUS. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. I PROPOSE to show in this book that a man's natural abilities are derived...and physical features of the whole organic world. Consequently, as it is easy, notwithstanding those limitations, to obtain by careful selection a permanent... | |
 | Francis Galton - 1869 - 416 pages
...Relationships to which they correspond," to face page 376. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. I PROPOSE to show in this book that a man's natural abilities are derived...and physical features of the whole organic world. Consequently, as it is easy, notwithstanding those limitations, to obtain by careful selection a permanent... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1911 - 658 pages
...peculiarities of different races to discuss the problems of heredity genius from the fundamental postulate that " a man's natural abilities are derived by inheritance under exactly the same limitalions as are the. form and physical features of the whole organic world." To obtain further data... | |
 | 1870 - 604 pages
...Genius ; an Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences, by Francis Gallon, FRS The author proposes to show ''that a man's natural abilities are derived by inheritance....physical features of the whole organic world." The relationships are discussed of a large body of fairly eminent men — uamely, the judges of England,... | |
 | Theophrastus - 1870 - 380 pages
...Lithographic Diagrams. 4to. gs. HEREDITARY GENIUS : An Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences. Demy 8vo. I2s. The Times calls it "a most able and most interesting...book;" and Mr. Darwin, in his " Descent of Man" (vol. \. p. Ill), says, " We know, through the admirable labours of Mr. Galton, tl;at Genius tends to be... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1871 - 666 pages
...is but fair that he should state his own case in his own language : " I purpose," says he, "to show that a man's natural abilities are derived by inheritance...and physical features of the whole organic world. . . . As it is easy," he adds, " notwithstanding those limitations, to obtain by careful selection... | |
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I propose to show in this book that a man's natural abilities are derived by inheritance, under exactly the same limitations as are the form and physical features of the whole organic world. 
