Ability to perform an action or fulfill a role

Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

Development of brain power

The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

xii, 387 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm

Bounce : the myth of talent and the power of practice / Matthew Syed.

Examen de ingenios, or, The tryal of wits : discovering the great difference of wits among men, and what sort of learning suits best with each genius / published originally in Spanish by Doctor Juan Huartes ; and made English from the most correct edition by Mr. Bellamy.

xviii, 261 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.

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The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

Bounce : the myth of talent and the power of practice / Matthew Syed.

Examen de ingenios, or, The tryal of wits : discovering the great difference of wits among men, and what sort of learning suits best with each genius / published originally in Spanish by Doctor Juan Huartes ; and made English from the most correct edition by Mr. Bellamy.

Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

Aptitude

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The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

Bounce : the myth of talent and the power of practice / Matthew Syed.

Examen de ingenios, or, The tryal of wits : discovering the great difference of wits among men, and what sort of learning suits best with each genius / published originally in Spanish by Doctor Juan Huartes ; and made English from the most correct edition by Mr. Bellamy.

Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

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