Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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    Oliver’s sisters married Archbishop Tillotson, and had issue by him, but they proved nobodies. Guise, Francis Balafré, Duke of. The most illustrious among the generals and great political leaders of this powerful French family. He had high military talent. He greatly distinguished himself as a general et. 34, and was then elevated to the dignity of Lieutenant- General of the kingdom. B. Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. S. Henry (Duke of Guise, also called Balafré). He was less magnanimous and more factious than his father ; was the adviser of the massacre of St. Bartholomew ; and he caused Coligny to be murdered; was himself murdered by order of Henri III., xt. 38. 8. Cardinal, arrested and murdered in prison, on the same day as his brother. [S.] Due de Mayenne. P. Charles, who, together with his uncle, the Duc de Mayenne, was leader of the league against Henri IV. PS. Henry, conspired against Cardinal Richelieu. Thus there were four generations of notable men in the Guise family. Mirabeau, H. G. Riquetti, Comte de; French statesman, “The Alcibiades of the French Revolution.” A man of violent passions, ardent imagination, and great abilities. He had prodigious mental activity, and hungered for every kind of knowledge. F. Marquis de Mirabeau ; author of “ L’Ami des Hommes,” a leader of the school of the Economists ; a philanthro- pist by profession, and a harsh despot in his own family. [B and 6.]| There were remarkable characters among the brothers and sisters of Mirabeau, but I am unable to state facts by which their merits may be distinctly appraised. It is said that among many generations of the Mirabeaus —or more properly speaking, of the Riquettis, for Mirabeau was an assumed name—were to be found men of great mental vigour and character. Thus St. Beuve says—and I give the extract in full and without apology on account of the interest ever attaching itself to Mirabeau’s characteristics— “Les Correspondances du pere et de l’oncle du grand tribun, la Notice sur son grand-pere, et en général
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