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

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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    that age seemed to stand still with him. 5. Burkitt, d. et. 53 of a malignant fever, but “his strength was such that he might have been expected to live till 80.” He was turned to religion when a boy, by an attack of small- pox. 6. Alix, d. et. 76; had an uncommon share of health and spirits; he was a singularly amiable, capable, and popular man.. 7. Harrison, d. et.?; a strong, robust man, full of flesh and blood; humble, devout, and of bright natural parts. This concludes the list. I have been surprised to find none of the type of Cromwell’s “ Tronsides.” Lastly, as to those who were irregular in youth but who are not mentioned as being vigorous in constitution. They are 3 or 4 in number, according as Trosse is omitted or included. 1. William Perkyns, d. et. 43; a “cheerful, pleasant man ;” was wild and a spendthrift at Cambridge, and not converted till et. 24. 2. Bunyan ; vicious in youth. was converted in a wild, irregular way, and had many blackslidings throughout his career. 3. Trosse, d. zt. 82. His biography is deficient in particulars about which one would like to be informed, but his long life, following a bad beginning, appears to be a sign of an unusually strong constitution, and to qualify him for imsertion in my first category. He was sent to France to learn the language, and he learnt also every kind of French rascality. The same process was repeated in Portugal. The steps by which his character became remarkably changed are not recorded, neither are his personal characteristics. [4.]'T. Jones, d. et. 32, has already been included among the invalids, having been wild in youth but rendered pious by serious and lingering ill-health. I now come to the relationships of the Divines. Recol- lecting that there are only 196 of them altogether, that they are selected from the whole of Protestant Europe at the average rate of 2men in 3 years, the following results are quite as remarkable as those met with in the other groups. 17 out of the 196 are interrelated. Thus Simon Grynzus is uncle of Thomas, who is father of John James, and there are others of note in this remarkable family of peasant
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