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

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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    her. The eldest son was accidentally shot when a youth. [S.] The second son was shipwrecked, and swam to a desert island, where he starved and was afterwards found dead, on his knees, stiffened in a praying posture, with his hands lifted to heaven. 8. Josiah Welch, the third son, was “a man highly favoured of God, . . . . and commonly called ‘the Cock of the Conscience,’ because of his extraordinary talent in awakening and arousing the conscience of sinners.” He was extremely troubled with doubts about his own salvation. He was still young when he died. Whitaker, William, D.D. See under Nowe.u.* u. Alexander Nowell,* D.D. Wilkins, John, D.D., Bishop of Chester. See wnder Dop.* g. John Dod.* Witsius, Herman, D.D. (1636—1708, et. 72). Born in Friesland, a premature child. Was always puny in stature, but had vast intellectual abilities. Was Theological Professor at Utrecht. His fame was Euro- pean. ‘Tull within a little before his death he could easily read a Greek Testament of the smallest type by moonlight. [g.] A most pious minister. u. The learned Peter Gerhard. [2 8., 3s.] His family consisted of two sons, who died young, and of three remarkably pious and accomplished daughters.
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