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

Title: Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.
Author: Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.
Publication: London : J.M. Dent ; New York : E. P. Dutton [1907]

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xviii, 261 p. : ill.; 18cm.

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Everyman's library

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Everyman's library.

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Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. viii-ix.

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Contents

Variety of human nature -- Features -- Composite portraiture -- Bodily qualities -- Energy -- Sensitivity -- Sequence of test weights -- Whistles for audibility of shrill notes -- Anthropometric registers -- Unconsciousness of peculiarities -- Statistical methods -- Character -- Criminals and the insane -- Gregarious and slavish instincts -- Intellectual differences -- Mental imagery -- Number-forms -- Colour associations -- Visionaries -- Nurture and nature -- Associations -- Psychometric experiments -- Antechamber of consciousness -- Early sentiments -- History of twins -- Domestication of animals -- The observed order of events -- Selection and race -- Influence of man upon race -- Population -- Early and late marriages -- Marks for family merit -- Endowments -- Conclusion.

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2487202

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Harvard Library