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148
Hereditary Genius
TABLE II.¹
DEGREES
OF KINSHIP.
Name of the
degree.
Corresponding letters
A
B
C
D
Father
12 F.
...
...
...
l2
47
100
47.0
Brother
13 B.
...
...
13
50
150
33.3
Son
8 S.
...
...
...
8
31
100
32.0
Grandfather
3 G.
1 g.
...
...
4
16
200
8.0
Uncle
0 U.
2 u.
...
...
2
8
400
2.0
Nephew
6 N.
3 n.
...
...
9
35
400
9.0
Grandson
3 P.
0 p.
...
...
3
12
200
6.0
Great-grandfather
2 GF.
0 gF.
0 GF.
0 gF.
2
8
400
2.0
Great-uncle
1 GB.
1 gB.
0 GB.
0 gB.
2
8
800
1.0
First-cousin
1 US.
2 uS.
1 US.
1 uS.
5
20
800
2.5
Great-nephew
1 NS.
0 nS.
0 NS.
1 nS.
2
8
800
1.0
Great-grandson
0 PS.
0 pS.
0 PS.
0 pS.
0
0
400
0.0
All more remote
11
...
...
...
...
44
...
...
Precisely similar conclusions are to be drawn from these tables, as
from those I have already given; but they make my case much
stronger than before.
I argue that the more able the man, the more numerous ought his
able kinsmen to be. That, in short, the names in the third section of
Table I. should, on the whole, be those of men of greater weight, than
are included in the first section. There cannot be a shadow of doubt
that this is the fact. But the table shows more. Its third section is
proportionally longer than it was in the Statesmen, and it was longer
in these than in the Judges. Now, the average natural gifts of the
different groups are apportioned in precisely the same order. The
Commanders are more able than the Statesmen, and the Statesmen
more able than the Judges. Consequently, comparing the three groups
together, we find the abler men to have, on the average, the larger
number of able kinsmen. Similarly, the proportion borne by those
Commanders, who have
1
For explanation, see similar table, p. 61.
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