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Hereditary Genius
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TABLE II.
1
DEGREES
OF KINSHIP
Name of the
degree.
Corresponding letters.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Father
16 F.
...
...
16
48
100
48
Brother
14 B.
...
...
...
14
42
150
28
Son
17 S.
...
...
17
51
100
51
Grandfather
4 G.
4 g.
...
8
24
200
12
Uncle
6 U.
2 U.
...
...
8
24
400
6
Nephew
6 N.
2 n.
...
...
8
24
400
6
Grandson
2 P.
1 p.
...
...
3
9
200
4.5
Great-grandfather
0 GF.
1 gF.
0 GF.
0 gF.
1
3
400
1
Great-uncle
0 GB.
2 gB.
0 GB.
0 gB.
2
6
800
1
First-cousin
4 US.
2 US.
0 US.
0 uS.
6
18
800
2.5
Great-nephew
2 NS.
0 nS.
0 NS.
0 nS.
2
6
800
1
Great-grandson
1 PS.
0 pS.
0 PS.
0 pS.
1
3
400
1
All more remote
5
...
...
...
5
15
...
0
It would be both a tedious and an unnecessary task, if I applied the
same tests to this table with the same minuteness that they were
applied to those inserted in previous chapters. Its contents are closely
similar in their general character, and therefore all that can be derived
from an analysis of the others may, with equal justice, be derived
from this. The proportion of eminent grandsons is small, but the total
number is insufficient to enable us to draw conclusions from that fact,
especially as the number of eminent sons is not small in the same
ratio. There are other minor peculiarities which will appear more
distinctly when all the corresponding tables are collated and discussed
towards the end of the book. In the meantime, we may rest satisfied
that an analysis of kinsfolk shows literary genius to be fully as
hereditary as any other kind of ability we have hitherto discussed.
1
See p. 61 for explanation.
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