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is nearly always to be found in the first or second degree. Thus in the first
section of the fable, which is devoted to single relationships, though it
includes as many as thirty-nine entries, there are only two among them (viz.
Browne and Lord Brougham) whose kinships extend beyond the second
degree. It is in the last section of the table, which treats of whole families,
largely gifted with ability, that the distant kinships are chiefly to be found. I
annex a table (Table II.) extracted from the preceding one, which exhibits
these facts with great clearness. Column A contains the facts just as they
were observed, and column D shows the percentage of individuals, in each
degree of kinship to every 100 judges, who have become eminent.
TABLE II
DEGREES OF KINSHIP
A
B
C
D
E
Name of the degree
Corresponding letter
Father
22 F.
•••
•••
•••
22
26
100
26.0
9.1
Brother
30 B.
•••
•••
•••
30
35
150
23.3
8.2
Son
31 S.
•••
•••
•••
31
36
100
36.0
12.6
Grandfather
7 G.
6 g.
•••
•••
13
15
200
7.5
2.6
Uncle
9 U.
6 u.
•••
•••
15
18
400
4.5
1.6
Nephew
14 N.
3 n.
•••
•••
16
19
400
4.75
1.7
Grandson
11 P.
5 p.
•••
•••
16
19
200
9.5
3.7
Great-grandfather
1 GF.
1 gF.
0 GF.
0 gF.
2
3
400
0.5
0.2
Great-uncle
1 GB.
2 gB.
0 GB.
0 gB.
3
4
800
0.5
0.2
First-cousin
5 US.
2 uS.
1 US.
1 uS.
9
11
800
1.4
0.5
Great-nephew
7 NS.
1 nS.
7 NS.
0 nS.
15
17
800
2.1
0.7
Great-grandson
2 PS.
3pS.
1 PS.
0 pS.
5
6
400
1.5
0.5
All more remote
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•••
•••
•••
12
14
?
0.0
0.0
A.
Number of eminent men in each degree of kinship to the most eminent man of the
family (85 families).
B. The preceding column raised in proportion to 100 families.
C. Number of individuals in each degree of kinship to loo men.
D. Percentage of eminent men in each degree of kinship, to the most eminent member of
distinguished families; it was obtained by dividing B by C and multiplying by 100.
E.
Percentages of the previous column reduced in the proportion of (286 — 241, or) 242 to
85, in order to apply to families generally.
1
That is to say, 386 Judges, less 24, who are included as subordinate members of the 85
families.
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