 | Finance - 1870 - 500 pages
...exhorters of the young and writers of tales intended to inspire emulation in boys generally assume that " babies are born pretty much alike, and that...and man, are steady application and moral effort." Eminent philosophers have given countenance to the same idea. Buflon defined genius as a protracted... | |
 | 1870 - 904 pages
...following passage : "The doctrine of the pretensions of natural equality in intellect, which teaches that the sole agencies in creating differences between...and man, are steady application and moral effort, is daily contradicted by the experiences of the nursery, schools, universities, and professional careers.... | |
 | Francis Lloyd (of the universities of Halle and Athens.), sir Francis Galton - Heredity - 1876 - 68 pages
...with the issue in terms which are beyond the power of benevolence to misinterpret. Mr. Galton says, " I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally...and boy and man and man are steady application and mere effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality.... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - Literature - 1884 - 604 pages
...following passage : "The doctrine of the pretensions of natural equality in intellect, which teaches that the sole agencies in creating differences between...and man, are steady application and moral effort, is daily contradicted by the experiences of the nursery, schools, universities, and professional careers.... | |
 | Francis Galton - Genius - 1891 - 434 pages
...the rank of the superlative crew. 'It is, however, quite another matter with respect to brain ^iwer, for, as I shall have occasion to show, the Universities...effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that IQ^jf * fn rjretensions of.natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University,... | |
 | Coleman Roberts Griffith - Psychology - 1923 - 538 pages
...the point where we know that children are not equal. In the words of Galton men now no longer have patience "with the hypothesis occasionally expressed,...and man, are steady application and moral effort." * Children are not equal in weight, in height, or in any other physical character ; they are not equal... | |
 | Coleman Roberts Griffith - Psychology - 1923 - 540 pages
...the point where we know that children are not equal. In the words of Galton men now no longer have patience "with the hypothesis occasionally expressed,...written to teach children to be good, that babies are bom pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and... | |
 | Leila Zenderland - History - 2001 - 484 pages
...Christianity. Galton's contained more than a whiff of religious skepticism. "I have no patience," he admitted, "with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often...and man, are steady application and moral effort." Man differed from man from the moment of birth. Galton insisted. Eugenics, he argued, would literally... | |
 | James Franklin Crow, William F. Dove - Anecdotes - 2000 - 748 pages
...of heredity, and reacted strongly against the prevailing view that mental traits were not inherited. "I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally...and that the sole agencies in creating differences . . . are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to... | |
 | Anne Fausto-Sterling - Psychology - 2000 - 492 pages
...differences in training and opportunity, he wrote: "I have no patience with the hypothesis that babies arc born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies...and man, are steady application and moral effort" (Galton 1892, p. 1 2). As evidence, he noted that despite the wider educational opportunities available... | |
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I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy,... 
