 | 1870 - 624 pages
...Genius : an Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences. By FRANCIS GALTON, FRS, &c. 8vo. London: 1869. often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...' hereditary virtues ; but whoever will critically ex' amine the evidence will find that we have no proof of their ' existence. The way in which they... | |
 | Medicine - 1860 - 436 pages
...expresses it) " much the same for natural endowments in all times." " "We often hear (remarks Mr. Buckle) of hereditary talents, hereditary vices, and hereditary...evidence will find that we have no proof of their existence." He particularly cautions us against "receiving statements which positively affirm the existence... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - Civilization - 1857 - 882 pages
...British Association, p. 126 ; Simons Antwal Chemistry, vol. i. p. 236 ; Wagner's Physiology, p. 262. 12 We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...evidence will find that we have no proof of their existence. The way in whicli they are commonly proved is in the highest degree illogical ; the usual... | |
 | American essays - 1914 - 1066 pages
...therefore again repeat what Buckle said on such systems of argument; it should never be forgotten: 'We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...whoever will critically examine the evidence will see that we have no proof of their existence. The way in which they are commonly proved is in the highest... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - England - 1858 - 894 pages
...British Association, p. 126 ; Simon's Animal Chemistry, vol. i. p. 236 ; Wagner's Physiology, p. 262. i2 We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...will critically examine the evidence will find that wo have no proof of their existence. The way in which they are commonly proved is in the highest degree... | |
 | John Timbs - Astronomy - 1859 - 312 pages
...degrees of intensity. AEE QUALITIES HEREDITARY ? This curious inquiry is thus replied to by Mr. Buckle : We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...evidence, will find that we have no proof of their existence. The way in which they arc commonly proved is in the hignest degree illogical ; the usual... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Physiology - 1860 - 438 pages
...remarkable work there is the following passage, which must excite the physiologist's astonishment : " We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...evidence, will find that we have no proof of their existence. The way in which they are commonly proved is in the highest degree illogical, the usual... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1857 - 886 pages
...British Association, p. 126 ; Simon's Animal Chemistry, vol. i. p. 236 ; Warner's Physiology, p. 262. a We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...evidence will find that we have no proof of their existence. The way in whicli they are commonly proved is in the highest degree illogical ; the usual... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 900 pages
...Britidi Association, p. 126; Simon's Animal Chemistry, vol. i. p 236 : Wagner's Physiology, p. 262. " We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...critically examine the evidence will find that we ha?e no proof of their existence. The way in which they are commonly proved ia iu the highest degree... | |
 | William Alexander Hammond - Hospitals, Military - 1863 - 638 pages
...England, denies that any tendency exists to the transmission of the qualities of the mind. He says : — "We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices,...evidence will find that we have no proof of their existence. The way in which they are commonly proved is in the highest degree illogical, the usual... | |
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We often hear of hereditary talents, hereditary vices, and hereditary virtues ; but whoever will critically examine the evidence will find that we have no proof of their existence. The way in which they are commonly proved is in the highest degree illogical... 
