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Hereditary Genius
327
Judges
States-
men
Comm-
anders
Literary
Scien-
tific
Poets
Artists
Divines
Totals
G.+U.+N.+P.
53
53
48
53
44
75
65
18
51
GF. + GB. + US. + NS.+ PS.
21
11
20
21
27
19
20
9
19
Total by male lines
74
64
68
74
71
94
85
27
70
g.+ u.+ n.+ p.
25
28
24
26
20
6
15
73
1 26
gF.+ gB.+ uS.+ nS.+ pS.
1
8
8
0
9
0
0
0
4
Total by female
26
36
32
26
29
6
15
73
30
Male and female
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
It will be observed that the ratio of the total kinships, through male
and female lines, is almost identical in the first five columns, namely,
in Judges, Statesmen, Commanders, Men of Literature, and Men of
Science, and is as 70 to 30, or more than 2 to 1. The uniformity of this
ratio is evidence of the existence of a law, but it is difficult to say
upon what that law depends, because the ratios are different for
different varieties of kinship. Thus— to confine ourselves to those in
the second grade, which are sufficiently numerous to give averages
on which dependence may be placed—we find that the sum of the
ratios of G., U., N., P. to those of g., u., n., p., is also a little more
than 2 to 1. Now, the actual figures are as follow:—
21 G. 23 U. 40 N. 26 P. = 110 in all.
21 g. l6 u. 10 n. 6 p. = 53 in all.
The first idea which will occur is, that the relative smallness of the
numbers in the lower line appears only in those kinships which are
most difficult to trace through
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