Footnotes
1.The second Huxley Lecture of the Anthropological Institute, delivered by Francis Galton, D.C.L., D.Sc., F.R.S., on October 29, 1901.
1.The second Huxley Lecture of the Anthropological Institute, delivered by Francis Galton, D.C.L., D.Sc., F.R.S., on October 29, 1901.
2.The 80 charitable bequests of and exceeding £9000, made in 1808 alone, amounted to more than 3–1/2 millions of pounds. (Whitaker’s Almanack to 1909, p. 433).“It being far more humane topreventsuffering than toalleviateit after it has occurred, why will not charitably disposed persons leave substantial sums of money to the furtherance of Eugenic Study and practice, and of popularising the result? The money would be well bestowed.”Francis Galton, 1909.I learn on high legal authority that the form of bequest which would be most appropriate in present circumstances, and be free from the pit-falls that lie in the way of charitable bequests, is “I bequeath to my trusted friend A.B., of ....., absolutely, the sum of £...... in the hope and confidence that he will apply the same in furtherance of Eugenic Study and practice, but without imposing on him any trust or legal obligation so to do.” F.G.
2.The 80 charitable bequests of and exceeding £9000, made in 1808 alone, amounted to more than 3–1/2 millions of pounds. (Whitaker’s Almanack to 1909, p. 433).
“It being far more humane topreventsuffering than toalleviateit after it has occurred, why will not charitably disposed persons leave substantial sums of money to the furtherance of Eugenic Study and practice, and of popularising the result? The money would be well bestowed.”Francis Galton, 1909.
I learn on high legal authority that the form of bequest which would be most appropriate in present circumstances, and be free from the pit-falls that lie in the way of charitable bequests, is “I bequeath to my trusted friend A.B., of ....., absolutely, the sum of £...... in the hope and confidence that he will apply the same in furtherance of Eugenic Study and practice, but without imposing on him any trust or legal obligation so to do.” F.G.
3.Read before the Sociological Society at a Meeting in the School of Economics and Political Science (London University), on May 16th, 1904. ProfessorKarl Pearson, F.R.S., in the chair.
3.Read before the Sociological Society at a Meeting in the School of Economics and Political Science (London University), on May 16th, 1904. ProfessorKarl Pearson, F.R.S., in the chair.
4.Read before the Sociological Society, on Tuesday, February 14th, at a meeting in the School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), Clare Market, W.C., Dr.E. Westermarckin the Chair.
4.Read before the Sociological Society, on Tuesday, February 14th, at a meeting in the School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), Clare Market, W.C., Dr.E. Westermarckin the Chair.
5.Communicated at a meeting of the Sociological Society held in the School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), Clare Market, W.C., on Tuesday, February 14th, at 4 p.m.
5.Communicated at a meeting of the Sociological Society held in the School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), Clare Market, W.C., on Tuesday, February 14th, at 4 p.m.
6.The Herbert Spencer Lecture delivered before the University at Oxford, June 5th, 1907.
6.The Herbert Spencer Lecture delivered before the University at Oxford, June 5th, 1907.
7.Dent’s “Everyman’s Library,” price One Shilling.
7.Dent’s “Everyman’s Library,” price One Shilling.
8.Address to a meeting of the Eugenics Education Society at the Grafton Galleries, on October 14th, 1908.
8.Address to a meeting of the Eugenics Education Society at the Grafton Galleries, on October 14th, 1908.
Transcriber’s NotesSome inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained.Two charts have been rendered here only in image form. They were too visually complex to format as HTML tables.“STANDARD SCHEME OF DESCENT”just after the Table of Contents“Illustrations of the Herbert Spencer Lecture 1907.”on p. 72.Some tables are wide and may display poorly.
Transcriber’s Notes
Transcriber’s Notes
Transcriber’s Notes
Some inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained.
Two charts have been rendered here only in image form. They were too visually complex to format as HTML tables.
Some tables are wide and may display poorly.