A Study of British Genius

07 - VII-DURATION OF LIFE. The fallacy involved in estimating the longevity of eminent men, The real bearing of the data Mortality at different ages.

09 - IX-STATURE. Nature of the data Tendency of British men of ability to vary from the average in the direction of short and more especially of tall stature, Apparent deficiency of the medium-sized.

10 - X-PIGMENTATION. Hair and eye-colour Method of classification Sources of data, The index of pigmentation Its marked variation in the different intellectual groups Some probable causes for this variation.

11 - XI-OTHER CHARACTERISTICS. Personal beauty or the reverse, The eyes Shyness and timidity, Tendency to melancholy, Persecution by the world.