. Mental and moral heredity in royalty, a statistical study in history and psychology . ered next. From Anthony, King of Navarre[371J, tothe daughter of Louis XVI, there elapses a period often generations with thirty names. The son of thefirst of this group became Henry IV, of France, thefounder of the Bourbon dynasty, the hero of his age, andthe only great name among them all. Henry IV earnedfor himself the title of le Grand, and in spite of hismany weaknesses and vices, his brilliancy, eloquence, andpractical genius doubtless entitle him to this epithet- Hismemory is cherished by the French,
. Mental and moral heredity in royalty, a statistical study in history and psychology . ered next. From Anthony, King of Navarre[371J, tothe daughter of Louis XVI, there elapses a period often generations with thirty names. The son of thefirst of this group became Henry IV, of France, thefounder of the Bourbon dynasty, the hero of his age, andthe only great name among them all. Henry IV earnedfor himself the title of le Grand, and in spite of hismany weaknesses and vices, his brilliancy, eloquence, andpractical genius doubtless entitle him to this epithet- Hismemory is cherished by the French, more than that ofany other of their kings, and his character is regardedby them as the beau-ideal of a Frenchman, a warrior, amonarch, and statesman. * Although his father, the King of Navarre, was in noway a man from whom we might expect such a son,Henry the Great came naturally by his brilliant quali-ties, and is the center of a little group of very gifted roy-alty, as the following diagram shows. The names inbold type are in grades (9) or (10). * Lippincotts Biographical
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