Genius and degeneration : a psychological study . LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN1897 [All rights reserved]. Dedicated, WITH THE AUTHORS AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM, TO Dr. E. MENDEL, PROFESSOR OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES ATTHE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN. PREFACE. It is a special trait of recent times that science, particu-larly the natural sciences, have assumed an internationalcharacter. All civilized nations are equally interested inthe great problems of the day, and they all contribute ingreater or less degree to the mighty structure of modernscience. Nevertheless, the mutual exchange of ideas issomet
Genius and degeneration : a psychological study . LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN1897 [All rights reserved]. Dedicated, WITH THE AUTHORS AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM, TO Dr. E. MENDEL, PROFESSOR OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES ATTHE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN. PREFACE. It is a special trait of recent times that science, particu-larly the natural sciences, have assumed an internationalcharacter. All civilized nations are equally interested inthe great problems of the day, and they all contribute ingreater or less degree to the mighty structure of modernscience. Nevertheless, the mutual exchange of ideas issometimes impeded by differences of language, and this dif-ficultyis increased when not only the external form but alsothe presentation of the subject bears the stamp of a pecul-iarly national characteristic. I felt myself confronted bysuch a difficulty when I concluded to place the presentwork before an English-speaking public. The anthropo-logical questions treated here have made it necessary toundertake a psychological analysis of certain individuals,and to attempt to penetrate as far as possible t
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