Brightness and Dullness in Children
Herbert Woodrow
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(Forgotten Books, Jan. 10, 2019)
Excerpt from Brightness and Dullness in ChildrenNotwithstanding his wonderful precociousness, this noted English scientist accomplished his best work at an advanced age. Hereditary Genius was published in his fiftieth year; Natural Inheritance in his Sixty-eighth.Galton is only one among a vast number of men of genius who are known to have displayed exceptional ability in childhood. The majority of poets and musicians Show their genius at a very early age. Tasso was famous at the age of eight and Southey wrote dramas before that age; at the age of three, Mozart took piano lessons; at four, he played minuets and composed Short pieces; and at five, he performed in public.In the field of science and philosophy, among those who were famous in their youth are Lord Bacon, Kant, Locke, Berkeley, Descartes, Spinoza, and Lord Macaulay. Macaulay read incessantly at the age of three. At seven, he began A Compendium of Universal History, and at eight he wrote A Treatise to Convert the Natives of Malabar to Christianity. All of these men lived to a fairly advanced age and continued their creative work through out the greater part of their lives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.