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A Study of British Genius

Read by Leon Harvey


Havelock Ellis


The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive …

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…

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James Frazer


The sixth volume in the Golden Bough. Frazer continues into the second part of the compilation of analogies dealing with the recurring theme…

Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand G…

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Lewis Terman


It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…

Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…

Malaria in Greek History

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This book is an attempt to correct and develop the theory proposed tentatively in the little work Malaria. Put briefly, this theory is as fo…

The psychic life of micro-organisms : a study in experimental psychology

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Alfred Binet


Described by Binet as a branch of psychology little known, he endeavoured in the following essay upon Micro-organisms, to show that psycholo…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. The Spirits Of The Cor…

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James Frazer


The seventh volume in The Golden Bough series by Sir James George Frazer. The figure of the dying and reviving god in Oriental religions of …

Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psycho…

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Frederick Adams Woods


Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 2. Taboo and the Perils o…

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James Frazer


The third volume of The Golden Bough. The term Taboo is one of the very few words which the English language has borrowed from the speech of…

The Revolutions of Civilization

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William Matthew Flinders Petrie


British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…

Civilization and Climate

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Ellsworth Huntington


This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn An…

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James Frazer


The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …

Weather Influences

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Edwin Grant Dexter


An empirical study of the mental and physiological effects of definite meteorological conditions. The seasonal and daily climatic changes th…

World-Power and Evolution

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Ellsworth Huntington


Every important aspect of human knowledge must be considered in its relation to both space and time. In "Civilization and Climate"…

Is War Diminishing?

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Frederick Adams Woods


A study In the prevalence of war in Europe from 1400 to the present day. This small book summarises historical periods of peace compared to …

The Beggars of Paris

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Louis Paulian


Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…

The Animate and the Inanimate

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William James Sidis


Sidis wrote The Animate and the Inanimate to elaborate his thoughts on the origin of life, cosmology, and the potential reversibility of the…

Mental Fatigue

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Tsuru Arai


Published as a doctoral thesis, the human capacity for sustained effort in mental work and the occurrence of exhaustion has been examined in…

Genetic Studies of Genius Volume 2: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Ge…

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Catharine Cox Miles


The second volume in the longitudinal study of gifted children in the United States of America supervised by Lewis Terman. An extensive disc…

Rural Improvement

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Frank Albert Waugh


The principles of civic art applied to rural conditions including village improvement and the betterment of the open country. Big issues are…

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