Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development

Galton invented the term eugenics and set down many of his observations and conclusions in this book which covers a variety of psychological phenomena and their subsequent measurement. It discusses the variety of human nature, physical features, bodily qualities, emotions, psychology, anthropometric registers, character, criminals, gregarious and slavish instincts, intellectual differences, mental imagery, number forms, the history of twins, and selection and race, among others. He also advocated a system of rewards for high quality families to have more children to encourage the better element of society to grow in size. This edition is an exact copy of the original and contains all the original illustrations. Contents: Introduction; Variety of human nature; Features; Composite portraiture; Bodily qualities; Energy; Sensitivity; Sequence of test weights; Anthropometric registers; Unconsciousness of peculiarities; Statistical methods; Character; Criminals and the insane; Gregarious and slavish instincts; Intellectual differences; Mental imagery; Number-forms; Colour associations; Visionaries; Nurture and nature; Associations; Psychometric experiments; Antechamber of consciousness; Early sentiments; History of twins; Domestication of animals; The observed order of events; Selection and race; Influence of man upon race; Population; Early and late marriages; Marks for family merit; Endowments; Conclusion; Appendix; A. Composite portraiture; B. The relative supplies from town and country families to the population of future generations; C. An apparatus for testing the delicacy with which weights can be discriminated by handling them; D. Whistles for testing the upper limits of Audible sound in different individuals; E. Questions on visualising and other allied faculties.