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prepared with the most care, is given below. It will be seen that 

 it makes little difference whether the lines be read horizontally or 

 vertically, the result is substantially the same in either case. Thus, 

 under the head of Morality and Philosophy, the men are most numer- 

 ous when the birth-rank is high and least numerous when it is 

 low. Also, taking men with the highest birth-rank, it will be seen 

 that such men are more liable to become eminent in philosophy 

 than in military life, and that the further they go away from phil- 

 osophical and moral subjects the less liable they are to become emi- 

 nent. Conversely, men with low birth-ranks achieve their best suc- 

 cess in military life and their least success when following philo- 

 sophical studies. 



MENTAL APTITUDES OF 236 MEN. 



-Birth-ranks.- 



^n -fx Co (H ,_3 



7 V 3 



53 'ji 4- &. 



3OO2 



cx 



^ 



? 



Morality, theology, philanthropy, 



philosophy 21 .... 15 .... 7 .... 5 48 



Statesmanship and law 10. . . .33. . . .27. . . . 6 76 



Fine arts, music and literature. . 9. . . .25. . . .36. . . . n 81 



Military 3 4.... 8.... 16 31 



Total 43 77 78 38 236 



CUSTOM VERSUS NATURAL ABILITY. 



While the table shows very plainly, by numerical quantities, 

 that the cast of character has a relationship to the birth-rank, it 

 does not tell the whole truth. A little comparison of extremes will 



