A Pedigree showing the Hereditary Transmission of Genius and 

 its AUernative Inheritance with Mediocrity. 



Henry II. :^ 



Prince of Cond6 I 



Ambitious and | 



successful. I 



Strong, heroic 

 character. Not un- 

 usually intellectuttl. 



Orange. : 



WILLIAM THE 

 SILENT 



"Illustriuus founder 

 of the Dutch 

 Republic." 



powers of imi 

 disposition.'" 



I 



ANNE 



Duchess de 



Longueville. 



(_Treat~abiIity. 



r 



Sti 



Juliana 

 3ng character. 



MAURICE 



' One of the greatest 

 captains of modern 



Frederick Henhi 

 Distinguished 

 Stadtholder. 



ELIZABETH 



Keraarkably 

 intellectual. 



I 



Palatinate. 



Frederick V. 



Good though mediocre. 



I 



I 



SOPHIA 



Great force of 



character and 



intellect. 



ELIZABETH 



larkably guod charac 

 Mediocre intellect. 



Sophia Charlotti 

 " The Philosophical Qu 

 A'^erv intellectual and vie 



Frei.erick I. 

 Ostentatious 

 and childish. 



Dorothea 



Ambitious, proud, 



virtuous, and refined. 



= Fheiierick William 



I Eccentric, tyrannica 



j Remarkable will. 



I A shrewd administrator. 



FREDERICK THE 

 GREAT 



Of the highest ability. 



Will 

 Not rem; 



HENRY 



Exceptional ability 



SOPHIA ULRICA 



The Minerva of the 



North." 

 Very intellectual. 



GUSTAVUS III. OF SWEDEN 



Very brilliant. 



Of brilliant prom 

 Died young. 



WILLIAM III. 



< hie of the greatest 

 of England s kings. 

 A precocious genius 



AMELIA 



Remarkable intellect. 

 Noted as a musician, 



