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jects as heredity in mice and the characters of 

 the ancient British skulls in the Oxford collec- 

 tion. He is now well established in University 

 College, with the engaging legend " Eugenic Rec- 

 ord Office " inscribed over his door. Mr. Gal- 

 ton, the University of London, and the eugenic 

 cause are to be congratulated on obtaining the 

 services of a student so enthusiastic and skilled. 

 Perhaps Mr. Schuster, to whom I am personally 

 unknown, will forgive me for instancing him, as I 

 have already instanced Mr. Galton, in illustration 

 of the contention that heredity is a fact not only 

 in matters of cranial form, let us say, but also in 

 matters of intra-cranial product. He is a nephew 

 of Professor Arthur Schuster, of Manchester, and 

 Mr. Felix Schuster ; son of a distinguished specialist 

 in international law, Dr. Ernest Schuster; and 

 grandson of Sir Hermann Weber, M.D. Like Mr. 

 Galton himself, he has every reason to believe in 

 eugenics. 



It is stated by the university, in preliminary 

 terms, that " Mr. Schuster will, in particular, carry 

 out investigations into the history of classes and 

 families, and deliver lectures and publish memoirs 

 on the subjects of his investigations." Let me 

 here briefly indicate what Mr. Galton conceives to 

 be the most immediate demands which eugenics 

 makes of this, its first authorized student. We 

 want a biographical index of gifted families, mod- 

 ern and recent an Occidental and scientific adap- 

 tation of the Golden Book of the Chinese. This 

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