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for granted that the grouping which contains the greatest number 

 of elements is as nearly accurate as it is possible to make it. In the 

 grouping by combined "letters" and '''all ancestors" we find Emer- 

 son occupying the mid-position. If we compare those above 

 Emerson, as a group, with those below, as another group, we 

 cannot help being struck by the fact that those above are, as a 

 class, mentally greater than those below. If we compare all five 

 groupings with each other we find five men who never fall below 

 the center position and four who never rise above the center. If 

 we compare these two minor groups with each other, there will 

 not be the least hesitancy in determining which group is made up 

 of men of the greater native mental endowments. 



High in five groups. Low in five groups. 

 Franklin. Peabody. 



Washington. Kent. 



Irving. Channing. 



Webster. Whitney. 



Farragut. 



