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tory by his friends and himself, and of some 

 of the conclusions to which they had been 

 led. Nevertheless, it was only fair to remind 

 his hearers that there was another way of 

 looking at these matters, but that, of course, 

 they must read or hear about for themselves. 

 The lecturer pointed out incidentally that he 

 and his collaborators do not depend on any 

 biological theory such as pangenesis, but 

 simply describe statistically the observed facts. 



His remarks this evening would be based 

 almost entirely upon measurements made 

 upon some 1,100 families, and upon observa- 

 tions of some 6,000 school boys and girls. 



Although his subject was rather off the 

 beaten track of academic studies, he hoped 

 that in time it would become part of a 

 university course. The peculiar merit of 

 such research is that everybody can help. 

 There is an idea that research work in 

 science is only possible to people who have 

 taken a good degree. He remembered 

 a story of a Newnham student who had 

 not taken a brilliant degree, and was there- 

 fore told that she had better not go in 

 for any more science, but should apply 

 herself to * greasing the social wheels.' Even 

 this desirable work, however, is very difficult 

 without the aid of science ; charitable relief, 

 medical work, and even domestic problems 

 require a knowlede of heredity, and the best 

 way to get this knowledge is for each person 



