Characterisation, especially by Letters 



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A rough draft of this letter had been made, when a passage in the recent Address by your 

 President was brought to my notice, which gives hope that this proposal may meet with a still 

 more favourable reception than I had ventured to anticipate*. Francis Galton. 



* fJalton's appeal made twenty-five years ago has led up to the present day to no investiga- 

 tion of this basal problem ; it is doubtful if it will do so as long as the chief assurance work is 

 done by commercial companies who can select enough first class lives to pay ample dividends on 

 their invested capital. 



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