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better school facilities than the country. Most of the men in 

 " Who's Who" are those who had good educational advantages. 

 I suspect, therefore, that if an adequate study were made we 

 should find that in this case environment has had something to 

 do with the fact that 30 per cent, of the men in "Who's Who" 

 are from the city. But for the sake of argument let us accept 

 Dr. Woods 's point of view. It would then follow that 30 per 

 cent, of our leading men should be accredited to the city if their 

 leadership is due entirely to heredity. Now for the facts in the 

 case. It is recognized that the following statistics are meager and 

 that conclusions can only be drawn from them tentatively, but the 

 fact that the figures are consistent with each other confirms their 

 correctness. 



The following table gives statistics for the three classes of men 

 who may be, perhaps, placed highest amongst the list of our 

 leading men : 



Per Cent. 



Class of Men City Country and from 



Village Country 



Presidents 2 23 92.0 



.Governors 4 41 91.2 



Cabinet Officers 9 47 83.9 



Totals 15 111 88.2 



The figures for presidents include all the presidents this 

 country has had. Of course in the early days a smaller pro- 

 portion of our population lived in the cities. But this criticism 

 can not be applied to the list of governors. Figures from this 

 class of men relate to the present governors of the states. It 

 is seen that 91.2 per cent, of this class of men are from the 

 country or village. The figures for cabinet officers include 

 members of cabinets between 1869 and 1903. The average of 

 these three classes of men shows 88.2 per cent, of them from the 

 country. Now, if we accept Dr. Woods 's view that the cities 

 furnish a larger proportion of our leading men for the reason 

 that talent is attracted to the city, the proportion of these men 

 coming from the country should be considerably less than the 

 proportion of our population in the country, but the facts show 

 that the proportion of these men from the country is actually 



