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THE result of this inquiry is to prove the existence of a small number of more or less isolated hereditary centres, round which a large part of the total ability of the nation is clustered, with a closeness that rapidly diminishes as the distance of kinship from its centre increases.
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GALTON, F. Distribution of Successes and of Natural Ability among the Kinsfolk of Fellows of the Royal Society . Nature 70, 354–356 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070354a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/070354a0