CHAPTER II.

GENIUS AND DEGENERATION.....5-37

The signs of degeneration--Height--Rickets--Pallor--Emaciation --Physiognomy--Cranium and Brain--Stammering--Lefthandedness --Sterility--Unlikeness to Parents--Precocity--Delayed development--Misoneism--Vagabondage--Unconsciousness--Instinctiveness --Somnambulism--The Inspiration of Genius--Contrast--Intermittence --Double Personality--Stupidity--Hyperæsthesia--Paræsthesia--Amnesia --Originality--Fondness for special words.