Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development

Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development is a book written by Francis Galton, a British scientist and cousin of Charles Darwin. Published in 1883, the book explores the concept of human intelligence and its development through factors such as heredity, environment, and education. Galton's research involved studying the mental and physical characteristics of individuals, including their sensory abilities, memory, and reaction times. He also examined the role of genetics in determining intelligence and proposed the idea of eugenics, which aimed to improve the human race through selective breeding. The book is divided into several chapters, each focusing on a specific aspect of human faculties and their development. Galton's work was controversial at the time and continues to be debated today. However, it remains an important contribution to the field of psychology and the study of human intelligence.1907. Galton, an explorer and anthropologist, is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. Influenced by the work of his cousin Charles Darwin, he coined the term eugenics (from the Greek eugenes or wellborn) and devoted the latter part of life to applying Darwinian science to develop theories about heredity and good or noble birth. This book combines his various memoirs into a single volume the object of which he explains in the Introduction: My general object has been to take note of the varied hereditary faculties of different men, and of the great differences in different families and races, to learn how far history may have shown the practicability of supplanting inefficient human stock by better strains, and to consider whether it might not be our duty to do so by such efforts as may be reasonable, thus exerting ourselves to further the ends of evolution more rapidly and with less distress than if events were left to their own course.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.