Excerpt from The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton, Vol. 3: Characterisation, Especially by Letters Index
King Edward''s Grammar School, Birmingham. This letter is very difficult to decipher, and the spelling and grammar sufficient to send Dr Jeune, had he seen them, into hysterics!
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