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Denham had accused Katharine Hilbery of belonging to one of the most distinguished1 families in England, and if any one will take the trouble to consult Mr. Galton's "Hereditary2 Genius," he will find that this assertion is not far from the truth. The Alardyces, the Hilberys, the Millingtons, and the Otways seem to prove that intellect is a possession which can be tossed from one member of a certain group to another almost indefinitely, and with apparent certainty that the brilliant gift will be safely caught and held by nine out of ten of the privileged race. They had been conspicuous3 judges and admirals, lawyers and servants of the State for some years before the richness of the soil culminated4 in the rarest flower that any family can boast, a great writer, a poet eminent5 among the poets of England, a Richard Alardyce; and having produced him, they proved once more the amazing virtues6 of their race by proceeding8 unconcernedly again with their usual task of breeding distinguished men. They had sailed with Sir John Franklin to the North Pole, and ridden with Havelock to the Relief of Lucknow, and when they were not lighthouses firmly based on rock for the guidance of their generation, they were steady, serviceable candles, illuminating9 the ordinary chambers10 of daily life. Whatever profession you looked at, there was a Warburton or an Alardyce, a Millington or a Hilbery somewhere in authority and prominence11.
It may be said, indeed, that English society being what it is, no very great merit is required, once you bear a well-known name, to put you into a position where it is easier on the whole to be eminent than obscure. And if this is true of the sons, even the daughters, even in the nineteenth century, are apt to become people of importance-- philanthropists and educationalists if they are spinsters, and the wives of distinguished men if they marry. It is true that there were several

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