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Goddard’s proposed cure to the nation’s feeble-mindedness was widely implemented.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2021

The Ohio researcher said that some of his subjects were "greatly influenced by the pleasant appearance or smile, but for some the smile denotes intelligence and for others it denotes feeble-mindedness."

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2012

Most mental traits are even more complex in appearance than feeble-mindedness.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

Probably no physician could be found who would diagnose the case, on the basis of a medical examination alone, as one of feeble-mindedness.

From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

Even the legal tests as to insanity and feeble-mindedness are neither logical nor humane.

From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence




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