...classes 4.6, commercial classes 10.36, industrial classes 10.90, artisans 26.82 and laborers 47.46. and four bakers are definitely ascertained to have...lawyers, doctors and army officers put together." It is noteworthy that when Ellis came to consider the more recent arrivals among the eminent of Great...

...contribution of ministers of religion to British genius has been "enormous." "In mere numbers," he remarks, "the clergy can seldom have equalled the butchers...church with the other professions with which it is most commonly classed, we find that the eminent children of the clergy considerably outnumber those of lawyers,...

...of the clergy can only be described as enormous. In mere number the clergy can seldom have equaled the butchers or bakers in their parishes, yet only two butchers and three bakers are definitely ascertained to have produced eminent children, as against 113 parsons....

...of the clergy can only be described as enormous. In mere number the clergy can seldom have equaled the butchers or bakers in their parishes, yet only two butchers and three bakers are definitely ascertained to have produced eminent children, as against 113 parsons....