| Show distribution OF ABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES CABOT LODGE hue an article in the current number of the century magazine entitled the distribution of ability in the united states it to la one that is attracting wide attention el 1 to mr lodge took the six volumes of Apple tons cyclopedia of american biography as the buts basis of his article the names in that work virtually include all the men and women who by publicly recognized ability have hav raised themselves above the common level he classifies this list by states faces races and nativities nativi ties classified by states the had their birth as follows massachusetts 2686 new york 2605 pennsylvania 1827 connecticut 1196 virginia 1038 maryland new hampshire new jersey maine south carolina ohio vermont rhode island georgia tennessee delaware indiana district of columbia 76 75 louisiana 68 illinois 69 59 michigan 44 missouri 39 alabama 34 mississippi 26 florida 12 wisconsin 12 california 6 5 iowa 6 5 arkansas 3 texas 1 this list gives the actual place of virth birth no matter where distinction has been achieved though abraham lincoln was virtually an illinois man yet he is credited to Xen kentucky tucky the names divided by occupations give 2160 2150 statesmen 1892 sol diers 2164 clergy 1600 1500 lawyers physicians 2061 2051 literature art science educators navy business philanthropy engineers architects 43 48 musicians 82 actors of the names classified according to race over are of english descent about 1600 1500 of scotch irish and irish descent of german and so on down to the poles jand and russians who have one each there to is also a list of 1271 immigrants who have places in the cyclopedia according to countries england comes first with germany second with and ireland third with scotland wales 16 france 63 canada 60 and so i n with other countries down to 8 spain pain and portugal which have one each there are in this list of immigrants 62 negroes 26 25 of whom obtained distinction as clergymen |
