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doubts—Sexual abnormalities—Egoism—Eccentricity—Inspiration.

CHAPTER II.

Analogy of Sane to Insane Genius

Want of character—Pride—Precocity—Alcoholism—Degenerative signs—Obsession—Men of genius in revolutions.

CHAPTER III.

The Epileptoid Nature of Genius

Etiology—Symptoms—Confessions of men of genius—The life of a great epileptic—Napoleon—Saint Paul—The saints—Philanthropic hysteria.

CHAPTER IV.

Sane Men of Genius

Their unperceived defects—Richelieu—Sesostris—Foscolo—Michelangelo—Darwin.

CHAPTER V.

Conclusions

Appendix

Index