ID# 229:
 Student's eugenic case study (about sense of humor)
Date:
1920
Pages: (1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13)
Source:
 American Philosophical Society, ERO, MSC77,SerVI,Box4: Disbrow, Thelma
Student's eugenic case study (about sense of humor)

Reactions to the thought of killing the following organisms. Mosquito - Joy Beetle - Indifference or possibly a shudder at the crunching sound. Earthworm - Indifference Fish - Indifference Small Snake - (harmless) Pleasure Squirrel - Revulsion - pity Chicken - Indifference - possibly slight revulsion at seeing it hop around afterwards. cat - Revulsion - Feeling of cruelty dog - Grief - probably the action would make me feel depressed for some time. cow - revulsion Human criminal - Horror - probably an inability to forget it and a tendency to feel that he might not have been a criminal

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