The Mentality of Some Freaks of Nature
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Subject A. Male?colored?about 60 years of age, shown as a wild man. He was microcephalic, but it was impossible to measure his head as he would not submit to it. Before he would sit down to the test at all, he took the examiner by the hand and led her up to a case where two little chickens were crowded together in one corner. He pointed, said "Chicks?" in a most inquiring tone, and was told "Yes, they are chicks. They want to get out?don't they?" At this instant another Freak came up, whereupon A turned to him and said distinctly, "Say, they want to get out?don't they?" He
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