PEDIATRICS Vol. 39 No. 5 May 1967, pp. 801
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Lessons from Childhood: Some Aspects of the Early Life of Unusual Men and Women

THOMAS E. CONE JR. M.D.

A question often asked is, "What factors in the child's formative years are most important in helping him to grow into an effective adult?" We wonder about the importance of such things as his home, his parents, his health, the type of school he attends, and his intellectual curiosity as either a help or a hindrance to his development. Seeking those factors whose presence or absence in the child's early years may lead to fame or to infamy, the Illingworths have read biographies of and autobiographies about 450 men and women described in their book, whose lives spanned the centuries from Socrates to Heinrich Himmler.