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The "beta" intelligence test of the US Army included a test where you had to draw in some missing element in a picture, for example a chimney on a house. A Sicilian recruit instead drew a crucifix because he thought no house was complete without one.

Talks of Jews having "satanic blood" and repeats the nazi heresy that Jews can't be baptized.

Alfred Binet, one of the inventors of the IQ test, was highly critical of colleagues that thought IQ was fixed throughout an individuals lifetime.

"Similarly, if the parents and grandparents speak only French, or have pellagra, the statistical likelihood that the grandchildren will speak French, or have pellagra, is great. But none of these data proved that pellagra was any more genetic than the ability to speak French or inherit banks. "

Four-and-a-half stars for the setting, two each for the writing and plot. Rothbard meets Stellaris, basically.

This was perhaps the worst sex scene I've ever read. No hyperbole, I can't think of any other that was as bad.

A seething Rosenberg demanded that the publishers of the "Illustrated Sunday" prevent the publication of Gerlichs attack piece on Hitler. Satisfying!

Very good so far. Gerlich met Hitler on four occasions and was never impressed. On another note, he attributed all violent revolutions to chiliasm.