The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive source of information from the Dictionary of National Biography, many pieces of informational are discussed, including the ancestral heritage, geographical distribution, professions, and health and morbidity of the most the most preeminent men and women of the time. This work also promotes his theory that large cities are not only counterproductive to the development of high achievers, but detrimental to national health. ( Leon Harvey)
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As it says very prominently in the text link and in the "notes" field on archive, this version was published in 1927 which makes it still copyrighted in the US and thus not useable for LibriVox at this point.
If you can find an earlier version, this is fine, otherwise you'd have to wait for 3 more years.
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actually i already have the first edition and was reading through it. as far as i can tell, the only differences are the preface and some extra chapters near the end, but there may also be a few changes to the text. Anyway, i thought it would be more appropriate to use the most recent version from the author, and if there are any changes, they can be picked up during proof listening
Availle wrote: ↑July 30th, 2020, 5:25 pm
As it says very prominently in the text link and in the "notes" field on archive, this version was published in 1927 which makes it still copyrighted in the US and thus not useable for LibriVox at this point.
If you can find an earlier version, this is fine, otherwise you'd have to wait for 3 more years.
Havelock Ellis died over 70 years ago. are you sure it dosnt qualify?
niobium wrote: ↑July 30th, 2020, 6:20 pm
if there are any changes, they can be picked up during proof listening
You'll need to read from a public domain edition. With "standard" PL, the proof listener is not required to follow the text as they PL. And in any event, it's not the PLer's job to catch changes between two editions, only to check that your reading of the source text meets the "standard" PL requirements.
at this point, just about all the short chapters have been completed, so im hoping a proof listener will pitch in, even temporarily, just to clear them out of the way
Occasionally there is a very slight buzzing, something like a radio just off proper tuning. You might want to check to see if any of your wiring is crossed. I'm no expert, but I've heard something like that can cause problems. As it is now, there is not real problem with it.
Since recording these, i bought a new laptop and a replacement blue yeti microphone, and the electric buzzing has not occured. This problem did not used to happen in the past, but im guessing it was caused by the hardware accumulating static charge.
Just remember to read through the text with the speech in case i may have messed up a few words
Ch. 12 is PL OK! in accordance with a Standard PL. If you would like someone to follow with the text in view, I'm afraid you'll have to find someone else.
For Ch. 12, the volume seems to jump after 4:55. You may want to address this.
