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The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

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Edward Thorndike
Age: 74 †
Born: 1874
Born: August 31
Died: 1949
Died: August 9
Psychologist
Teacher
University Teacher
Williamsburg
Massachusetts
Edward Lee Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike
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