These people with mental disabilities, or rather, feeble minded, were defined by the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded (1904-1908) as "persons who may be capable of earning a living under favorable circumstances, but are incapable from mental defect, existing from birth or from an early age: (1) of competing on equal terms with their normal fellows, or (2) of managing themselves and their affairs with ordinary prudence". ... Amidst the nation swept a fear of "racial degeneracy" (Report Of The Royal Commission On The Care And Control Of The Feeble...

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When Elizabeth becomes ill with scarlet fever, Victor describes to Walton his mother's behavior, "the life of her favourite was menaced, she could no longer control her anxiety" (49). ... The moment Victor arrives at the University of Ingolstadt, he expresses "the evil influence, the Angel of Destruction, which asserted omnipotent sway over me from the moment I turned my reluctant steps from my father's door." ...

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