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Goddard’s proposed cure to the nation’s feeble-mindedness was widely implemented.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2021

The Ohio researcher said that some of his subjects were "greatly influenced by the pleasant appearance or smile, but for some the smile denotes intelligence and for others it denotes feeble-mindedness."

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2012

Epilepsy: 101, 117, 242, 249, 251, 252, 253; in guinea-pigs, 132; relation to feeble-mindedness, 249.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

And where he goes on to tell her he can't marry her, because he is artistic, and she is too practical for them to be real mates, and all that other feeble-mindedness?

From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch

We give these figures only that it may not be imagined that we are dealing with cases of slight feeble-mindedness with a retardation of one or two years.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred