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The records of enthusiasts indicate that from time to 

 time the hope has been entertained that through formal 

 education much benefit would come to all, and funda- 

 mental changes be wrought in man himself. No one 

 questions the good which has followed from this effort, 

 but how far the human organism has been modified by 

 the experience is the doubtful point. Knowledge comes, 

 for the hindrances to knowledge are in a large measure 

 from without, but wisdom, as heretofore, continues to 

 linger, and still to occupy its place as the rare per- 

 formance of a balanced brain. We feel, though it 

 must be granted that it is a feeling merely, that the 

 descendant of several generations of educated ancestors 

 should have a nervous system favourably modified, 

 more vigorous, more responsive, more accurate in its 

 reactions, and growing, perhaps, for a longer time, thus 

 extending the period of its adaptability. But for this 

 the evidence must still be sought. 



As an aid in the solution of these problems, I have 

 endeavoured to combine the various observations on the 

 changes in the form and functions of the brain during 

 its time of growth, believing that a closer study of these 

 changes will undoubtedly assist us, and that along this 

 line the anatomist and the psychologist can bring 

 together their accumulated facts for the benefit of all. 



