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the head, which is the largest part of it, being, appar- 

 ently about l/10,000th of an inch in diameter, (Haeck- 

 el, Evolution of Man, p. 53, fig. 22.) It consists of a 

 homogeneous mass of protoplasm, composed of carbon, 

 hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen ; and sometimes has a 

 trace of phosphorus and sulphur. (Cent. Die. 6, p. 

 4799 ; Huxley, Anat. Invert. An. pp. 9, 14.) See index 

 infra, "Spermatozoon.' Although the spermatozoon 

 is not visible to the naked eye, and has certain vital 

 properties and potentialities, yet it is a physical body 

 with all the attributes of a brick or stone. 



If any quality, characteristic or trait of the father 

 passes from him to his child, it is transmitted by, and 

 through the spermatozoon, for that is the only thing 

 that passes from the one to the other. So, if any 

 quality, characteristic or trait of the mother passes 

 from her to her child, it is transmitted by and through 

 the ovum, that being the only thing that passes from 

 her to it. 



Whatever power or influence the father's body, 

 or any organ or part of it, may have to affect or modify 

 the body of his child or any part of it, must be effected 

 by and through the spermatozoon before it leaves his 

 genital organs; for it is clear that neither the father's 

 body, nor any organ nor part of it, has any power to 

 affect, modify or differentiate the spermatozoon, nor 

 any part of it, after it leaves his body. 



It is absurd to suppose that the father's body, or 

 any organ or part of it, can affect, modify or differ- 

 entiate the spermatozoon, or any part of it, in such 

 a manner that it shall cause the child to have qualities, 

 characteristics and traits resembling those of the fath- 



