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the father's finger nails can affect the spermatozoon 

 in such a way as to make the child's nails of the same 

 "shape and size" as those of the father? How could 

 such a thing be? Can we believe that a man's brain, 

 nerves and muscles, can so affect the spermatozoon 

 that the child's handwriting shall be like that of the 

 father? How could this be? How could the father's 

 brain modify the spermatozoon in such sort that the 

 child shall have the same temperament that the father 

 has? 



Most of the resemblances between the child and 

 its parents result from education, association and 

 environment. If a child's parents die when it is six 

 months old ; and it be placed in the hands of a 

 stranger and his wife; it is easy to see that many 

 of the child's qualities, characteristics and traits 

 would be borrowed from the man and his wife with 

 whom the orphan lives. 



The infant, at birth, is merely a living creature 

 without any physical qualities, characteristics or 

 traits peculiar to itself; nor has it any mental quali- 

 ties, characteristics nor traits, whatever. In fact, it 

 has scarcely any intellect, at all. It follows that most 

 of the physical qualities and characteristics of each 

 person are acquired; and that all of the mental quali- 

 ties, characteristics and traits of every one are ac- 

 quired, they being the result of education, association 

 and environment. No doubt most of the resemblance 

 between a child and its parents are caused by educa- 

 tion, imitation and association. 



The evolutionist has invented divers theories to 

 account for, and explain the phenomena of reproduc- 



