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to overdo it unless the adrenal spur is counteracted 

 by some other endocrinal bridle. "An adrenal type 

 will probably be the first woman President of the 

 United States." There are two pituitary personali- 

 ties. The one is determined by the rule of the anterior 

 lobe of the pituitary body, usually a big-brained 

 man. The other is determined by an excessive activity 

 of the posterior lobe of the pituitary body, usually a 

 very emotional, tender-hearted woman. The thyroid 

 personality is "the ruddy live-wire, recognized every- 

 where as bubbling with vitality, the life of any 

 group." 



In Dr. Louis Berman's vivid thesis of glandular 

 personalities there is much that must be kept in mind 

 if we are to understand human life. But the details 

 of it seem to be ahead of the secure facts. We must 

 always welcome the flapping of the wings of the 

 scientific imagination, but we are not compelled to 

 follow their flight. Science must hasten slowly. De- 

 tails apart, we must correct the over-emphasis on the 

 glands. It still remains a man's business to try always 

 to be captain of his soul and master of his fate. To 

 acquiesce in being an endocrinal slave means relin- 

 quishing a birthright. 



§11. Religious Interpretation. 



What seems to us to be the sound position is to main- 

 tain that there cannot be any radical antithesis be- 

 tween scientific description and religious interpreta- 

 tion. There may be clashing as regards details, or as 

 regards the form in which conclusions are expressed, 



