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Fig. 207. — A Dog saves a Little Boy. 



"infant phenomena," the "musical prodigies," the "boy 

 orators," " hghtning calculators," of the lower animals. 

 They are "sports," phenomenal individuals which have by 

 some means been endowed with a greater share of intelli- 

 gence than their brothers, sisters, or fellows. The human 

 lightning calculators, the infant Greek or Latin scholars, 

 the "child musicians," are not normal ; they are abnormal, 

 freaks of nature, the remarkable gifts being often at the 

 expense of something else. 



