OUR BEST FEATURES 



To my early human ancestors I owe the reduction 

 of my hitherto coarse muzzle and the first training 

 of my tongue to speak. 



To my later human ancestors I owe the improve- 

 ment of my forehead, the general refinement of 

 my features and my rather weak jaw. 



To the Nordic strain in my ancestry I ascribe 

 my fair skin and blue eyes, while to both the 

 Nordic and the Mediterranean strains I owe my 

 narrow head and a nose of moderate dimensions, 

 conforming neither to the figure-6 type nor to the 

 alpine V, nor to any of the concave varieties, but 

 fairly straight and presentable. 



However, when I have determined all this and 

 much more of the same kind I am still far from 

 giving a description of my face that would satisfy 

 the requirements of Scotland Yard, for most of 

 the features mentioned have been true of millions 

 of men of all ages. There remains then not only 

 the exact measurements and proportions but also 

 the individual history of my face. 



Fortunately my development proceeded without 

 undue mental stress or sudden prenatal shock. 

 Hence I escaped being a Mongolian idiot. My 



ancestors do not seem to have had deficient thy- 



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