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The Journal of Heredity 



is usually difficult to {)r<)\t' that any 

 mental or moral pcculiariiics found in 

 groups of p^ersons sek'ctcd for study arc- 

 really due to inherent or germ-cell 

 differences. Most of the alleged evi- 

 dence on this score is entirely without 

 significance, since it can be turned in 

 one direction as well as another. 

 This is the case e\en in (jalton's 

 famous work "Hereditary Cienius," 

 though not in his study of twins. 

 It is the case with Odin's oft ([uoted 

 work, and with the Jonathan l^dwards 

 family, and most of the material con- 

 tained in the notorious degenerate 

 families, "Jukes," etc. The environ- 

 mentalists ha\'e not been slow in see- 

 ing this i)oint. 



If, as appears probable, each grade of 

 mental superiority is associated with a 

 little larger facial trait, such as the 

 nose, it is at least difficult to see how 

 fa\orabIe home environment, good 

 education, or a good run of luck, could 

 make a man's nose larger. 



The growth of the face is like the 

 growth of all parts of the body, con- 

 trolled to a great extent by internal 

 secretion. We do not know much as 

 yet about the actions of these secre- 

 tions on growth, but one thing however 

 is quite certain, and that is that no 

 matter how important the glands of 

 internal secretion may be, these glands, 

 in their growth and activity must, 

 under ordinary conditions, be themselves 



determined by heredity. The common 

 facts of e\er\- day experience prove it. 

 How else can it be that ( hinese look 

 like Chinese and Negroes like Negroes. 

 Not only do the facts of racial resem- 

 blance prove that the growth control- 

 ling force must be in the chromo.somes 

 (since the male can influence it as much 

 as the female) but the common facts 

 of family resemblance prove that 

 smaller facial i)eculiarities are also 

 highh- hereditar\\ and finally the 

 identity of the facial growths of iden- 

 tical twins caps the climax. « 



CONCLUSION 



So, in conclusion, it seems safe to 

 say that here in the si/.e of the nose is 

 one point where a beginning may be 

 made for a future science of physiog- 

 nomy. The majority of great men 

 have large or long noses, the remainder 

 nearly always have noses of at least 

 average size. Although many medio- 

 cre or inferior people have large or 

 long noses, men of measurable intel- 

 lectual superiority do (statistically) have 

 noses somewhat larger or longer than 

 the a\X'rage size. The exception only 

 proves the rule. Only very rarely 

 do we find a great man with a dis- 

 tinctly small or short nose. 



Furthermore, each supposedly higher 

 and higher intellectual group is found 

 to be associated with greater and 

 greater nose-measurement. 



•See Journal of HERiiniTV, "Twin Number," December, 1919. 



The Eugenic Prospect: National and 

 Racial, by C. W. Saleeby. New York, 

 Dodd, Mead &. Co., 1921, pp. 239. 

 One knows what to expect in picking 

 up a new volume by Dr. Saleeby, 

 and this one does not disappoint. It 

 shows the fluency, warm-hearted en- 

 thusiasm, the lack of documentation, 

 the emphasis on the ego, and the all- 

 embracing definition of eugenics, that 

 ha\'e marked its predecessors. The 

 volume is made up of a number of 

 somewhat disconnected essays, which 

 might have been written for periodical 

 circulation. There is no index. Eugen- 



ics, as understood in America, is some- 

 times conspicuous only by its absence. 

 The sinoke nuisance, tuberculosis, die- 

 tetics, and health centres receive the 

 chief emphasis. One of the most inter- 

 esting features of the book is the refer- 

 ence to Americans conditions, ^an 

 outgrowth of two visits to the United 

 States by Dr. Saleebs' in recent years. 

 It is of course gratifying to national 

 \anit>' to find that he regards us, and 

 our fellow-continentals the Canadians, 

 as years ahead of Great Britain in 

 almost everything that has to do with 

 racial betterment. — P. P. 



