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HEREDITY. 



Hapsburg characters completely dominated those of Napoleon so that 

 I'Aiglon, the Duke of Reichstadt, was as typical a Hapsburg as 

 possible. 



(See the succinct genealog\^ below.) 



Hapsburg. 



Spanish Bourbons. 



CHARLES BONAPARTE. 



(Cancer.) 



L.ETITIA RAMOLINO. 



{Healthy.) 



FRANCIS II OP 

 GERMANY. 



[Large loivcr lip.) 



MARIA-THERESA-CAROLINE 

 OP BOURBON. 



(Large lower lip.) 



NAPOLEOX I. 



( Cancer. ) 



MARIA-LOUISA. 



(Large lover lip. Intent tuberculous.) 



nUKE OP REICHSTADT. 



(Prognathism of lower jaw, large lower lip, titbercidosis ) 



We may sa}' that the history of reigning families might be char- 

 acterized as a record of experiments in heredity, experiments that 

 are often unfortunate for them. 



In conclusion, let me give you some advice: Almost everybody has 

 visible defects or pathological latencies, the latter as important as 

 the former as far as regards their transmission, as we have seen. If 

 you wish that your children should be as far as possible free from 

 these, avoid marriage with families presenting defects or latencies 

 analogous to your own. I am quite aware that it is much easier to 

 give this advice than to follow it. ]\Ian, who has for centuries 

 practiced selection in the case of his domestic animals, has not yet 

 realized that he might use it with advantage for his own descendants; 

 yet robust health and a sound hereditary constitution are worth 

 more than a large dowry, 3'ou may well be assured. 



