Preface 



viewpoints from which a wide outlook may be 

 gained. I hope that some may be tempted to 

 explore more widely by the aid of the brief bib- 

 liography at the end of the volume. The sub- 

 ject Is surely worthy of our closest attention and 

 thought. 



I make no apology for emphasizing through- 

 out the study the Importance of the moral and 

 religious powers, as well as of social and family 

 life. These are the most marked and Important 

 human characters. To leave them In the back- 

 ground of any study of man Is to present the 

 play of " Hamlet " with Hamlet left out. 



I have viewed animals and men more from 

 the physiological than ^from the anatomical 

 standpoint. Much Is said of functions, powers, 

 actions; less of organs and structure. I know 

 neither the location nor structure of the organ 

 of fellow-feeling or hate, of morals or religion, 

 and of many other mental powers, provided they 

 have a special center In the brain. A first or 

 second association area even does not help a 

 great deal here, though I would be the last to 

 undervalue Professor Flechslg's great work. 

 And yet we must talk of these powers. 



One who does not believe In the Inheritance of 



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