Malt in the Light of Evolutioji 



suit of experience, observation, and thought of 

 the individual. But the capacity for intelligence 

 is inherited. Some men are born with great and 

 some with limited capacities. These tendencies 

 and capacities will be modified to a certain ex- 

 tent by surrounding conditions. But we shall 

 not go far astray if we consider them to be mainly 

 the result of heredity. 



These inborn capacities vary not only In 

 amount but also In quality. Some men, w^e say, 

 are born mathematicians, linguists, artists, or in- 

 ventors. We mean that they have large capaci- 

 ties along these special lines. The whole of the 

 political or theological creed of some men seems 

 to have been Inherited. They were born Re- 

 publicans or Presbyterians, and no earthly power 

 can change these tendencies. 



Certain tendencies or modes of thought be- 

 come so marked In a community or nation that 

 they are recognized as racial characters. Thus 

 the Jewish race has been characterized by its 

 capacities along the lines of business and relig- 

 ion. It has never been especially artistic. The 

 Greeks were aesthetic, but did not make a great 

 success of morals or religion. We speak of the 

 canny Scotchman and the shrewd Yankee. We 



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