CHAPTER IX 



MAN 



Growth of Mental Power — Eminent Men — Natural Dis- 

 tribution of Births in Two Generations — Distribution 

 of Births of Eminent Men — Two Generations in New 

 England Families — Sons of Eminent Men — Types of 

 Character — Military, Artistic, Practical, and Philo- 

 sophic Men. 



/\/lAN is the toughest animal that lives. 

 * * * He ranges the earth from pole to pole, 

 navigates the air, and rights the shark in his 

 own element. In the matter of endurance he 

 undergoes strains in six-day races and in 

 general dissipation which would quickly de- 

 stroy any other animal. In the matter of 

 intellectual power he is in a class by himself. 

 In accumulating energy before reproduction, 

 as measured by the degree of his activity and 

 the length of time elapsing before reproduc- 

 ing, he exceeds all other animals. He is also 

 the only animal which voluntarily postpones 

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