In Peace 



now that this is not the case. We know 

 that the actual blood in the actual veins 

 plays no part in heredity, that the trans- 

 fusion of blood means no more than the 

 transposition of food, and that the phys- 

 ical basis of the phenomena of inheri- 

 tance is found in the structure of the 

 germ cell and its contained germ-plasm. 

 But the old word well serves our pur- 

 poses. The blood which is "thicker 

 than water " is the symbol of race unity. 

 In this sense the blood of the people 

 concerned is at once the cause and the 

 result of the deeds recorded in their 

 history. For example, wherever an 

 Englishman goes, he carries with him 

 the elements of English history. It is 

 a British deed which he does, British 

 history that he makes. Thus, too, a 

 Jew is a Jew in all ages and climes, and 

 his deeds everywhere bear the stamp 

 of Jewish individuality. A Greek is 

 a Greek ; a Chinaman remains a China- 



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