The Human Stock Sound 7 



ously, and something of religious experience not 

 neglected it will most certainly follow as the day 

 follows the night that the wholesome enjoyments 

 and the durable satisfactions of living will come to 

 such an individual. 



Is THE HUMAN STOCK COMPARATIVELY SOUND? 



There are now among the students of the home 

 problems many who are seriously interested in the 

 matter of breeding a better human stock. Many 

 noteworthy conclusions have already been reached, 

 and ample proofs have been produced to show 

 that the human animal follows the same general 

 lines of evolution as do the lower animal orders. It 

 is shown in general, for example, that little or noth- 

 ing that man has learned or acquired during his life 

 is transmitted to his offspring. That is, even though 

 a man devote many years to the intensive study of 

 music or mathematics or the languages, such study 

 will not affect the ability of his child in the study of 

 the specialized subject. The same unaffected result 

 obtains in respect to any other form of expertness 

 of the merely acquired sort. For example, the fact 

 that a man through long practice becomes expert 

 in the use of the typewriter does not affect the char- 

 acter of the child in respect to such ability. It is a 

 no less difficult task for the child to learn to master 

 the use of the typewriter keyboard. 



On the other hand, it is shown very conclusively 



