AND PERSONALITY 



showing the degree of brain development in the aborigine 

 to be 1.13 times greater than that of the porpoise and 1.33 

 times greater than that of the white whale. 



In contrasting the brains of the white whale and the 

 porpoise with the brain of the aborigine, a preponderance 

 of the thinking portion of the brain is seen in the aborigine. 

 This preponderance of the thinking portion of the brain 

 enables man to have the advantage of work performed by 

 energy outside himself. 



By comparison with the whale, man is a newcomer on this 

 earth. The rise of man seems to be due to the development 

 of his forefeet into hands and the development of the 

 thyroid gland and the thinking portion of his brain. 

 Throughout geological time the whale has maintained 

 himself as a perfect mechanism. Unlike man, the whale 

 shows no diseases of the energy system, although the 

 thyroid gland of the whale, the adrenal gland, and the 

 sympathetic complex are as fully developed as in the case 

 of man. 



The white whale needs a highly developed energy system, 

 for the white whale not only must capture its food but 

 must outswim or fight off its enemies. Producing its off- 

 spring in the sea, the white whale, like the porpoise and 

 man, must protect its helpless, inexperienced young during 

 infancy, childhood, and adolescence through a family 

 unit. 



The white whale, the porpoise, and man, each being 

 supreme in his own field, need less crisis energy for survival. 

 The thyroid gland of the white whale, like that of the 

 porpoise, is of the same pattern as that in the human being 

 and, like that of the human being, is more than twice the 

 size of the adrenal glands. 



During our study of the energy system of various ani- 

 mals, it was our good fortune to collect two animals one 

 in Hudson Bay, the other in Kentucky, which approximated 

 each other in weight. The animal from the subarctic 

 weighed 552.^5 kilograms; the animal from Kentucky 



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