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overpowered by impression-inheritance by the 

 full transmission of that which is merely seen in 

 others ! If such a law prevails, one may feel 

 cold because an ancestor thought of the frosty 

 Caucasus. None of this absurdity would arise if 

 it were clearly seen that a parent is only a trustee 

 that transmission and development are perfectly 

 distinct that parental modifications are irrelevant 

 to those transmitted to offspring. 



