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Heredity. 



REVERSIONAL HEREDITY. 



Remarks. All the names in the second column held in a latent 

 condition the characteristics of the first generation, and trans- 

 mitted them to the third. 



The case of Charles VI. of France is peculiarly remarkable. 

 This mad king gave his daughter Catherine in marriage to his 

 conqueror, Henry V. of England. The fruit of that union was 

 the weak and unfortunate Henry VI., the sad victim of the wars 

 of the Roses. 



SECTION III. INDIRECT HEREDITY. 



Indirect heredity is 'the representation of collaterals in the 

 physical and moral character of the progeny.' We often observe 



