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beings, we are incited to the inquiry whether any of the 

 moral qualities are included among the latter ; and 

 whether there be any resemblance between moral and 

 intellectual development. 



Thus, if there have been a physical derivation from a 

 preexistent genus, and an embryonic condition of those 

 physical characters which distinguish Homo if there 

 has been also an embryonic or infantile stage in intel- 

 lectual qualities we are led to inquire whether the 

 development of the individual in moral nature will fur- 

 nish us with a standard of estimation of the successive 

 conditions or present relations of the human species in 

 this aspect also. 



a. Relations of Physical and Moral Nature. 



Although men are much alike in the deeper qualities 

 of their nature, there is a range of variation which is 

 best understood by a consideration of the extremes of 

 such variation, as seen in men of different latitudes, and 

 women and children. 



(a.) In Children. Youth is distinguished by a pecu- 

 liarity, which no doubt depends upon an immature con- 

 dition of the nervous center concerned, which might be 

 called nervous impressibility. It is exhibited in a greater 

 tendency to tearfulness, in timidity, less mental endur- 

 ance, a greater facility in acquiring knowledge, and more 

 ready susceptibility to the influence of sights, sounds 

 and sensations. In both sexes the emotional nature 

 predominates over the intelligence and judgment. In 

 those years the character is said to be in embryo, and 

 theologians in using the phrase, "reaching years of 

 religious understanding," mean that in early years the 



