HEREDITY. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



God said, "Let there be light." Sublime com- 

 mand \ Matchless conception \ Infinite wisdom I 

 Only He who gave the command and watched the 

 radiating effulgence rush through the seas of 

 quivering ether to burst in resplendent glory on 

 a million worlds; who saw the light dispel the 

 darkness until beauty flashed across the star-lit 

 dome ; who felt inanimate nature become animate 

 and throb with myriad forms of life; who heard 

 the seas and mountains echo with shouts of joy 

 and songs of praise ; only He can comprehend its 

 meaning or know its achievements \ 



Light is essential to life. Generally speaking, 

 where darkness reigns there death reigns also. 

 This law is universal; it is manifest alike in the The Power of 

 realm of the physical, the intellectual and the Ig ** 

 spiritual. Throughout all nature in proportion 

 as there is light, there is life and growth. Where 

 the days are longest and the nights shortest, 

 there life is most abundant and growth is most 

 luxuriant. 



Truth is the light of the mind. It is the essence T^ e Light of 

 of knowledge, the basis of reason, the guide to TrutIu 



