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control a good woman when she was good, but 

 a hurricane when she was angry. She would fly 

 into a rage and abuse the best friend she had in 

 the world, repent, shed tears of regret and make 

 fromBirth? US U P tbe next ^7- The boy's brain form and mani- 



fest character was a combination of the two par- 

 ents. From infancy he had shown the persistent, 

 fearless, revengeful character of the father plus 

 the nervous irritability and ungovernable temper 

 of the mother. The young man is now serving a 

 long sentence in a penitentiary. The family, I 

 may add, was an inharmonious, unhappy one, and 

 no doubt the bad maternal impressions that must 

 have been made upon his life during prenatal de- 

 velopment, had much to do with his criminal tend- 

 encies. It would seem, however, that the com- 

 bination resulting from this unfortunate union 

 was the principal factor. 



The possibilities of dual parentage in the varia- 



Endless Variet t * on ^ ^ s P rm ^ are without limit. The sixty-five 



Through Dual chemical elements, in their combinations, produce 



Parentage. a jj ^ var i ec j forms, substances, and organiza- 



tions of the physical universe. In like manner, 



the several vital functions and elements of mind, 



admit of endless combinations and in these com- 



binations may produce every shade and type of 



character observable in human life. 



It is not easy to define the law governing the 



union and blending of parental natures in off- 



Where Parental spring. Some natures combine much more favor- 



abl y than Others ' Some Seem ca P able of favor - 

 able combinations with many, others produce the 



best results only when associated with a tempera- 

 ment peculiarly adapted to them. This subject I 



