PRENATAL CULTURE. 



Darwin. 



Zeime. 



Cowan. 



Holbrook, 



Newton. 



"Heredity produces an exact copy of the pa- 

 rent in the child. * * * We may feel as- 

 sured that the inherited effects of the use and 

 disuse of parts will have done much in the same 

 direction with maternal selection in modifying 

 man's structure of body." Charles Darwin. 



"Every character which must have been 

 formed through the activity of the organism is 

 an acquired character. All characters, therefore, 

 which have been developed by exertion are ac- 

 quired, and these characters are transmitted from 

 generation to generation." Dr. G. H. Th. Zeime. 



"The fundamental principles of genius in re- 

 production are that, through the rightly directed 

 wills of the mother and father, preceding and 

 during antenatal life, the child's form of body, 

 character of mind and purity of soul are formed 

 and established. That in its plastic state, dur- 

 ing antenatal life, like clay in the hand of the 

 potter, it can be molded into absolutely any form 

 of body and soul the parents may knowingly de- 

 sire." Dr. John Cowan. 



"Unless characteristics acquired by an indi- 

 vidual, that is, the modifications of the organ- 

 ism due to his own life's experiences, are capable 

 of being handed down to his offspring, it is dif- 

 ficult to see how any progress could be made in 

 the development of the race." M. L. Holdbrook, 

 M. D. 



"Numerous facts indicate that offspring may 

 be affected and their tendencies shaped by a great 

 variety of influences, among which moods and 

 influences more or less transient may be includ- 

 ed." A. E. Newton. 



