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* * * A new soul is born into the world, a 

 soul having for its inheritance all the essential 

 qualities necessary for a puny, brief, and unsuc- 

 cessful existence." 



Dr. Cowan seemingly takes a very melancholy 

 view of the subject. Fortunately, there is a 

 brighter side to the picture. If his statement 

 "That not more than one child in perhaps ten Heredity, 

 thousand is brought into the world with the con- 

 sent and loving desire of the parents" was true, 

 or nearly so, when he wrote, then the study of 

 and obedience to the laws of heredity have great- 

 ly increased within the last quarter of a century. 



Today thousands of cultured parents make a , n fl 



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careful study of prenatal culture and successfully Practically 



apply its laws to the improvement of offspring. ApP 11 ^- 

 It has been my pleasure to study many children 

 whose lives were planned for and their best in- 

 terests carefully considered by both parents for 

 months and even years before the initial of life. 

 Recently a lady from the City of Mexico 

 brought me her three children for study. The 

 second one was so superior to the others that 

 even the most casual observer would have no- A Tokology 

 ticed the difference. Being asked for the cause a " I<J ' 

 the lady said: "That is a Tokology child. I 

 followed Mrs. Stockham's directions to the let- 

 ter. Before her birth our circumstances were 

 such that I was at liberty to do just as I pleased, 

 and I devoted the period to the child. She has 

 never been sick, is always sunny and cheerful, 

 is easily first in her classes and has given me only 

 pleasure from her birth. It is the regret of my 

 life that I was not able to do as well by the 

 others." 



