CHAPTER XII. 



PHYSICAL PREPARATION. 



PRENATAL CULTURE Or, the law whereby 

 the acquired and the transcient physical and 

 mental characteristics of parents, particularly 

 those that are most active for some time prior 

 to the initial of a life, at the time of inception 

 and in the mother during gestation are trans- 

 mitted to offspring. 



The law of prenatal culture affords an illimit- 

 able means of improving the race. By it, the 

 Possibilities of otherwise inevitable results arising from the 

 Prenatal Culture, operation of the fixed laws of heredity whereby 

 like creates like may be greatly modified. By 

 its intelligent application, all unfavorable condi- 

 tions arising from the incompatibility Qf parents, 

 their physical or mental weaknesses may be im- 

 measurably improved. Prenatal culture is con- 

 sidered the most important factor of heredity; 

 not that it is more potential than any, or all, other 

 factors, but being subject to choice and volition, it 

 is capable of the widest practical application and 

 of producing most beneficial results. 



The objects of prenatal training are: (i) to 

 Objects of withhold from offspring any undesirable quality 



Training. of body or mind, possessed by either parent, or 

 the immediate ancestors; (2) to avoid all un- 

 desirable physical or mental conditions that might 



