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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



A Dream 

 Destroyed. 



Virility Deter- 

 mines Results* 



Vitality of 

 Spermatozoa. 



transcendentalists, who advocate that it is the 

 union of soul with soul at the moment of coition 

 that creates the new soul. Of course this bit of 

 poetic nonsense never had any foundation in fact, 

 for conception may take place without the slight- 

 est feeling on the part of the mother, or even 

 without the knowledge that it has occurred. 



The fact that conception does not always take 

 place at the moment of coition in no sense mili- 

 tates against the law in question. The body, mind 

 and soul of the parents are represented in the 

 sperm and germ cells, and as are the parents, so 

 will be these life messengers. If the father is 

 strong, vigorous, magnetic, affectionate and 

 pure-minded at the time the sperm cells are being 

 generated and when they leave his organism, 

 they receive the vivifying influence, vitality and 

 character of the father. If he is weak, ex- 

 hausted, or depraved like conditions maintain in 

 the life messenger. This is not a theory ; it is an 

 established fact. It has been demonstrated by 

 comparing results. Moreover, it may be proved 

 beyond question T)y comparing the vitality of 

 spermatozoa. Experimenters tell us that the num- 

 ber and strength of the spermatozoa vary accord- 

 ing to the strength and vitality of the man. Where 

 there is great vigor, the spermatozoa will live for 

 hours, or even days, and keep up a continual mo- 

 tion ; while, when the vitality of the man is low, 

 they cease to manifest life after a few minutes. 

 Again, it is well known that children conceived 

 directly after the close of the menstrual period 

 are as a rule more vigorous in both body and 

 mind than those whose conception was farther 



