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CHAPTER III. 

 HEREDITY OF THE MEMORY. 



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I. Memory referred to Habit, and to the Law of the Indestructi- 

 bility of Force ... ... ... ... ... 46 



II. Heredity, Specific Memory ; Heredity of Memory ... .., 5 2 



CHAPTER IV. 

 HEREDITY OF THE IMAGINATION. 



I. The /Esthetic Imagination ... ... ... ... 54 



II. Heredity of Imagination in Poets ... ... 56 



III. Heredity of Imagination in Painters ... ... ... 60 



IV. Heredity of Imagination in Musicians ... ... 63 



CHAPTER V. 



HEREDITY OF THE INTELLECT. 



I. Is Intelligence in its highest form Heritable ? Empiricism and 



Idealism in accord ... ... ... ... ... 65 



II. Heredity in Men of Science, Philosophers, and Economists ... 72 



III. Heredity in Authors and Men of Letters ... ... ... 77 



CHAPTER VI. 

 HEREDITY OF THE SENTIMENTS AND THE PASSIONS. 



I. ' Psychological Study of Sentiment ... ... ... ... 80 



II. Physical Tendencies : Heredity of General Sensibility ; of Anti- 

 pathy ; of the Sexual Appetite ; of Dipsomania ... ... 83 



III. Moral Tendencies : their Heredity ; Gaming, Avarice, Theft, 



Homicide. Relations between Passion and Insanity ... ... 90 



CHAPTER VII. 

 HEREDITY OF THE WILL. 



I. Active and Contemplative Minds ... "... ... ... 94 



II. Heredity of Active Faculties in Statesmen ... ... ... 98 



III. Heredity of Active Faculties in Soldiers ... ... ... 105 



