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kindred beings, perpetually seen, heard, and smelt, will 

 come to form a predominant part of consciousness so 

 predominant a part that absence of it will inevitably 

 cause discomfort." 33 



Finally we are all well aware of the powerful influence 

 of the habits of life current in any family circle during 

 the earliest years of a child's life "nurture" in its broad 

 sense, as Galton would say because from these habits 

 arise and grow the feelings and moral tendencies which 

 remain impressed upon the whole life as though they 

 were "innate." 34 



In short from these few instances adduced simply in 

 explanation of our position, we see how profound is the 

 truth contained in the saying that habit is a "second 

 nature." 



But if to a certain extent we can see the most diverse 

 tendencies originate by way of habit before our very eyes, 

 then we may also attribute a similar mnemonic origin to 

 all affective tendencies, since the nature of innate tenden- 

 cies differs in no wise from that of acquired tendencies. 

 Very similarly in the case of morphological evolution we 

 may consider that the Lamarckians are quite justified in 

 drawing from the few observable cases of adaptation ac- 

 quired during life, the conclusion that the entire structure 

 of the organism owes its existence to an infinite number 

 of similar functional adaptations. 



Hence we may complete the saying quoted above with 

 the phrase that on the other hand "nature" is nothing 

 but a "former habit." 



33 Spencer, op. cit., II, 626. 



34 Francis Galton, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Devel- 

 opment, pp. 208-216. London, MacMillan, 1883. 



