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and strong, and, unless it is burned or destroyed in 

 some such way, it will last for hundreds and hundreds 

 of years, for hair does not decay as bones and flesh do. 



In the British Museum in London there is a wig 

 made from human hair. The priest who wore it lived 

 over three thousand years ago, yet the wig does not 

 show its age. 



I suppose such things were as useful then as now, 

 and no doubt the same kinds of hair grew on the same 

 kinds of human beings and animals. Human beings 

 wanted theirs for beauty and for use, while animals 

 needed theirs for comfort as well as for use, and both 

 alike needed more hair in cold weather than in warm 

 weather. 



Notice how much thicker the cat's fur is in winter 

 than in summer. Though the hair of the human being 

 does not change in thickness from summer to winter, we 

 can ourselves make some difference in the matter. I have 

 heard men say : " I must not have my hair cut to-day, it 

 is too cold ; " and no one thinks of having his hair cut 

 when he has a cold already, for he knows it will be a 

 risk. People who explore in cold countries let their 

 beards grow to protect their throats. A football player 

 wears long, thick hair to save his head from the hardest 

 bumps. 



It is probably true that women think more of their 

 hair than men do, because it makes more difference with 



