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ness of will or through domination by a stronger 

 will, and have gone down enslaved by drugs, 

 drink, and 'the life' itself. Many of the girls 

 are weak-willed, and in some instances weak- 

 minded, and they have not had the normal resist- 

 ing power." ("The Survey," May 27, 1911, pp. 

 337, 8.) Let one stand before a company of men 

 in a State reformatory institution assembled for 

 chapel exercises. If one has not studied the situ- 

 ation he will experience a surprise. These men, 

 for the most part, are not the bold, reckless, bra- 

 vado, daring fellows that he expected to see. 

 They are not in possession of all that average 

 men have, plus an element that leads them to defy 

 society. They are weak men, defectives. Calling 

 them men, we see that they are not fully men. 

 Being less than men, we call them effeminate, al- 

 though we do not apologize to the ladies. They 

 have not full, broad jaws, but rather undersized, 

 receding chins, showing them defective in will- 

 power. Instead of round heads and square fore- 

 heads, they are thin between the temples. Their 

 eyes are restless and unsteady. They are not all 

 so; for there is another class here also. But we 

 may rightly conclude that those who have the 

 right to the charity of judgment because of her- 

 itage are, as we have described, with different va- 

 riations showing the same general defects. The 

 others that show the lion's strength, whom you 

 would not want to meet in the dark, we may rea- 

 sonably believe are they who have been trained 



