326 THE REIGN OF LAW 



pletely organised and furnished as the young of 

 the Gallinaceous Birds and of the Megapodes, is 

 a fact of immense significance in the phenomena 

 of Organic Life. 



In Man analogous facts appear, modified by 

 his infinitely wider range of character, and the 

 infinite degrees in which the different elements 

 of Mind are capable of being mixed in him. 

 But although these conditions greatly compli- 

 cate the result, the general phenomena are 

 the same. Orphans, who have never had any 

 opportunities of acquiring, by imitation, the 

 peculiarities of their parents, will often, never- 

 theless, reproduce these peculiarities with curi- 

 ous exactness. This is a familiar fact, but it 

 is not always remembered what this fact im- 

 plies. Even when the inheritance is merely 

 some congenital habit of body, or some trick 

 of manner, it may, probably, imply some resem- 

 blance deeper than appears. For the Body and 

 the Mind are in such close relationship, that con- 

 genital habits of Body are sure to be connected 

 with congenital habits of Mind. But the in- 

 heritance is very often, so far as we can see, 



