TWEIiVE-YBAR-OLD EQUALS BOY TWENTY 55 



the Eskimo baby, reared in the same way, 

 who longed for ice and cold weather. 



The boy who has not the natural powers 

 to secure an education, when he reaches 

 manhood, cannot give to his children that 

 which he, himself, does not possess. It 

 matters not how you may work upon the 

 fellow to cover up his lack of talent by long 

 training, he only can transmit that which 

 he inherited from his ancestors. Nothing 

 of his culture and training can be handed 

 on. 



When you see a man of great activity 

 of mind, body and energy, and with an iron 

 constitution, carrying his life giving powers 

 well on in years, you may be sure of one 

 thing, — ^his parents were wise in the selec- 

 tion of their ancestors. 



There is no reason why, by judicious 

 crossing and breeding, you cannot produce 

 a boy of twelve who will have the same 

 mental and physical development of a 

 young man of twenty of today. We have 

 done this in the horse, and we can do it in 

 the human, but it will take from fifteen to 

 twenty times the amount of time. As a 



