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very ordinary in appearance as she grew 

 older. 



This union produced five sons and one 

 daughter. Not one of these children or 

 their descendants ever gained the slightest 

 reputation for ability or usefulness. They 

 were, what would be termed in horse par- 

 lance, "dummies." 



If these contrasts do not show the young 

 people of this country that it is time to con- 

 sider the hereditary traits of contracting 

 parties, before marriage, I do not know 

 what will. 



I feel sure that every word which I have 

 said about the horse, the cow, the hog and 

 the hen, will be endorsed by men who have 

 made a study of the methods by which the 

 breeds of domestic animals have been 

 brought to their present state of excellence ; 

 and, likewise by experts in eugenics, what I 

 have said about heredity in the human race. 



Some of my readers may question my 

 repeated statement, that what is true of the 

 horse is true of the human. I could add 

 other authorities, in addition to Professor 

 Johannsen, of Jena, by quoting from the 



