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nor sleepy, may be regarded in general as presenting a 
really human type, as the mask of a soul capable of doing 
honor to his species. The story is told of an Englishman, 
a friend of Shakespeare, who once sent a groom into an 
inn to look for him. ‘“ How shall I know him ?” the ser- 
vant said, ‘“ Nothing is easier,” was the answer. “ Every 
face looks something like some animal’s; but, when you see 
Shakespeare, you will say, ‘There is the man.’” Yes, man 
imagined in the fullness of his harmonious beauty ; that 
is the ideal toward the realization of which the efforts of 
our present imperfect humanity should strive, and it is full 
time that we should neglect no means for bringing our- 
selves, by the skillful management of heredity, that is, by 
propagation in a sound and wise way, nearer to a human 
race from which the last traces of animalism shall have 
vanished, and among whom man shall be less rare. 
What constitutes the superiority of the English aristoc- 
racy? It is the constant interest they are animated by to 
endow their descendants with the best bodily, mental, and 
moral qualities. An Englishman does not marry from 
fancy or passion; he marries under the conditions fittest to 
insure his children’s happiness, for he knows that his own 
and the honor of his name depend on this. The respect 
with which young English women are surrounded, the 
honorable freedom they enjoy, the little consequence that 
is attached to their fortune, and the esteem in which their 
personal merit is held, are all so many causes for the in- 
crease among that people of happy marriages, and conse- 
quently for the growing vigor of their population. This is 
one of the grand secrets of improvement through heredity. 
Men, instead of requiring wealth with their brides, must 
ask for beauty, character, and virtue. Solong as they have 
no fear of intermarrying with women who are feeble, or want- 
ing in solid qualities, the race will decline and grow worth- 
less, and the like deplorable result follows from the mar- 
