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pendence ; Chief Justice of the United States Morrison R. Waite ; 

 Ulysses S. Grant and Grover Cleveland, presidents of the United 

 States. These and many other prominent men and women can 

 trace back to Elizabeth Tuttle and Richard Edwards the char- 

 acters which enabled them to occupy the positions of culture and 

 learning they held. 



Many other similar cases might be cited. Although we do not 

 know the precise method of inheritance, we do know that musical 

 and literary ability, calculating ability, remarkable memory, 



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mechanical skill, and many other mental and physical characters 

 are inheritable and " run in families." The Wedge wood family, 

 from which three generations of Darwins have descended, and the 

 Galton family are examples of a scientific inheritance ; the Arnolds, 

 Hallams, and Lowells were prominent in literature ; the Balfours 

 were political leaders; the Bach and Mendelssohn families were 

 examples showing inheritance of musical genius. A comparison 

 of fathers' and sons' college records at Oxford University show 

 it is usually " like father, like son " as regards grades. The fathers 

 who did well had sons who did well also. It is said that 26 out 

 of 46 men chosen to the Hall of Fame of New York University had 

 distinguished relatives. Blood does tell. Or rather chromosomes 

 tell the story. 



