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est naval men, like Nelson, have had the somber spirits and the thor- 
oughness of the hypokinetic. 
As to family history, there is a record of the brothers in 8 cases. In 5, 
one or more brothers were active in the army or navy, 1 had a nomadic 
brother; 2 had brothers not especially noteworthy. The Father, in 3 
cases out of the 14 was a legal man, in 2 cases agricultural, in 2 medi- 
cal; 1 each was a merchant, inventor, evangelist, 2 were temporarily in 
the army, 1 was a purser in the navy and 1 was a naval officer (Admiral 
Porter's father). The Mother's Father, is described in 8 cases. One 
was a naval officer; 1 was a sailor, 3 were in the army and 3 apparently 
stayed at home. A Mother's brother is described in 5 cases: 1 admiral, 1 
sea captain, 1 seaman, 1 'Mare-devil," and 1 in parliament. 
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Pedigree chart of naval officers in descendants, by two husbands, of Katherine Champer- 
noun, the sister of Sir Arthur Champernoun; namely, Sir John Gilbert, Vice Admiral; Sir 
Humphrey Gilbert, the navigator; and Sir Walter Raleigh. 
The conclusion from this study is first ; the future fighting naval officer 
has, in childhood, a history of adventuresomeness and fearlessness. His 
mother's close male relatives (father, or brother, usually) show love of 
the sea, of travel and of adventure. Some of them are apt to be suc- 
cessful fighters. The hyperkinetic tendency shows in either father or 
mother. If the father is a naval man and the mother of naval or no- 
madic stock the chances of a combination for success of the son as a 
naval fighter are increased. The nomadic and adventurous traits of 
the great naval fighters are usually carried in the female fertilized eggs 
