{"1": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i", "height": "4324", "width": "3118", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "sT\\nvV\\n1\\nV\\no\\nvOo.\\nV\\n.0\\no N\\nV *A\\np\\no x\\n-9\\nV\\nQ\\nP\\nOo\\nV\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V\\ns", "height": "4216", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "0\\nr\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v-\\no\u00c2\u00b0.\\n0-\\nN.\\nv v\\nW", "height": "4236", "width": "2720", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4204", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "A Child of Light\\nOr,\\nHeredity and Prenatal\\nCulture\\nCONSIDERED IN\\nTHE LIGHT OF THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY\\nBY\\nNEWTON N RIDDELL\\nLecturer on Heredity, Psychology, Psychic Phenomena, Brain\\nBuilding, and Soul Growth.\\nChicago\\nChild of Light Publishing Company\\n1900", "height": "4236", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "T^s\\n3 o o o\\np\\nn j *s6!\\nLibrary of Co\\nIwo Copies Received\\nJUL 9 1900\\nCopyright entry\\nSECOND COPY.\\nDelivered to\\nORDER DIVISION,\\nJUL 10 1900\\n-ry *0t\\n84907\\nCopyright, 1900,\\nBy\\nNEWTON N. RIDDED,\\nAll Rights Reserved.\\nREGAN PRINTING HOUSE, CHICAGO", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "To My\\nFather and Mother,\\nJames and Elizabeth Riddell,\\nWho,\\nby Their Religious Devotion During My Prenatal Development,\\nMade the Desire to Follow the Christ\\nIn a Labor of Love for the Good of Mankind\\nThe Ruling Passion of My Life,\\nThis Book is Affectionately Dedicated.", "height": "4236", "width": "2648", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "A WORD OF THANKS.\\nIn grateful memory, I would\\nacknowledge my indebtedness to\\nthe late Frances E. Willard.\\nIn my humble efforts to popu-\\nlarize the study of heredity, for\\nyears her wise counsel and words of\\nencouragement were a constant in-\\nspiration. Her parting words to\\nme, God bless you, brother; go on! 3\\nspoken a few weeks before the\\nFather called her home, now form\\na most sacred memory and hallowed\\nbenediction.\\nI would also acknowledge my in-\\ndebtedness to Louise E. Francis for\\nher efficient service in searching the\\nlibraries of the country. Without\\nher faithful assistance in comparing\\nand compiling statistics many valu-\\nable facts here published must have\\nbeen omitted, N. N. R.", "height": "4208", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nThe present volume is intended to meet the increasing\\ndemand that I have found, not only at Chautauqua As-\\nsemblies and in centers of culture, but throughout the en-\\ntire country, for a practical treatise on heredity and pre-\\nnatal culture. I have endeavored to reduce the known\\nfacts and laws of reproduction to a definite science and\\npresent them in a non-technical, concise form, hoping\\nthereby to enable thoughtful parents to apply these laws to\\nthe improvement of their offspring. I have purposely\\navoided the discussion of biological problems and specula-\\ntions on the physical basis of heredity, and confined my-\\nself to what seems most important to the practical applica-\\ntion to the science. I have considered prenatal culture\\nin the light of, and in accordance with, the new psychol-\\nogy. This I deem one of the most important and helpful\\ndepartures from other works on heredity. In recognizing\\nthe potency of a suggestion in prenatal impressions and\\nintroducing the new methods of brain building and soul\\ngrowth, I fully realize that I shall incur the criticism of\\nsome, and that I am not in accord with certain time-\\nhonored theories. No matter; the new psychology has\\ncome to stay. The efficacy of suggestion in soul building\\nis a demonstrable fact, therefore I do not hesitate to base", "height": "4208", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "vi AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.\\nmy teachings upon the new science and to commend it to\\nparents in prenatal training.\\nI have dwelt at some length on psychology, the powers\\nof the soul and the laws of brain building and soul\\ngrowth, hoping thereby to make the work practical and\\nhelpful to all who seek to improve self or others.\\nDuring the fifteen years spent in gathering and devel-\\noping the subject matter of this work, it has been my con-\\nstant desire to prepare something that would be truly\\nhelpful in solving the problems of life and human prog-\\nress. I have tried to do my work faithfully and consci-\\nentiously. Notwithstanding the many imperfections of\\nthis book, I can but feel that were its teachings put\\ninto practice they would prove a blessing not only to par-\\nents and their offspring, but to all at least such is my fond\\nhope and sincere prayer.\\n,Yours in Humanity s Cause,\\nNewton N. Riddell.\\nWashington, D. C, 1900.\\nAUTHORITIES CONSULTED.\\nIn the preparation of this work I have consulted many\\nauthorities and compared their facts, theories and statis-\\ntics with my own observations. Every quotation used is\\nduly credited to its author. To avoid the use of foot-\\nnotes, the principal works consulted, aside from encyclo-\\npedias, and the Bureau of Statistics, are here listed. I\\ncommend them to the student.\\nThe Origin of Species and Descent of Man Dar-", "height": "4248", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. vii\\nwin. The Evolution of Man Haeckel. Principles of\\nBiology Spencer. Ascent of Man Drummond.\\nThe Germ-Plasm Weismann. Man s Place in Na-\\nture Huxley. Natural Inheritance and Hereditary\\nGenius Galton. The Biological Problems of Today\\nHertwig. Foot-Notes to Evolution Jordan. The-\\nory of Development and Heredity Marshall. Hered-\\nity Ribot. Darwin and After Darwin Romanes.\\nThe Science of a New Life Cowan. Creative and\\nSexual Science Fowler. Prenatal Culture New-\\nton. Marriage and Disease and Suicide and Insanity\\nStrahan. Marriage and Heredity Nisbet. Sani-\\nty and Insanity Charles Mercier. The Constitution\\nof Man Comb. The Psychic Life of Micro-Organ-\\nisms. Binet. The Law of Heredity Brooks. Civ-\\nilization s Inferno Flower. A Study in Crime\\nDugdale. Heredity, Health and Personal Beauty\\nShoemaker. Stiripiculture Holdbrook. Heredity and\\nChristian Problems Bradford. Tokology Stock-\\nham. Maternal Impressions Bayer. Crime and\\nCriminals Christison. Elements of Psychology and\\nMental Development in the Child Baldwin. Mind\\nin Matter Hemstreet. The Temperaments Jac-\\nques. The Senses and the Intellect Bain. Abnormal\\nMan and Juvenile Offenders Morrison. The Crim-\\ninal Ellis. Darwinism and Race Progress Hay-\\ncraft. Heredity and Personal Responsibility Wright.\\nHeredity with Preludes Cook. Education and Her-\\nedity Guyon. Human Embryology Minot. The\\nFemale Offender and The Man of Genius Lombro-\\nso. How the Other Half Lives Rhys. White Slaves\\nBanks. Prisoners of Poverty Bois. Manhood\\nWrecked and Rescued Hunter. Character Building\\nDe Motte. The Law of Psychic Phenomena and The", "height": "4240", "width": "2720", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "viii A UTHORITIES CONSULTED.\\nDivine Pedigree of Man Hudson. Pathology of\\nMind Maudesley. Science of the Soul Sherman.\\nThe Degenerate Nordau. Transmission Kirby.\\nThe Philosophy of Generation Newman. Psycho-\\nlogical Theory Bowne. Essentials of Psychology\\nBuell. Elements of Psychology Compayre. Ele-\\nments of Psychology Davis. Elements of Psychol-\\nogy Day. Psychology Dewey. New Psychol-\\nogy Gordy. Psychology and Psychic Culture\\nHalleck. Psychology Hewett. Inductive Psychol-\\nogy Kirkpatrick. Practical Lessons in Psychology\\nKrohn. Outlines of Psychology Kulp. Elements\\nof Physiological Psychology Ladd. Outlines of De-\\nscriptive Psychology Ladd. Psychology McCosh.\\nApplied Psychology McLellen. Lectures on Man\\nFowler. Psychology and Education Roark. The\\nScience of Mind Applied to Teaching Hoffman.\\nPhysiological Psychology and Experimental Psychol-\\nogy Sanford. Psychology Schuyler. Phrenol-\\nogy in the School-room Sizer. Rudimentary Psychol-\\nogy Steele. Outlines of Psychology Sully. Brain\\nand Mind Drayton. Lectures on Man Weaver.\\nPsychology Titchener. Principles of Psychology\\nJames. Lectures on Human and Animal Psychol-\\nogy Wundt. Mental Development and Handbook\\nof Psychology Baldwin. Apparitions and Thought-\\nTransferrence Podmore. An Introduction to Com-\\nparative Psychology Morgan. The Growth of the\\nBrain Donaldson. The New Psychology Scrip-\\nture. Hypnotism Moll. Hypnotism Anderson.", "height": "4248", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nPART I.\\nI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 INTRODUCTION .17\u00e2\u0080\u009434\\nLet There Be Light\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Power of Light The Light of Truth The\\nLight of the Spirit The Light of Science The Twentieth Century The\\nStudy of Man Heredity Is a Science Objects in View A Child of Light\\nFacts, Not Theories The View Point Data from Personal Observa-\\ntions Studies in Prenatal Culture Authorities Consulted The Study\\nof the Ages Sacred History and Heredity Ishmael Aristotle s Studies\\nHeredity Applied in Rome Plato s Plans of Wisdom Modern Students\\nof Heredity A Self -Evident Truth Why Thinkers Disagree Peculiarities\\nAre Inborn Views of Mercier Heredity Versus Environment Mentality\\nof Children Variations in the Child Life Genius Is Hereditary Lorn-\\nbroso s Studies Galton on Hereditary Genius Morbid Heredity Sta-\\ntistics on Criminal Heredity Maudsley s Deductions Heredity in Plant\\nand Animal Life Man the Product of Blind Chance Few Children Are\\nWell Born The True Basis of All Reform Prenatal Versus Postnatal\\nTraining.\\nII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED 35\u00e2\u0080\u009451\\nWhy Objections Are Raised Heredity the Scape-Goat for Crime\\nMan the Product of Centuries Prenatal Plus Postnatal Influences\\nHeredity an Unknown Quantity All Factors Are Potential Inborn\\nVersus Acquired Traits Every Trait Has Many Causes Generation,\\nEducation, Regeneration The Triangle of Man s Life The False Basis of\\nReckoning Basal Tendencies Inborn Heredity and Moral Responsibility\\nResponsibility Varies Man s Ability to Do Right Responsibility of\\nCriminals Few Criminals Are Blameless Freedom of the Human Will\\nHereditary Tendencies May Be Controlled Divine Justice Who-so-ever\\nWill Christian Science Heredity of Mrs. Eddy Consistency, Thou\\nArt a Jewel Theosophical Objections Opposition to Prenatal Responsi-\\nbility Placing the Blame Upon God Parents Are Responsible Heredity\\na Proper Study Frances Willard s Views Divinity Is Here.\\nIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PSYCHOLOGY 52 68\\nJames Halleck Ladd Morgan Wundt Baldwin Psychology De-\\nfined The Study of Metaphysics School-room Psychology Phrenology\\nGall s Philosophy Weak Points of Phrenology Physiological Psychol-\\nogy Field of Investigation Experimental Stage of Psychology Facts\\nof Physiological Psychology Nerve Action Determines Sensation Physi-\\ncal Basis of Memory Limitations of Physiological Psychology Prof.\\nJames The New Psychology The Duality of Mind The Objective and", "height": "4244", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "x CONTENTS.\\nSubjective Minds Subjective Perception Prophecy Subjective Memory\\nOccult Powers The Psychology of the Future The Study of Man\\nRelations of the Psychical and Physical Natures Man a Psychic Organ-\\nism An Essential to Right Thinking Evidences of the Soul Mind\\nWithout a Brain Vital vs. Chemical Action The Resident Life Hered-\\nity Demonstrates the Soul Psychic Impressions Evidences of Telepathy\\nProved by Hypnotism The Soul Rules in Death Job Saw a Spirit\\nI, the Ego Says So Consciousness the Supreme Evidence Darkness Can-\\nnot Measure the Light Man Is a Soul The Soul Evades Analysis\\nConsciousness Explained Mind Is Not Soul The Brain Limits the Mind\\nRelations of the Objective and Subjective Minds Gray Matter Cannot\\nProduce a Thought Modus Operandi of Mind Vibrations Between the\\nObjective and Subjective Minds The Phenomena of Thinking Thinking\\nControls Conduct.\\nIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 BRAIN BUILDING AND SOUL GROWTH 69\u00e2\u0080\u009481\\nTruth Shall Make You Free The Fetters of Ignorance The Struggle\\nfor Liberty Character Building Establishing a Brain Area The Brain\\nLimits the Man Sowing Wild Oats Dr. DeMotte on Brain Tracks\\nPhysical Basis of Vice The Basis of Virtue Re-forming the Brain\\nEffects of Old Brain Paths General Joe Wheeler The Government of\\nChildren The Law of Brain Building Repeated Mentation Required\\nThe Brain Must Be Nourished To Restrain Evil Tendencies The Hidden\\nTalent Controlling the Appetites Soul Building by Suggestion A\\nHypnotic Demonstration He Would Not Drink Liquor A Fact of Su-\\npreme Importance The Potency of a Suggestion The Law of Soul\\nGrowth How to Lodge a Suggestion The Secret of Self-control Pre-\\nfixing the Character Suggestions to Be Lodged To Strengthen the Will\\nSequel of Soul Growth The Holy Spirit Freedom for All The Law\\nof Denial Nature Abhors a Vacuum The Three Great Essentials Saved\\nby Inexorable Law.\\nV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE 82\u00e2\u0080\u009493\\nLife Is a Mystery Living Protoplasm Spencer Prof. Japp The\\nPhenomena of Life The Vital Principle The Immanent God Evolu-\\ntion Reproduction Evades Analysis Biological Speculation The Physi-\\ncal Basis of Heredity Life Inheres in the Soul Darwin s Theory The\\nSoul of a Cell The Primordial Cell Galton s Experiments A Psychic\\nOrganism How Life Is Reproduced Physical Basis of a New Life A\\nSimple Explanation of Reproduction Weismann s Theory Chromatin\\nThe Germ Cell Origin of Germ-Plasm Reproduction in Man Continuity\\nof Germ-Plasm Bisexual Parentage The Theory of Heredity Darwin s\\nTheory Contradicted Mutilations Not Transmitted Acquired Characters\\nAre Transmitted The Chinese Foot.\\nVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE FACTORS OF HEREDITY 94\u00e2\u0080\u0094104\\nWeismann Bradford Ribot Heredity Defined The Laws of Hered-\\nity The Opposing Principles of Heredity Man an Epitomy of the Race\\nThe Gift of Heredity The Factors of Heredity Defined (1) Species\\n(2) Racial Types (3) National Characteristics (4) Family and Parental\\nTraits (5) Sex Potency (6) Dual Parentage (7) Atavism (8) Pre-\\nnatal Culture (9) Initial Impressions (10) Maternal Impressions\\n(11) Abnormal Impressions (12) Planetary Influences Heredity Applied", "height": "4248", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. xi\\nto Character Study Each Factor an Unknown Quantity Factors in\\nOpposition Variations Explained Factors Differ in Strength Variations\\nThrough Parental Differences Fixed vs. Acquired Characters The He-\\nbrew Character All Seeming Contradictions Explicable No Exceptions\\nto the Law of Heredity Remote Factors Considered Planetary Influ-\\nences The Solar System an Organism Magnetic Relation of Planets\\nEffects of Planetary Changes.\\nVII. PARENTAL ADAPTATION 105\u00e2\u0080\u0094119\\nMarriage Is Natural The Importance of Adaptation The Basis of\\nMarriage What Constitutes Marriage Legal Bondage Inharmony Af-\\nfects Offspring The Search for a Law Finding a Mate Degrees of\\nAdaptability Looking for the Impossible Natural Affinities The Basis\\nof Adaptation Three Rules for Marriage No Law Applicable to All\\nUnfavorable Unions Married, But Not Mated Children of Unmated\\nParents Should Like Marry Like? The Law of Complements The\\nDream of the Sentimentalist Love s Mismatches Two Rulers in One\\nHousehold Children from Parents of Like Temperaments Tempera-\\nmental Requirements The Union of Sanguine Temperaments The Law\\nof Sex Adaptation Masculinity and Femininity The Law of Attractions\\nMasculine Women and Feminine Men Discernment of Adaptation\\nFamily Resemblance a Key to Adaptation Soul Harmony Love s Lan-\\nguage The Basis of Soul Harmony Organic Quality in Nature Soul\\nVibrations Why Some Cannot Understand Each Other Natures That\\nDo Not Blend Composite Children.\\nVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SEX POTENCY 120\u00e2\u0080\u0094134\\nThe Mystery of Sex The Creative Principle of Life A Bubbling\\nSpring of Joy The Three Functions of Sex Influence of Sex Power\\nThe Development of Manhood and Womanhood Kings and Queens of\\nSociety Virtue Is Its Own Reward Supreme Cause of Degeneracy Few\\nKnow Their Possibilities The Old Serpent Science and Tradition Agree\\nA Hint to the Wise The Secret of Eternal Youth Magnetism Defined\\nVoluntary and Involuntary Magnetism Silent Forces Rule the World\\nMagnetism and Character The Secret of Eloquence Power of Personal\\nMagnetism Nature Proclaims Her Wisdom Magnetism, Marriage and\\nParentage The Nature and Duality of Love Objective and Subjective\\nAffinity The Love of Men and Women Differ Magnetism and Matrimony\\nLove Rules the Life Love vs. Magnetic Attraction Determining the\\nCharacter of the Affections What Separates Souls Contradictory Feel-\\nings Explained A Practical Demonstration How to Choose Aright\\nThe Three-Fold Character of Love A Perfect Union Sex Potency and\\nHeredity The Limitations of Parenthood The Sons of Great Men\\nChildren Superior to the Parents.\\nIX. DUAL PARENTAGE 135\u00e2\u0080\u0094142\\nDual Parentage and Evolution Dr. Jordan on Bisexual Parentage\\nThe Three Great Races The Combining of Races The Formation of\\nNationalities! The Blending of Family Traits Every Child a Compound\\nof Its Parents Combining of Morbid Conditions Results of Favorable\\nUnions A Born Genius Bad Combinations The Formation of a Criminal\\nA Boy Vicious from Birth Endless Variety Through Dual Parentage\\nWhere Parental Natures Do Not Blend Relative Influence of Parents\\nFamily Resemblances A Law of Heredity.", "height": "4240", "width": "2740", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "xii CONTENTS.\\nX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ATAVISM 143\u00e2\u0080\u0094149\\nAtavism Defined Atavism in Natural History Pathological Atavism\\nThe Fact of Atavism Pepper s Observations\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Family Traits Re-\\nappear Causes of Atavism Effects of Use and Disuse The Reappear-\\nance of Genius Effects of Dual Parentage Combination of Latent Forces\\nSlumbering Talents Awakened Intermittent Heredity Resemblance to\\na Grandparent Atavism and Genius A Descendant of Newton Atavism\\nand Variations.\\nPART II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nXI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PRENATAL INFLUENCES 150\u00e2\u0080\u0094163\\nAcquired Characters Transmitted Darwin Zeime Cowan Hol-\\nbrook Newton Fowler Animals Transmit Acquired Characters A Born\\nStation Agent The Child of a Train Dispatcher Effects of Physical\\nCulture A Father s Regrets Holmes on Prenatal Culture Parental Duty\\nPrenatal Influences Too Long Ignored Children Born of Blind Chance\\nCowan on Law and Order Why the Abnormal Prevails Many Observe\\nno Law Thoughtful Parents Study Heredity Prenatal Culture Prac-\\ntically Applied A Tokology Child A Born Orator A Musical Prodigy\\nExceptional Memory of Names Practical Stiripiculture Children Supe-\\nrior to Parents\u00e2\u0080\u0094 What Prenatal Culture Would Do Heredity Should Be\\nPopularized.\\nXII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PHYSICAL PREPARATION 164\u00e2\u0080\u0094178\\nPossibilities of Prenatal Culture Objects of Training Self-Examina-\\ntion Deciding Upon the Objects in View Mutual Preparation The Time\\nRequired in Preparation Improving Adaptation Importance of Nutri-\\ntion A Nation of Dyspeptics Good Cooks Are Scarce Practical Dietetics\\nOil-Tanned Beefsteak Strengthening the Digestive Function What to\\nEat Respiration The Blood Is the Life Poor Ventilation Why We\\nTake Cold Incubators of Disease Germs Ailments Peculiar to Winter\\nDeveloping the Lungs Breathing Exercises Importance of Exercise\\nWeak Members Should Be Strengthened Personal Habits Cleanliness\\nDangers of an Idle Moment The Mother s Preparation The Matter of\\nDress Physical Culture Social Dissipation Children of Society Women\\nThe Creative Principle To Increase Virility Sir Isaac Newton A\\nWell Born Child.\\nXIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 MENTAL PREPARATION 179 204\\nPreparation for Parenthood What Parents Should Cultivate Op-\\nposing Evil Tendencies Unfa\\\\orable Combinations The Training Re-\\nquired Susceptibility Varies Genius Is Abnormal A Weil-Balanced\\nMind Best The Law of Genius Like Excites Like The Secret of\\nDomestic Harmony Force of Character Opposite Results from Overwork\\nTo Improve the Financiering Instinct Results of Training A Boy s\\nAmbition Covetousness Withholding Selfishness from Offspring Trick-\\nery in Business Effects of a Father s Forgery Domestic Harmony A\\nHusband s Kindness Prenatal Affection Children of Love Unaffec-\\ntionate Children A Mother s Disappointment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Source of Filial Affection\\nSelf -Respect and Ambition Suggestion for Strengthening the Charac-", "height": "4244", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. xiii\\nter Power of High Ideals Children of Superintendents Mechanical\\nIngenuity Inventive Genius To Increase Inventive Power Originality\\nImproved The Heredity of an Inventor Art and Music Indifferent\\nMentation Ineffectual The Perceptive Faculties Cultivating Perceptive\\nPower Born Dullards Why Some Are Slow to Learn Effects of Cul-\\nture Tommy and His Mother Memory Denned The Power of Recol-\\nlection Systems of Memory Culture Memory Requires Brain Building\\nImproving the Memory\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Specific Memories Vary Laughter Is Invigo-\\nrating Cultivating Hope and Gladness Effects of Worrying The Burden\\nof Care Honest Men Wanted Honesty May Be Inborn Lying a Family\\nTrait A Mother s Experience Cultivating Conscience A Dishonest Suc-\\ncess Woman s Greatest Gift to the World Kindness The Measure of\\na Man s Religion Altruism To Cultivate Kindness Suggestions for\\nSoul Growth Reverence and Faith Reverence Essential to Government\\nGreat Men Believe in God Basis of Confidence Letting in the Light\\nFaith a Dynamic Power To Improve Reverence and Faith Goodness in\\na Child s Face Children of Light.\\nXIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 INITIAL IMPRESSIONS 205\u00e2\u0080\u0094214\\nGeneration, Birth and Regeneration The Three Decisive Periods of\\nLife The Supreme Moment A Strange Inconsistency The Formation\\nof a New Life Initial Impressions Inception During Intoxication\\nPower of Initial Impressions Effect of Transient States An Editor s\\nDaughter A White Sheep in a Black Flock An Orator s Strange Influ-\\nence The Inception of Life A Dream Destroyed Virility Determines\\nResults Vitality of Spermatozoa Season Most Desirable for Birth\\nAdvantages of the Spring Time Physical Vigor Indispensable Recrea-\\ntion Virility Governs Transmission To Increase Magnetic Power\\nPeriod of Greatest Viability Mutual Love and Confidence The Vivifying\\nPower of Love Perfect Sympathy Is Desirable Mental Condition De-\\nsirable Spiritual Preparation To Create a Child in God s Image.\\nXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS 215\u00e2\u0080\u0094227\\nEvolutionary Heredity Opinions of Authorities Newton on Pre-\\nnatal Culture Bayer on Maternal Impressions When Education Should\\nBegin Fowler s Observations Maternal Impressions and Genius Napo-\\nleon s Prenatal Training Buffalo Bill s Heredity Prof. Herron s\\nInheritance Variations Through Impressions Testimony of Mothers\\nPrenatal Education Objections Answered Relation of Mother and Child\\nThe Order of Training Hygenic Living Is Required The Corset Must\\nGo Dr. Stockham Chasity a Demand of Maternity Helen Gardener\\nDr. Cowan on Continence The Abnormal Defended A Chief Cause of\\nDepravity Infant Mortality -The World s Great Need Maternal Free-\\ndom Enslaved Motherhood The Principles of Liberty Transmitted\\nPatriots Are Born of Free Women Influence of Surroundings Raphael s\\nMadonna Frances Willard Opposite Tastes in Sisters.\\nXVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS (Continued) 228\u00e2\u0080\u0094250\\nThe Formative Period Prenatal Impressions Most Potential No\\nShort Cuts in Nature Transcient Impressions Outgrown Persistency of\\nFixed Factors Persistent Training Required The Animal Propensities\\nNo Rule Applicable to All Appetites and Longings Courage and Energy\\nSuggestions to Strengthen Courage The Acquisitive Instinct Honesty", "height": "4240", "width": "2740", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "xiv CONTENTS.\\nIs Imperative A Mother s Thief Who Is to Blame The Social Feelings\\nWhy Children Are Bashful Self-Consciousness The Doors of Knowl-\\nedge Shaping the Intellectual Tendencies A Mathematical Child\\nMental Activity A Noteworthy Fact What to Read Bad Literature A\\nNovel-Reading Preacher s Fate Epidemics of Crime Juvenile Offenders\\nHeredity vs. Environment Vicious Impressions Reading for Prenatal\\nCulture Companionship in Study Unstudious Mothers Stupid Children.\\nThe Esthetic Faculties Weak Qualities Overcome Special Genius\\nPicture Impressions A Second Edison Dormant Powers Not Transmitted\\nMusical Talent Lost A Strauge Contradiction The Aspiring Senti-\\nments Overcoming Sensitiveness Maternity Is Divine A Queenly Mis-\\nsion Reason, Intuition and Imagination Importance of Mirthfulness A\\nGood Medicine Smiles vs. Frowns Rejoice and Be Glad A Child of\\nJoy Influencing the Moral Sentiments Religious Tendencies May Be\\nTransmitted Ordained from Birth Born Preachers Dedicated to God s\\nService Her Boy Would Preach Ministers Sons Are Superior Opposing\\nFactors Nominal Christians Christianity Defined Love Will Beget Its\\nOwn Passive Sentiments Are Not Potential The Most Active Powers\\nControl Worldly Children Spiritual Growth Requires Solitude Enter-\\ning the Silence Spiritual Communion Suggestions for Strengthening the\\nReligious Nature.\\nXVII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS 251\u00e2\u0080\u0094268\\nBirth Marks Physical Evidences Birth Marks a Fact Dr. Fearn s\\nOpinions Dr. Jordan s Views Weismann Osborn and Fairfield Ridi-\\ncule vs. Argument One Scientist s Opinion Academic Nonsense The\\nTrue Scientist Abnormal Impressions Frightened by a Dog A Bean\\nMark Goes on Tip-toe Frightened by a Drunkard A Clownish Child\\nA Desirable Mark The Lily of the Valley A Child s Profanity The\\nMaterialist s Dilemma Psychic Power Undeniable Maternal Impressions\\nExplained The Soul Governs Development Rapport Between Mother\\nand Child The Law of a Suggestion Lodging a Suggestion Suscepti-\\nbility to Impressions Prenatal Individuality Periods of Greatest Sus-\\nceptibility Only Repeated Suggestions Effectual Prevention of Abnor-\\nmalities: Self-Control Essential The Soul Should Be Free Faith in\\nNature s God Opposing Evil Influences Prenatal Suggestions Impres-\\nsions May Be Controlled A Short Cut to Genius Sudden Impressions\\nSeldom Effectual Repeated Suggestions Required Abnormalities Out-\\ngrown Nature Maintains the Normal Experimental Psychology Normal\\nGrowth Requires Time Results of Hypnotic Control Mental Stimula-\\ntion Silent Suggestion Control During Sleep Hypnotism Practically\\nApplied Dangers in Hypnotism Hypnotism Prenatally Applied A\\nFather s Experiments Resemblance to the Unrelated Possibilities of\\nMotherhood The Hope of Science.\\nPART III.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nXVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HEREDITY, INSANITY AND IMBECILITY 267\u00e2\u0080\u0094278\\nIncrease of Degenerates Crime in Europe Crime in the United\\nStates A Grave Problem Education and Crime Religious Training\\nPrison Reports Percentage of Illiteracy Heredity vs. Postnatal Influ-\\nences A Tangled Skein Number of Idiotic and Epileptic Heredity vs.\\nFeeble-Mindedness Statistics of the Feeble-Minded Morbid Heredity", "height": "4272", "width": "2876", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. xv\\nCauses of Feeble-Mindedness Narcotics and Feeble-Mindedness Intem-\\nperate Mothers Abortive Drugs and Epilepsy Degenerates Willfully\\nProduced An Appalling Crime The Final Remedy Insanity Increase\\nof Insanity Chief Causes of insanity Hereditary Insanity Lombroso\\nCriminal Insanity Dr. Guy s Conclusions Alcohol and Insanity.\\nXIX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HEREDITY, HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE 279\u00e2\u0080\u0094295\\nThe Increase of Crime Crime in New York City Crime in the\\nUnited States Frequency of Suicide Foreign Criminals Alcohol vs.\\nHeredity Hereditary Suicidal Tendencies Suicide of an Oxford Student\\nA Family Mania The Ishmael Family Descendants of Frau Ada\\nJurke Statistics in Criminal Heredity Per Cent of Hereditary Criminals\\nThe Principal Causes of Crime The Well-Born Seldom Commit Crime\\nThe Occasional Criminal The Hereditary Criminal The Juvenile Offender\\nIncrease of Hereditary Criminals Bad Maternal Impressions Two\\nSons Born in Crime Attempted Abortion Produces Criminals Prenatal\\nHistory of Vicious Children Suicidal Tendencies in a Child A Would-Be\\nParricide Undesired Maternity A Mother-Made Criminal Extreme\\nCruelty Inborn A Mother s Confession An Awful Awakening Increase\\nof Criminal Abortion Statistics on Infanticide Dr. Chandler on Pre-\\nnatal Mortality Number of Prenatal Murders Is Abortion Murder?\\nDr. Stockham on Criminal Abortion Crime Inevitable The Sin of\\nChristendom The Infant Host The Judgment Day of Nations At the\\nThreshold of Eternity.\\nXX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HEREDITY AND COMMERCIALISM 296\u00e2\u0080\u0094309\\nMammon Worship The Power of Wealth Poverty a Disgrace The\\nRight to Acquire Abuses of Wealth Succeeding Generations Affected\\nSlaving Is Unnecessary Excessive Toil Injures Offspring Children Born\\nTired Overwork Depletes the Brain Commercialism Begets Selfishness\\nMind Is a Limited Quantity What Constitutes a Genius The Future\\nAmerican Gold May Rule to Ruin Selfishness Begets Dishonesty Dis-\\nhonest Children from Honest Parents Business Deception Produces\\nCriminals The Offspring of Thieves A Family of Counterfeiters In-\\ncrease of the Gambling Instinct Gambling Common to All Classes\\nTendency Towards Gambling Inborn A Characteristic of Gamblers\\nFourth of July Bombast Class Distinction Nihilism and Anarchy\\nLing, the Anarchist The Colored Criminal The Product of Slavery\\nMoney and Matrimony Character a Secondary Consideration Unhappy\\nUnions Commercial Bondage Where Criminals Are Born Poverty and\\nCrime Environment and Crime Commercialism and Vice Scene in a\\nSweat Shop A Struggle for Existence Shop Girls as Wives and Mothers.\\nXXL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HEREDITY AND INTEMPERANCE 310\u00e2\u0080\u0094332\\nKing Alcohol More Cruel Than War Basis of Reckoning Chief\\nCause of Hard Times Annual Cost of Narcotics Cost of the Liquor\\nTrafiic Revenues Collected A Conservative Estimate Liquor vs. Gov-\\nernment Expenses A Startling Comparison The Greatest Commercial\\nProblem Poverty and Heredity The Family of the Inebriate Intem-\\nperance and Poverty The Poor Man s Bank Drink and the Labor\\nProblem Intemperance and Crime Prison Statistics Parents of\\nCriminals Inebriety Transmitted Race Degeneracy Defective Offspring\\nfrom Alcoholics Temperate vs. Intemperate Parentage Demme s Observa-", "height": "4240", "width": "2716", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "xvi CONTENTS.\\ntions Alcohol and Prostitution Parentage of Erring Girls Prostitution\\nIs Hereditary The Juke Family The Children of Scarlet Women\\nEvidence of Transmitted Inebriety A Struggle with a Demon Tobacco\\nFed the Python A Minister s Experience The Appetite for Narcotics\\nInborn A Young Lady Uses Tobacco A Child Drunkard The Daughter\\nof a Sporting Man Varied Effects of Alcoholism The Children of a\\nHard Drinker Morphine, Opium and Nicotine Delerium Tremens\\nTobacco Restricts the Mind Cigarette Smokers Pathological Effects of\\nTobacco Hereditary Effects of Tobacco Children of Tobacco Users\\nAlcoholics in Epidemics The Disgrace of Intemperance Liquor Drinking\\na Crime A Base Inconsistency\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A Man s Plain Duty Sequel to a\\nFather s Intemperance Personal Liberty The Social Organism The\\nConsequences of Drink Before the Judge of the Nations.\\nXXIL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HEREDITY AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD 333\u00e2\u0080\u0094344\\nSocial Ethics Abnormal Origin of the Double Standard Woman s\\nCrowning Virtue Keep Thyself Pure The Command of God A White\\nLife for Two Man s Unjust Demand Two Codes of Morals Society s\\nBiased Verdict The Double Standard Reversed An Untenable Proposi-\\ntion The Crying Need of the Hour Obey More to Enjoy More Chivalry\\nIs Not Dead Love the Great Reformer Inspiration of a Pure Life\\nWoman s Greatest Mistake Reformed Men as Husbands The Union of\\nthe Perverted Children of Reformed Men Martial Ethics Demoralizing\\nThe License of Marriage A Fact for Parents to Consider Custom Is\\nNot Law The Law of Chastity Is Right Temperance Increases Happi-\\nness Preaching and Practicing The Coming Civilization A Personal\\nInvitation Come With Me.", "height": "4268", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nINTRODUCTION.\\nGod said, Let there be light. Sublime com-\\nmand! Matchless conception! Infinite wisdom!\\nOnly He who gave the command and watched the H^T hcrc\\nradiating effulgence rush through the seas of\\nquivering ether to burst in resplendent glory on\\na million worlds; who saw the light dispel the\\ndarkness until beauty flashed across the star-lit\\ndome who felt inanimate nature become animate\\nand throb with myriad forms of life; who heard\\nthe seas and mountains echo with shouts of joy\\nand songs of praise only He can comprehend its\\nmeaning or know its achievements\\nLight is essential to life. Generally speaking,\\nwhere darkness reigns there death reigns also.\\nThis law is universal; it is manifest alike in the The Power of\\nrealm of the physical, the intellectual and the\\nspiritual. Throughout all nature in proportion\\nas there is light, there is life and growth. Where\\nthe days are longest and the nights shortest,\\nthere life is most abundant and growth is most\\nluxuriant.\\nTruth is the light of the mind. It is the essence The Light of\\nof knowledge, the basis of reason, the guide to Truth.", "height": "4232", "width": "2692", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1 8 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nphilosophy, the champion of progress; it is the\\npower that moves the world forward. As all\\nforms of life are dependent upon the solar rays\\nfor their existence, so the intellect of man must\\nhave the light of truth if it is to develop. The\\nmental life and growth of man in any direction is\\nbut the measure of his cognizance and applica-\\ntion of truth.\\nThe Holy Spirit is the light of the soul. With-\\nout this light there is no spiritual life nor spiritual\\nthe Spirit growth. In proportion as man receives and re-\\nflects the Holy Spirit does he grow spiritually.\\nChrist said, I am the light of the world. This\\ntrue light/ radiating from Golgotha s cross\\nshed its golden beams of glory through the dark-\\nness of pagan idolatry, and our Christian civiliza-\\ntion with all its splendid achievements is the\\nresult.\\nAs a quiver from the eternal sun smote\\nthe earth and life throbbed in the heart, and\\nThe Light of beauty flashed in a formless world, as Jesus\\nChrist darting into the arena of moral darkness,\\ndispelled the superstition of the ages, gave birth\\nto a new era, quickened the consciences of men\\nand created in them a life all but Divine so the\\nlight of science is fast penetrating the hidden\\nmysteries of nature and transforming them into\\nliving truths of priceless value.\\nThe twentieth century is to be the century of\\nscience. Long before it has passed into history\\nThe Twentieth a jj ii nes f industry, commerce, government and\\neven religion will have been brought to the plane\\nof natural law. Turn whichever way we may,\\nthere comes the demand for definite knowledge,", "height": "4248", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 19\\ninvariable rule and infallible principle. Never\\nin the history of the world was this demand so\\nstrong. Never before was man so willing to put\\naway childish things, and exchange his time-\\nhonored beliefs and poetic superstitions for plain\\nfacts and demonstrable truths. The century that\\nhas just passed into history witnessed great ad-\\nvancement and marvelous achievements in the\\nphysical sciences; but the century, in the dewy\\nmorning of which we live, will witness much\\ngreater achievements and more marvelous results\\nin the realm of the psychical and spiritual.\\nThe Science of the Soul is to be the science of\\nthe future. Already the best minds of the age\\nare turning from the physical to the metaphysi- *j*ne Science of\\ncal; from the study of matter to the study of the Future.\\nmind; from the anatomy of the universe to its\\npsychology. Men are coming to recognize that\\nthe proper study of mankind is man. Within\\nthe last few years every branch of anthropology\\nhas received a new impetus. Archaeology has\\nunearthed relics of a prehistoric civilization eth- j^J^ u y c\\nnology has received a new classification, while\\nsociology, once the dream of the idealist, is now\\na practical science, commanding the attention of\\nall classes of men. The secrets of the Mystics\\nand the occult philosophy of ancient Egypt are\\nbeing studied in the light of the new psychology,\\nrevealing to us the laws and powers of the soul.\\nThe Christian religion is no longer a matter of\\nfaith alone, but one of knowledge. All of\\nChrist s teachings relative to the soul can now be\\nscientifically demonstrated.\\nThe new psychology, based upon the physiol-", "height": "4244", "width": "2700", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nogy of the brain and the demonstrable powers of\\nthe subjective mind, is fast taking the place of\\nthe speculative philosophy of pedagogy, and af-\\nfords not only a definite science of mind, but re-\\nHeredity is a liable methods for brain building and soul\\nScience, growth. Heredity is no longer a myth of the\\nnursery or a theory to account for certain phe-\\nnomena in nature, but an established fact; a\\nscience that needs only to be studied and applied\\nin the light of the new psychology to make it a\\nmost potent factor in solving the problems of\\nhuman progress and redeeming the race from\\nvice and crime.\\nWithin half a century the study of heredity\\nand psychology will have revolutionised our\\nmethods of teaching, juvenile government, crimi-\\nnal law, sociology and religion.\\nThe purpose of the present treatise is i\\nto reduce the known laws and facts of heredity\\nObjects in View, to a definite science and give a concise statement\\nof its several factors 2 to explain the relation\\nof heredity to the physical, mental and moral life\\nof man, and indicate the power of prenatal influ-\\nences for good or evil (3) to show how the great\\nsocial evils of the country exert an ante-natal in-\\nfluence upon children and produce in them nat-\\nural tendencies toward vice and crime; (4) to\\nexplain heredity and prenatal culture in the light\\nof the new psychology and the facts of maternal\\nA Child fL u i m P ress i\u00c2\u00b0 ns an d offer such suggestions as will\\nenable parents to apply these laws to the im-\\nprovement of their offspring; (5) to give such\\ndirections for physical culture, brain building and\\nsoul growth as are calculated to enable parents", "height": "4248", "width": "2876", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 21\\nto endow each child with a good physical con-\\nstitution, a well formed brain, a mind hungry\\nfor knowledge and a soul imbued with the princi-\\nples of morality; so that in its birth they may\\ngive to the world a child of light.\\nIn order to present with any degree of practi-\\ncability the many factors of heredity in a single\\nvolume, I shall have to omit the theoretical and Theories!?\\nspeculative phases of the subject and confine each\\nparagraph to a concise statement of a fact or law\\nreferring the reader, from time to time, to such\\nworks as give a more extensive presentation of\\nthe subject under consideration.\\nWe shall study heredity, largely from the psy-\\nchological point of view, touching the physio-\\nlogical in a general way only, and the patho- The View Point.\\nlogical but incidentally. As this work is intended\\nfor the general reader rather than the scientist,\\nall technicalities will be purposely avoided and\\nan effort made to faithfully express the facts of\\nscience in the language of the people.\\nIn presenting the subject of heredity I have\\nno pet theories to sustain. My plan is to recite\\nfacts and let others draw conclusions. The facts Q ata p rom\\nused are taken largely from personal observations Personal\\nand experiments. In gathering the material for\\nthis work I have personally visited all the princi-\\npal cities of America except Quebec and those\\nof the Gulf States have consulted with hundreds\\nof educators, physicians, prison wardens, chiefs\\nof police, superintendents of reformatories, or-\\nphanages and insane asylums and have made care-\\nful comparison of the facts and statistics obtained.\\nI have examined the psychology and heredity of", "height": "4248", "width": "2740", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "22 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nseveral thousand persons, including some five\\nthousand convicts, over one thousand homicides,\\nand nearly two thousand epileptics, feeble minded\\nand insane patients. I have also made a careful\\nstudy of a great number of children and com-\\npared their hereditary tendencies with those of\\ntheir parents and the existing parental states prior\\nto the birth of each child. Many of these little\\nfolks were exceptionally well born; others were\\nthe product of outraged nature and manifested\\nvicious or criminal tendencies before the age of\\nten. In hundreds of instances I have been able\\nto get from the parents, or family physician, a\\ndetailed account of the prenatal conditions under\\nwhich the child was born.\\nMany thoughtful parents have studied and ap-\\nplied heredity with excellent results. A number\\nStudies in Pre- have told me the story of a beautiful maternity,\\nnatal Cwltur e. r\\nand the careful ante-natal training given to their\\nsuperior child. Others who had willfully or ig-\\nnorantly committed vicious or criminal acts prior\\nto the birth of their unfortunate children have\\nconfessed their mistakes, thereby giving me a\\nsplendid opportunity for studying the effects of\\nboth good and evil prenatal influences. Again,\\nspeaking on this subject almost every week for\\ntwelve years to large, cultured audiences, at the\\nChautauquas and in the principal cities through-\\nout the country, has subjected my thought to the\\nmost varied and liberal criticism and enabled me\\nto gather much valuable data, otherwise unob-\\ntainable.\\nIn addition to my own observations I have,\\nwith the aid of my assistants, reviewed every meri-", "height": "4268", "width": "2868", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 23\\ntorious work on heredity and kindred subjects\\npublished in the English language. I have had Authorities\\nthe advantage of the libraries of Chicago, Bos- Consulted,\\nton, New York, and the Medical and Congres-\\nsional libraries of Washington, D. C. The facts\\nand statistics used have been compiled from per-\\nsonal observations and a careful comparison of\\nthe most authentic statistics available. The for-\\nmer may be depended upon, the latter are the best\\nobtainable.\\nJust here, it is proper to say, that we have no\\nabsolutely reliable statistics that cover all of the\\nUnited States. Many states have no enforced\\nregistration of births, deaths, pauperism, vice,\\ninsanity, or crime. Therefore most so-called au-\\nthentic statistics are but estimations based upon\\nlimited observations and are not infrequently\\nhighly conflicting.\\nThe study of heredity, according to the Bible,\\nis as old as civilization. Writers of both the\\nOld and the New Testament scriptures every--,,\\nwhere recognized the potentiality of heredity. Ages.\\nThis is obvious from their frequent references\\nto the inherited superiority of certain families\\nand the necessity of one s being a lineal descend-\\nant of Abraham, if he was to lay any just claim\\nto greatness. Not only did the ancient Hebrews\\nplace special emphasis upon the importance of\\nbeing born of the seed of Abraham, but they un-\\nquestionably understood and practiced the law of\\nselection and prenatal culture. The application\\nof the latter is very plainly set forth in the story a n/Heredity7\\nof Jacob dealing with the flocks of Laban, Genesis\\nxxx. In Numbers xiv:i8 we are told that The", "height": "4244", "width": "2748", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nIshmael.\\nLord is long suffering and of great mercy, for-\\ngiving iniquity and transgression and by no means\\nclearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the\\nfathers upon the children unto the third and fourth\\ngeneration. The old proverb that says, The\\nfathers have eaten sour grapes and the children s\\nteeth are set on edge, had a wide application\\nin Hebrew lore. The story of Ishmael, the child\\nof the bond-woman, who turned out to be a bad\\nman, the founder of the Ishmaelites, whose hand\\nwas against every man, is well known to all\\nstudents of the Scriptures. History tells us that\\nthe notorious wandering Bedouins of the plain,\\nare the lineal descendants of Ishmael. It is a fact\\nworthy of note that Ishmael is the name of\\nthe largest criminal family in America.\\nAccording to secular history Aristotle, who was\\nborn 384 B. C, was the first to discover and clas-\\nsify the laws of heredity. By experimenting with\\nplants and animals, he demonstrated certain laws\\napplicable to the human family. From his time\\nthe subject seems to have commanded the atten-\\ntion of philosophers and reformers, until it finally\\ngained expression in the laws and customs of the\\npeople.\\nThe Roman mothers were, by a law of the na-\\ntion, surrounded by examples of strength, heroism\\nHeredity Applied an d purity so that these qualities might be trans-\\nmitted and become the birthright of children. To\\nbe a Roman mother was an honor, special hom-\\nage was paid her, even on the street and at the\\narena. This sense of freedom and superiority\\nshe gave to her child. The young Roman thus\\ninherited that love of liberty and power which\\nAristotle s\\nStudies.\\nin Rome*", "height": "4272", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 25\\nin its aggregation made Rome mistress of the\\nworld. Later on, when capital had consolidated\\nin high places, Roman society no longer recog-\\nnized the sacredness of wedlock nor the sanctity\\nof maternity. Dissipation reigned in high places,\\nchildren received an unfortunate inheritance and\\nthe nation was thereby robbed of its physical\\nstrength, mental vigor, moral courage and social\\npurity. Rome fell, because depravity had shorn\\nthe nation of its strength.\\nVarious methods have been suggested, from\\ntime to time, for the application of the laws of\\nheredity to the improvement of the human family.\\nPlato s Plans of\\nPlato in his Republic proposed certain arrange- Wisdom.\\nments for marriage and the bringing up of chil-\\ndren intended to improve the race. Among other\\nthings he forbade the use of wine by the newly\\nmarried, and required that the best of either sex\\nshould be united with the best as often, and the\\ninferior with the inferior as seldom, as possible.\\nPlato s idea was carried into practice by Lycurgus\\nin his government of Sparta. Lycurgus consid-\\nered children not so much the property of the\\nparents as of the State; and, therefore, he could\\nnot have them begotten of ordinary persons, but\\nby the best men in it. He instituted laws calcu-\\nlated to favor the selection of the best and the\\nrejection of the inferior.\\nAt present we have but little legislation that\\nbears directly upon heredity, nevertheless there f Heredity,\\nis widespread and rapidly increasing interest in\\nthe subject; not only among biologists but among\\nthe laity as well. The able contributions of Dar-\\nwin, Wallace, Tyndall, Huxley, Spencer, Brooks,", "height": "4244", "width": "2740", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nMcCosh, Fowler, Drummond, Ribot, Weismann,\\nCowan, Dugdale, Galton, and a score of others\\nwhose names are familiar to the reading public,\\nhave made the study of heredity the common\\nproperty of the people and brought to light an\\narray of facts that need only to be formulated\\ninto a definite system and practically applied to\\nbe of incalculable value to the race.\\nThe fact of heredity is universally admitted;\\nit is self-evident. To deny it would be to deny\\nTruth. VI n existence. All there is of a man, in both his\\nphysical and mental constitution, whether rudi-\\nmentary or fully developed at birth, constitutes his\\nheredity.\\nThe term heredity, however, is used by many\\nin a more restricted sense and made to include\\nWhy Thinkers on |y those special peculiarities of body or mind\\nthat offspring are supposed to derive from their\\nimmediate parents. When used in this restricted\\nsense, authorities are not fully agreed as to just\\nhow far the peculiarities of the parent, especially\\ntheir acquired characters, may effect the offspring\\nsome have denied even the possibility of parents\\nbeing able to influence the offspring in the least.\\nThis extreme ground, however, has been taken\\nonly by those who, according to their theory,\\ncould not see how the transmission of acquired\\ncharacters was possible; it certainly never has\\nbeen advocated by any unbiased, close observer\\nof the facts of nature.\\nAll nature attests that the mental and tempera-\\nmental peculiarities of each individual, that dif-\\nPeculiarities are ferentiate him from all others and largely deter-\\nmine his possibilities in life are inborn. Morri-", "height": "4264", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 27\\nson says, The result of all recent research points\\nto the conclusion that human beings are born into\\nthe world with a distinct bent of temperament and\\ncharacter which will always manifest itself in\\nsome form, no matter what process of training\\nthe individual is called upon to undergo.\\nMercier in Sanity and Insanity observes\\nEvery man is the outcome and product of his\\nancestry; this is true not only of the broad f un_ Mercier\\ndamental characteristics by which he is animal,\\nby which he is human, by which he is national,\\nby which he betrays the country and family from\\nwhich he proceeds, but extends to the trivial and\\nminutely trivial characteristics by which he is dis-\\ntinguished from other individuals of his own race,\\ncountry and family.\\nPhysical and mental peculiarities are often fully\\nas strongly marked in young children before there\\nhas been time for the force of environment to\\nmodify materially their characters, as among\\nadults, proving conclusively that they are inborn.\\nAgain, where the environments have been the S\\nsame, the differences in the dispositions, tastes,\\ntalents and moral tendencies are often quite as\\nmarked as among children of different families\\nsurrounded by substantially different environ-\\nments. Surroundings and education do not\\nwholly control the character, so potential are the\\ninborn traits that it is absolutely impossible to\\nproduce two characters strikingly alike solely by\\nthe force of environment.\\nAll are familiar with the variety of talent and\\npeculiarities of mind displayed in the primary\\ngrades of school. One pupil is apt in arithmetic,", "height": "4244", "width": "2732", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nbut masters spelling or grammar with difficulty.\\nAnother excels in history or the languages, but\\nis poor in arithmetic. Occasionally there is a\\npupil that seems equally apt in all studies. Again,\\nMentality of some are unable to learn from the printed page,\\nyet learn rapidly from oral explanation. Others\\nare lost in a book and any assistance offered is\\nan interference. Some little minds are like a\\nflashlight photographic instrument; they grasp\\na thought instantly, know all they know in a\\nminute, can get a lesson in one half the allotted\\ntime, and not infrequently forget it quite as easily.\\nOthers are like an old fashioned time camera,\\nthat has to stand a while on each subject to pro-\\nduce an impression; such seem dull of compre-\\nhension simply because they are slow, yet they\\noften become good scholars and retain their\\nknowledge to a ripe old age. These variations in\\nintellect are inborn and can not be attributed to\\nenvironment.\\nWhat is true of the intellectual powers and\\ntalents of children is equally true of all their\\nChifdLif S in tIle energies, emotions, feelings and sentiments. Some\\nare by nature tame, inactive, cautious and tender\\nhearted; others are aggressive, selfish, cruel, tak-\\ning a delight in torturing and killing. Some are\\nloving, sympathetic and obliging, others are cold\\nand indifferent. Some are direct, honest and\\nloyal; others are sly, tricky and deceitful. One\\nchild in a family will be neat and orderly, an-\\nother slovenly and careless; one will be respect-\\nful and reverential, while another evinces no rev-\\nerence for God or man. Again, one boy in a fam-\\nily will take delight in the use of tools, another", "height": "4268", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 29\\nwill read continually, while a third dislikes both\\nbooks and mechanics, but has a commercial turn\\nof mind. These and similar mental phenomena\\nobservable in the child life indicate that the hered-\\nity determines the natural bent of every man.\\nAll history, both sacred and profane, bears wit-\\nness to the potency of heredity. Special genius\\nfor war, crime, cunning, commerce, mechanism,\\nscience, literature, art, music, morals or religious Hereditary.\\nfervor, has characterized almost every person\\nwhose name appears in history. Moreover, the\\nspecial genius is often transmitted for several\\ngenerations, as in the case of the Adamses, the\\nBeechers or the Fultons. Lombroso in The\\nMan of Genius, says, Genius is most often he-\\nreditary in musicians and artists. Beethoven s\\nfather and grandfather were both musicians. Lombros s\\nMendelssohn s family contained several musicians\\nof note. The Bach family presents a fine example\\nof mental heredity. It began in 1550 and passed\\nthrough eight generations. During two centuries\\nthis family produced many musicians of high\\nrank. They were all organists or church singers.\\nWhen they became too numerous to live together\\nthey agreed to reunite on a fixed day once a year.\\nThis custom was preserved up to the middle of\\nthe eighteenth century and sometimes one hun-\\ndred and twenty persons by the name of Bach\\nmet at the same place. Fetis counts among them\\ntwenty-nine musicians of eminence.\\nGalton estimates that the chances of the sons\\nof eminent fathers becoming themselves eminent Galton on\\nare shown to be in the case of literary men 5iGenLs. afy\\nper cent, men of science 60 per cent, poets 45", "height": "4248", "width": "2748", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "3Q\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nMorbid\\nHeredity.\\nStatistics on\\nCriminal\\nHeredity*\\nper cent, painters and musicians 89 per cent. In\\nthe average family the chances are about one\\nhundredth part of one per cent, or one in ten\\nthousand/\\nNowhere is the fact of heredity and the influ-\\nence of maternal impressions more fully demon-\\nstrated than in the transmission of hereditary\\nor acquired morbid conditions. A genius for\\nvice or crime is as inheritable as a taste for music,\\nmechanism or art. Abnormal instincts run\\nthrough families. The reader is doubtless famil-\\niar with the history of the notorious outlaws, the\\nJames boys, the Younger brothers, and the Dal-\\ntons, all of whom were related. From Max\\nJukes, a great drunkard, there descended in 75\\nyears 200 thieves and murderers, 285 invalids\\nattacked by blindness, idiocy or consumption, 90\\nprostitutes and 300 children who died prema-\\nturely. The various members of this family cost\\nthe state of New York more than a million dol-\\nlars. Of 233 prisoners at Auburn, New York,\\n23 per cent were of insane or epileptic stock. Vir-\\ngilio found that 195 out of 266 criminals were\\naffected by hereditary diseases, while Marro found\\nmorbid inheritance in JJ per cent. Sichard ex-\\namined almost 4,000 German criminals, in the\\nprison of which he is director, and found an in-\\nsane, epileptic, suicidal or alcoholic hereditary\\ntaint in 36.8 per cent. Prussian statistics for\\n1877 show that among 10,676 lunatics morbid\\nheredity may be traced in 6,369. Penta found\\nthat among 184 criminals only 4 to 5 per cent\\nwere quite healthy. Charles Marcier, M. B., says\\nthat 20 per cent of the patients admitted to the", "height": "4264", "width": "2884", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 31\\ninsane asylums have other members of their fam-\\nily who are insane. Ribot says, Every work\\non insanity is a plea for heredity.\\nAccording to Maudsley, More than one- fourth\\nand less than one-half of all insanity is heredi-\\ntary. In 73 cases given by Trelat 43 are rep-\\nresented as due to heredity. A report made to D^kfctionl\\nthe French government shows that of 1,000 in-\\nsane persons of each sex admitted to the asylum\\n264 males and 266 females had inherited insan-\\nity. Carefully compiled and compared statistics\\nfrom all parts of the United States indicate that\\nabout 45 per cent of our insane, 70 per cent of\\nour criminals, 75 per cent of our prostitutes, 80\\nper cent of the feeble-minded, and 95 per cent\\nof the epileptics were born from drunken, neurotic\\nor criminal stock or were the product of bad\\nmaternal impressions, about one-third being due\\nto this latter cause.\\nHeredity has been studied and its laws applied\\nto the improvement of plant and animal life for\\ncenturies. Flowers, fruits and vegetables have Heredity in\\nt Plant and\\nbeen doubled in size, quantity, quality and variety Animal Life.\\nwithin the last century. Domestic animals of\\nall kinds have been enlarged and improved in\\nshape and quality. The bovine of the plain has\\nlost his crooked back and crooked limb to be-\\ncome a thing of beauty. The wild boar with\\nhis hump back, long snout and savage nature has\\nbeen replaced by the good natured grunter of\\nthe barnyard, or the performing pig of the cir-\\ncus. Nor is this improvement in the animal lim-\\nited to form and size, to quality and appearance;\\nit is quite as marked in brain development and", "height": "4248", "width": "2732", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\naptitude for learning. All animal trainers agree\\nthat progeny of trained animals learn much more\\nreadily than do those of the untrained. The ac-\\nquired character of the setter, the pointer, the\\nwatch dog, the foxhound or bloodhound has\\nbecome so fixed as to be instinctive in the young.\\nWhat is applied to animals is denied to man.\\nHow strange, how unfortunate it is, when the\\nlaws of heredity are generally understood and\\napplied to the lower animals, that so little ap-\\nplication of them has been made to the improve-\\nment of man! We have great stock shows and\\nstock journals all over the country; we visit for-\\nrf Blind SaSw!^^ 11 countr i es an d P a Y fabulous prices that we\\nmay improve our herds but when we would bring\\na child into existence a human being that is to\\npartake of our nature, our weaknesses of body\\nand mind, our virtues and vices; a being that\\nis to become a member of society and exert an\\ninfluence for good or evil as long as the pendu-\\nlum of time continues to vibrate a being endowed\\nwith an immortal soul, that must some day stand\\nat the judgment bar of God and give account\\nfor the deeds done in the body; when we would\\nbe the cause of such a being as this coming into\\nexistence we too often shut our eyes to the\\nlight of science, close our ears to the voice of\\nwisdom and turn this most divine function over\\nto perverted impulse or blind chance!\\nComparatively few children are well born. It\\nis safe to say that less than one-fourth are as\\nwell born as they could be, if the laws of here-\\ndity and prenatal culture were better understood\\nand put into practice. By the abuse of these", "height": "4264", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 33\\nlaws many excellent parents, who are strong of\\nbody and sound of mind, have very inferior chil-\\ndren; while thousands through ignorance or wil-^J r jC* liWfenarc\\nful outrage of nature s laws give to their off-\\nspring an inheritance that makes vice and crime\\nnatural and virtue a thing to be acquired.\\nThe study of heredity lies at the foundation\\nof all reform. More and more does it become\\napparent to students of sociology that these laws The True Basis\\nmust be practically applied before the problems of a e orm#\\nintemperance, vice and crime can be solved and\\na high moral standard for the masses attained.\\nFrances Willard once said, If man is to over-\\ncome the evils of intemperance, children must be\\nbetter born.\\nIf it is possible to mold or even influence the\\nphysical, mental and moral character of a child\\nbefore it sees the light of day, then this molding\\nshould be done in such a way as to give to its\\nnature the most desirable qualities possible. If\\neducation is a factor in brain building and\\nmental development, then education should be-\\ngin when the brain is forming. If environ-\\nment molds character, then the environ- Prenatal versus\\nments that obtain during the formative period Twining,\\nof a life are the most potential for good or\\nevil. If the principles of virtue and morality\\ncan be instilled into a nature and made a part\\nof its conscious will, then the earlier the instilla-\\ntion is begun the more completely will these prin-\\nciples control the life. If vicious and criminal\\ntendencies can be produced by evil impressions\\nmade upon the mature mind and established brain\\ncenters, how much more determinate must be such", "height": "4228", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34 A CHILD OF LIGHT,\\nimpressions when made upon the plastic mind\\nand forming brain! If reformation through\\ngood influences and the grace of God is possible\\nin a nature that has long been distorted by sin,\\nhow much more effectual must be these influ-\\nences when brought to bear upon a forming soul\\nIt is during the prenatal period of a life that\\neducation, home influences and the grace of God\\ndo their most effectual work in the formation of\\ncharacter.", "height": "4244", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nSOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.\\nAll great truths have had to struggle for rec-\\nognition. The story of the crucifixion is typical\\nof all history. Every sublime fact that now helps\\nto form the galaxy of law, science and religion\\nhas been crucified by ignorance, buried by estab-\\nlished custom and compelled to rise against popu-\\nlar prejudice. Heredity forms no exception to\\nthe rule.\\nThree general causes tend to retard a popular\\ninterest in and a general acceptance of the doc-\\ntrine of heredity. i The public has been edu-\\ncated to look upon environment, education and\\nreligion as the all-controlling factors in the pro-\\nduction of mind and the formation of character;\\nhence heredity is not deemed essential. (2) It\\nis generally, but erroneously, supposed that to Why Objections\\nadmit of prefixed tendencies partly relieves man are\\nfrom moral responsibility such a supposition con-\\nflicts with our religious training and ideas of jus-\\ntice. (3) The abuse of the plea of insanity in\\ncriminal courts and the frequent acquittal of mon-\\neyed rascals on the ground of unsound mind,\\nmorbid tendencies, degeneracy, dipsomania, atav-\\nism, etc., has greatly prejudiced the public mind.\\nHeredity has been made synonymous with fatal-\\nism, feeble-mindedness, insanity and crime. Any\\nmorbid condition is considered a case of heredity,", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nwhile virtue, genius and morality are attributed\\nto postnatal influences. Thus heredity has been\\nmade a scapegoat, an apology, for all of man s\\nshortcomings. It is no wonder it should be\\nlooked upon with disfavor by those who take this\\nfalse view of the subject. In this chapter I\\nff pc-S at for s a a m to arr i ye at the true conception of the\\nCrime. relation of heredity to postnatal influences in the\\nformation of character, and consider some of the\\nmore plausible objections urged against its ac-\\nceptance.\\nBefore we proceed to consider these objections\\nit will be well for us to get a clear idea of the\\nformation and development of a life. Every man\\nis the outgrowth of a series of influences. This\\nw tt Pod series began with the inception of the primal cell\\nof Centuries. (from which the race has been evolved) when\\nGod breathed into man the breath of life, and\\nman became a living soul. The series includes\\nall those processes and influences whereby the\\nrace has been brought to its present condition.\\nEach new life at its inception partakes of the sum\\ntotal of all that has preceded it, and because of\\nits dual parentage, has a character unlike any\\nother person from the beginning. During em-\\nbryonic development it unfolds after the pattern\\ngiven it by its parents, but is continually sub-\\nject to maternal impressions, which further dif-\\nferentiate it from all other human beings. After\\nbirth it receives impressions intuitively and\\nthrough the five senses and these impressions con-\\ntinue to change, develop, form and reform the\\ncharacter throughout its entire existence.\\nNow, heredity deals with the part of the series", "height": "4268", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 37\\nof influences that obtains before birth, environ-\\nment, education and religion deal with the part\\nthat obtains after birth; but there is no break p fe \u00c2\u00a3?fjfj P!as\\nin the series, neither should any conflict arise from Influences,\\nrecognizing the prenatal, as well as the postnatal\\ninfluences.\\nSome high in authority have presumed to say\\nthat one-fourth of a man s mental power, char-\\nacter and conduct is due to heredity, three- fourths\\nto environment, education and religion. To my\\nmind all such attempts to divide the potency ofunknown***\\nthe several factors in a man s life are very irra- Quantity,\\ntional. For instance, A, B and C are all first\\nclass mechanics. A inherited but little mechan-\\nical ingenuity, was brought up in a work shop,\\nwas thoroughly educated in a manual training\\nschool and became a skilled artisan by training.\\nB had considerable natural talent and with fair\\nadvantages became a skilled artisan. C was a\\nnatural mechanic, he had but few advantages,\\nnever attended a manual training school, but by\\nthe application of his native genius became a\\nskilled artisan also. In the case of A the here-\\ndity represented but 10 per cent and the train-\\ning 90 per cent; with B 50 per cent was due to\\nheredity and 50 per cent to training; while with\\nC 90 per cent was due to heredity and 10 per\\ncent to training.\\nNow this simple illustration applies with equal\\nforce to vicious or criminal tendencies, to genius, All Factors are\\nvirtue, or moral worth. All the factors are po- Potential.\\ntential in every life, but their degree of influence\\nis ever varying, and therefore can not be reduced\\nto a mathematical statement.", "height": "4248", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "38 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe same variation in causes obtain in the in-\\ndividual life. To illustrate I had a friend who\\nwas a skilled mechanic, a good farmer, an able\\nand eloquent speaker. His mechanical ingenuity\\nwas inborn. He was never in a manual training\\nschool, but was an expert with tools and was\\nable to do exceptionally fine work. He had some\\nnatural ability as a farmer, was brought up on\\nInborn versus a f arm an d made a success at farming. As a\\nAcquired Traits, boy he was timid and diffident, could not appear\\nbefore an audience and was sadly deficient in lan-\\nguage; but by persistent training and careful\\nstudy he became one of the best extemporaneous\\nspeakers on the platform. Now, his mechanical\\ningenuity was largely inherited, his success as a\\nfarmer was perhaps as much due to postnatal\\ntraining as to heredity, while his ability as a pub-\\nlic speaker was largely acquired.\\nIn like manner all of our tastes and talents,\\nvices and virtues, are a product of a series of\\nE T t has P renata l an d postnatal influences of ever varying\\nMany Causes, potency. It is, therefore, irrational to attribute\\none-fourth to heredity, or to attempt to break\\nthe chain of influences at birth and say that this\\nis entirely due to heredity and that is entirely due\\nto postnatal influences.\\nTo simplify the subject, we may divide the\\nformative elements of a man s life into three gen-\\nGeneration, eral divisions generation, education and regen-\\nEducation, eration or the force of heredity, the force of en-\\nRegeneration. J\\nvironment and the grace of God. Each of these\\nthree factors has its part to perform in the pro-\\nduction, development and maturing of every well\\nrounded life. They are incomparable; no one", "height": "4268", "width": "2836", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 39\\nor two can take the place of any other; no one\\ncan be said to be of greater importance than either\\nof the others, for all three are essential to the\\nhighest development of man. To be well born\\nis to receive the greatest gift within the power\\nof parentage; to be surrounded by a favorable\\nenvironment and good educational advantages is\\nthe greatest gift within the power of society; to\\nbe born again is the gift of God.\\nThese three factors constitute the triangle, or\\nthe three sides, of a man s life. His character\\ndepends upon their uniform strength. A man Man s {Se*\\nmay be well born, yet from bad environment and\\nlack of educational advantages make a complete\\nfailure in life. He may have excellent educa-\\ntional advantages and be surrounded by the best\\nof home influences; yet if he did not inherit a\\ngood brain and the basis of morality his educa-\\ntion will amount to but little and the home in-\\nfluences may fail to produce a moral character.\\nA man may be well born, well educated and\\nsurrounded by the best of influences, yet if he\\ndoes not know the regenerative power of the\\nHoly Spirit, nor has not the love of God in his\\nsoul, he is not all that a man should be, and\\ndespite his good inheritance and his educational\\nadvantages, may come short of the true object\\nof life.\\nIt is customary to estimate a man s ability and\\nfitness for a position by his educational advan-\\ntages, by the degrees he has taken and the diplo- False Basis\\nmas he has received. Yet all of our professions\\nhave their share of practitioners who unfortu-\\nnately have but little aside from their diplomas", "height": "4228", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nto recommend them. Schools and colleges do not\\nmake great men, except of those who have native\\ngenius. Men of mediocrity are failures without\\neducation, yet succeed with it. Genius may suc-\\nceed without the schools; but certainly it can\\ndo much better with them. Too much cannot be\\nsaid in favor of thorough schooling and mental\\ndiscipline yet as between heredity and education,\\nthe public places far too much stress upon the\\nrelative value of education. Heredity fixes the\\nnatural bent of a mind and its rudimentary pos-\\nsibilities; education directs, develops and matures\\nthe inherited pozvers; the two determine the men-\\ntality and possibilities of the man.\\nTendencies toward good or evil are inborn.\\nMoral conduct, vice and virtue, like intellectual\\nInborn. Cn cnaes power are the result of several factors, some of\\nwhich are prenatal others are postnatal. We are\\ninclined to expect a man to be good or bad, hon-\\nest or dishonest according to his early home influ-\\nences and his spiritual awakening. That these\\nare great factors in the formation of every char-\\nacter is true, but the hereditary tendencies toward\\ngood and evil are also highly potential. The\\nhonest, inmost prayer of the mass of intelligent,\\nerring humanity to-day is not for more knowl-\\nedge of what is right nor for deliverance from\\nbad environments, but for the strength and grace\\nto overcome their own innate, selfish tendencies\\nor vicious desires.\\nAnother objection to heredity closely allied to\\nMoral e one we nave i ust keen considering is that\\nResponsibility, the recognition of good and evil tendencies as\\nbeing inborn destroys the sense of moral respon-", "height": "4276", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 41\\nsibility and opens the way for wholesale wrong\\ndoing. It is said that if a man is born with\\nmoral and virtuous tendencies no credit is due\\nhim for his noble conduct; if born with vicious\\nor criminal tendencies, he should not be held re-\\nsponsible if he commits crime, and, therefore,\\nthat it is dangerous to recognize heredity at all.\\nCertainly there is danger of placing too little or\\ntoo much stress upon the factor of heredity in\\njudging the conduct of a man; but this is equally\\ntrue of all other factors. We can not tell how\\nlittle or how much of a man s morality is due\\nto good or evil home influences, how much of\\nhis success is due to college training or the want\\nof it; }^et we do not think of denying the poten-\\ntiality of these factors simply because they are\\nan unknown quantity. Now, it is quite as irra-\\ntional to deny the influences of heredity as to\\ndeny the influences of the home and the school.\\nHeredity is a fact. Men are born with ever\\nvarying intellectual, social, esthetic and moral\\ntendencies; therefore, zve must recognize these\\nnatural differences if we would be rational in our\\nphilosophy, or even approach justice in our judg-\\nment.\\nMen vary in their innate sense of moral re-\\nsponsibility, just as they do in their talent for R\\nbusiness, mechanics, science or art. All men, Varies,\\ngenerally speaking, may learn business, mechanics\\nor art, yet some learn much- more readily and\\nwith much more proficiency than others. In like\\nmanner all men are morally responsible for their\\nconduct, but not equally so.\\nMan s ability to do right seemingly depends", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nupon three conditions i a knowledge of the\\nlaw involved; (2) a desire to do the right or\\nobey the law; (3) the self control and will pow-\\ner to follow his desire. Jesus Christ, the perfect\\n^Rihu^ 17 t0man born as the ideal of the Father, had a per-\\nfect knowledge of all law; had all desire to do\\nright, had the freedom and strength of will requi-\\nsite to enable Him to follow His desires and\\nwas, therefore, absolutely responsible in the bal-\\nance of morals, for His every act. The unfor-\\ntunate man born just a little above the brute,\\nwith so little intelligence that he does not com-\\nprehend the law, with so much of propensity and\\nso little of sentiment that he has no desire to do\\nright, and so weak in will power that he has\\nno control over his gross appetites, is absolutely\\nirresponsible for his conduct in the balance of\\nmorals. Between these two extremes all hu-\\nmanity is found. The moral responsibility of\\neach individual depends upon his position on the\\nscale. As there is but one Christ, one absolutely\\nresponsible character, so there are very few who\\nare totally irresponsible.\\nThe question of the moral responsibility of\\ncriminals is a vital one, whether considered from\\na legal, a psychological or an ethical point of\\nf^C^SnakT view. According to modern biology man is a\\ncreature of heredity and environment. From\\nthis point of view the abnormal man is scarcely\\nresponsible for his crime but according to recent\\nexperiments in psychology the soul the ego\\nis supreme and is far less subject to inherited or\\nacquired tendencies than has generally been sup-\\nposed. Whatever there is in the new psychology", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 43\\nfor the restoration of the criminal, certain it is\\nthat the average man is controlled largely by\\nhis brain centers. If these are normal and prop-\\nerly trained his will may be said to be free to\\ndetermine his conduct but if these are abnormal,\\neither through heredity or otherwise, he cannot\\njustly be considered a free moral agent. All\\ncriminologists consider the habitual criminal as\\npsychologically abnormal, and therefore only\\npartly responsible. Dr. Thompson said Ha-\\nbitual criminals are without moral sense. Out\\nof five hundred murderers that I have known,\\nonly three of them ever expressed any remorse.\\n7 The number of criminals who are wholly, or\\neven largely, irresponsible form but a very small _\\n1 1 rr 1 i, Few Criminals\\nper cent of our legal offenders. Occasionally are Blameless.\\nthere is one whose thirst for blood or mania for\\nwrongdoing is so strong that he is positively in-\\ncapable of self restraint, yet, such a one is rare.\\nFully 92 per cent of our convicts according to\\ntheir own testimony were partly or wholly to\\nblame for their conduct. In the United States\\nthere is one criminal for every 560 of the popu-\\nlation. Now, if but 8 per cent of our criminals\\nare wholly irresponsible, and there is but one\\ncriminal to every 560 of the population, it fol-\\nlows that there is but one person out of every\\n1,800 who is wholly irresponsible. Taking this\\nas a basis of reckoning, considering the fact that\\nmost offenders are largely responsible, also that\\nsociety must be protected from the abnormal man,\\nwhether he is entirely responsible, partly so, or\\nwholly irresponsible, it is certainly best and near-", "height": "4240", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nest to justice to hold all men as morally respon-\\nsible for their conduct in the eyes of the law.\\nThe doctrine of the absolute freedom of the\\nhuman will in all men is without foundation in\\nfact. Man is not without his limitations in any\\ndirection. Man is free to do the best he can,\\nyet some are capable of doing much better than\\nothers. A man should therefore be credited or\\ncondemned not for what he does or fails to do.\\nHt^Swffl! 16 but for doin or failin g to do his best The\\nstrongest argument in favor of the moral respon-\\nsibility of the average man is found in the fact\\nthat when he does wrong he is conscious that\\nhe did not have to. The last step in vice or crime\\nis often imperative the first step is invariably\\none of choice. The responsibility, therefore, is\\nto be reckoned not by the final conduct, but by\\nthe first choice. An inebriate may not be to\\nblame for homicide committed while crazed with\\nliquor; he is to blame for forming the habit of\\ndrinking.\\nWaving aside all further consideration of man s\\nmoral responsibility, or the freedom of the human\\nwill, the fact that concerns us in this connection\\nis that man is as responsible morally for con-\\nHereditary duct springing from heredity as from acquired\\nTendencies may tendencies, because both are subject to the control\\nof the will if that power is exercised at the ap-\\nproach of temptation. The fact that a man has\\na tendency toward mechanics does not necessi-\\ntate his becoming a mechanic; it only inclines\\nhim in that direction and makes it easy for him\\nto become a mechanic, but it does not compel him\\nto follow mechanics for a livelihood. In like", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 45\\nmanner, if one has an hereditary tendency toward\\nintemperance, theft, cruelty, or even homicide,\\nhe will be inclined to vice or crime; he may find\\nit easy and natural to commit vice or crime, but\\nhe is not compelled by this hereditary tendency to\\ndo so; therefore, the fact of heredity does not\\ndestroy the moral responsibility of man.\\nIt is frequently urged by those who have de-\\ncided upon the limitations of the Divine nature, vmc ustIce\\nthat the doctrine of heredity must not be admit-\\nted, because it destroys the possibilities of Divine\\njustice. They say, if it is easier for some to do\\nright than for others; if some are so born that\\nvice is natural, while others by nature love to\\ndo right, then where is the justice of God in\\nholding all men alike responsible, and thereby\\ngiving a heaven to the few and a hell to the\\nmany? Personally I never worry about this\\nproposition, for He who gave the law and formed\\nthe soul can adjust their relations. Moreover,\\nthere is nothing in Scripture, philosophy or sci-\\nence to indicate that God holds all men alike re-\\nsponsible; while there is much to indicate that\\nGod requires of every man that he shall do the\\nbest he can and holds him accountable accord- Who-so-ever\\ning to his ability.\\nIn this connection it should not be forgotten\\nthat God has placed His Spirit in the world and\\nthat whosoever will may receive Him and be\\ntransformed by His power and thereby freed from\\nthe domination of both hereditary and acquired\\nevil tendencies. The acceptance of the Holy\\nSpirit is a matter of choice therefore he who re-\\nfuses God s plan of redemption and continues", "height": "4248", "width": "2764", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "Science.\\n46 r A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nin sin is certainly responsible, and God is but\\njust in holding him accountable.\\nChristian Scientists oppose heredity. They\\nChristian must in order to be consistent with their creed.\\nMary Baker Eddy denies the existence of mat-\\nter, the testimony of the senses, the reality of\\nthe body and, of course, to admit heredity would\\nbe inconsistent. She says: God, Spirit, being\\nall, nothing is matter. It is a false supposi-\\ntion, the notion that there is real substance, mat-\\nter. We define matter as error because it is\\na false claim to life, substance and intelligence. w\\nHeredity is a prolific subject for mortal belief\\nto pin theories upon, but if we learn that noth-\\ning is real but the right, we shall have no danger-\\nous inheritances, and fleshly ills will disappear.\\nDespite the many good things taught by Mary\\nBaker Eddy, her fundamental propositions put\\nher creed at variance not only with heredity but\\nwith all the physical sciences.\\nHeredity of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy is said to have been born\\nfrom a most devout, highly spiritual mother, who\\ngave her child to God in prayer before it saw\\nthe light of day. Evidence of this is found in\\nthe child life of Mrs. Eddy. Her early history\\nindicates that she was an exceptionally spiritually\\nminded child that she early formed the habit of\\nearnest prayer and before the age of ten w T as ac-\\ncustomed to going in simple, trusting faith to God\\nfor everything desired, plainly indicating the\\ngood effects of her own prenatal training.\\nChristian Scientists may well deny the power\\nof heredity to control a life that has been made\\nfree by God s love but since they place so much\\nEddy.", "height": "4268", "width": "2852", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 47\\nstress upon the influence of one life over another\\nand the outworking of a principle in a soul, they,\\nabove all others, should accept the fact of pre- /Consistency,\\nnatal culture. If, as they teach, the good and jewel.\\nevil thoughts of one life can affect another, then\\nsurely the prospective mother can and does mod-\\nify the character of her offspring. How irra-\\ntional to speak of evil thought waves, or oppos-\\ning minds influencing the adult life sufficiently\\nto cause sickness, error and even death, and then\\nto insist that such influences do not affect the\\nforming child\\nTheosophists, especially those who accept the\\nteachings of the oriental cult, usually oppose\\nheredity because it conflicts in a measure with the Theosophical\\nJ Objections*\\nancient dogma of reincarnation. The doctrine\\nof reincarnation is based largely upon negative\\nevidence; it is supported by very little, if any,\\npositive evidence. It is an ancient theory insti-\\ntuted to account for certain facts and phenomena\\nin human life that in the absence of a knowledge\\nof heredity and psychic law were inexplicable.\\nIn our day heredity and psychic law combined ac-\\ncount for all the phenomena upon which this\\ndoctrine is based. Even if reincarnation were\\ntrue, the law of heredity would still apply; for\\nall theosophists admit that the soul during its\\nincarnation is limited in its powers of expres-\\nsion, and largely in its development, also by the\\nbody it inhabits. Now, since the body is con-\\ntrolled by physical heredity, the theosophists to\\nbe consistent should acknowledge its potency in\\nthe formation of a soul and strive to promote\\nrather than to retard the study of its laws, so", "height": "4248", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "48 r A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nthat the soul might have a more fit abiding place,\\na better instrument of expression during its weary\\nmarch on this mundane sphere.\\nSome oppose heredity because it places respon-\\nOpposition to sibility upon parents and holds them accountable\\nResponsibility, (in a measure at least) for the physical constitu-\\ntion, mentality and disposition of their offspring.\\nWhen a child is exceptionally bright it is usually\\neasy to discover the origin of its intelligence, but\\nwhen one is unfortunately born, parents can sel-\\ndom undertsand why it should be so. Self preser-\\nvation is a primary law in man s nature, therefore\\nit is no wonder that persons given to self indul-\\ngence and the abuse of the propensities, should\\noppose the doctrine of heredity. It is much more\\nsoothing to the conscience, and certainly sounds\\nbetter in society, to attribute the bad inheritance\\nof a child to blind chance or Divine providence\\nthan to acknowledge it to be the result of the will-\\nful violation of nature s laws.\\nThe old idea that God sends all the children in\\na family, few or many, in rapid succession or far\\napart, strong or weak, bright or stupid, good or\\n_ f bad, and preordains their lives has little place in\\nPlacing the i\\nBlame Upon the minds of the well informed, lhis malicious\\nc doctrine, born of man s selfishness and paraded\\nunder the cloak of religion has caused thousands\\nto be unfortunately born. Suppose we should\\napply the same doctrine to the postnatal develop-\\nment of children, pay no attention to their physical\\nwelfare, intellectual training or moral develop-\\nment, but just turn the whole matter over to\\nProvidence and blind chance, what sort of\\nchildren would we raise? The proposition is", "height": "4264", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 49\\nridiculous, yet not more so than to leave the origin\\nand prenatal development of children to Provi-\\ndence and blind chance.\\nParents should realize that they are responsible\\nnot only for the number and frequency of births,\\nbut for the physical, mental and moral character\\nof their children. When this parental responsi- Responsible,\\nbility is more generally accepted children will be\\nbetter born. A young minister recently became\\nangry in my lecture room and bolted, making a\\nvery uncomplimentary remark as he left the\\nchurch. I learned later that seven years before\\nhe had married a beautiful, strong, noble woman\\nwho was now confined to her room a physical\\nwreck. During her brief married life she had\\ngiven birth to six children; the two eldest were\\nstrong but very ungovernable, two were puny\\nand nervous, and two were stillborn. The rev-\\nerend gentleman had undoubtedly entrusted the\\nbirth of his children and the health of his wife\\nto Divine providence I was not surprised that he\\nopposed the doctrine of heredity and parental\\nresponsibility.\\nThe propriety of the free discussion of heredity\\nhas been questioned by a certain class of good,\\nbut falsely educated, persons, and made an excuse\\nfor opposing the whole subject. Surely, such\\npersons must have a perverted view of parentage.\\nAs Dr. Cowan beautifully says: What God, in Proper Study,\\nthe might of His wisdom and the greatness of His\\nlove, has created, no man nor woman need be\\nashamed to read, talk of, learn and know; for it\\ncannot be that He has ordained it that knowledge", "height": "4236", "width": "2768", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nso essential to the well-being of mankind can be\\ndestructive to moral purity.\\nFrances Willard once said When I was a girl,\\nfor a woman to know very much about maternity\\nVkws an( heredity was enough to make her morals\\nquestionable. Now, for the prospective mother\\nnot to understand these things is known to be\\ncriminal. What was deemed a vice under the\\nartificial light of false modesty, under the true\\nlight of higher culture has become a virtue. The\\nbetter element of society no longer believes in\\ndarkness and ignorance as a guide to virtue. All\\nare coming to realize that the highest order of\\nrefinement, the purest virtue and the truest mod-\\nesty is most easily attained and sustained by those\\nbest acquainted with the laws of life.\\nIn the study of parentage and heredity, we\\nshould remember that through this sacred func-\\ntion immortal lives are born. By its sublime laws\\nall the great, gifted and holy men and women\\nDivinity is Here. Q p agt an( j p resen j- were brought into ex-\\nistence. Through these laws God expresses His\\nDivine will and stamps His decree upon human\\nlife. Maternity is the creative office of Divinity,*!\\nsacred as humanity is sacred, holy as God is holy. I\\nIn the contemplation of this subject, shall we be\\ncontrolled by a false pride and refuse to study\\nthese great truths? Shall we, the children of\\nlight, prefer night rather than day? Shall we at\\nthe dawn of the Twentieth Century, be bound by\\nthe chains forged in the Dark Ages? Shall per-\\nverted desires blind our eyes to the light of truth\\nShall we refuse to worship in the temples of our\\nGod, because ignorance has defiled the temple?", "height": "4248", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 51\\nGod forbid! Let us rather slip off the sandals\\nof mock modesty, uncover the head of foolish\\npride, and remember that we are the temples of the\\nLiving God; that the place where we now stand\\nis holy ground, and that Divinity is here.", "height": "4228", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nPSCHOLOGY.\\nJames*\\nK Heck,\\nLadd.\\nMorgan*\\nWundt.\\nThe student of heredity should understand\\npsychology. A knowledge of the modus operandi\\nof mind, the powers of the soul, the laws of brain-\\nbuilding and soul growth, are essential to the in-\\ntelligent study of prenatal culture. Assuming\\nthat some of my readers have not had occasion to\\nacquaint themselves with the current psychology,\\nI shall devote this and the succeeding chapter to\\nthe study of man s psychic nature and its relation\\nto the brain.\\nPsychology is the science of mental processes. Prof.\\nJames.\\nPsychology is a scientific study of the mind. Prof.\\nHalleck.\\nPsychology is the description and explanation of the\\nstates of consciousness as such. Prof. Ladd.\\nThat which is in your mind at any moment is a state\\nof consciousness. Psychology is a study of nature, mode\\nof origin and manner of sequence of these states of con-\\nsciousness. Morgan.\\nPsychology has to investigate that which we call inter-\\nnal experiences i. e., our own sensation and feeling, our\\nthought and volition in contradistinction to the objects\\nof external experience, which form the subject matter of\\nthe natural sciences. Man himself, not as he appears from\\nwithout, but as he is in his own immediate experience, is\\nthe real problem of psychology. Wundt.\\nPsychology is the science of self (psycho plus logy equals\\nsoul plus science). But each self is a type of the race and", "height": "4244", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 53\\nstands for humanity. My sensorium and motorium give\\nme direct connection with the universe. I have my head-\\nquarters for life in my cerebrum. In some unknown wayg^^j^\\nI think, love and decide in and through my cerebral ganglia\\nand their connections. I cannot comprehend it this knowl-\\nedge is too high for me but I know that self is generated\\nwith the body, lives in it, works through it, and leaves it at\\ndeath. Baldwin.\\nPsychology may be defined as the science of\\nthe soul. In its broadest application it includes\\nall the mental phenomena that belong to a senti- Psychology\\nent being. Psychology as used in pedagogy is the\\nscience of the mind; mind signifying simply the\\nsum total of all man s conscious thoughts and\\nsensations. Physiological psychology is the\\nscience of mental processes as related to the\\nnervous system. The new psychology as taught\\nby students of psychic phenomena, includes both\\nof these, together with the science of the subject-\\nive mind.\\nThe study of metaphysics and mental phe-\\nnomena antedates history. How much the ancient\\npsychists knew of occult power and psychic law is Jj ta hf\\nnow a matter of speculation. It would seem, how-\\never, that they were further advanced in these\\nmatters than is the present generation. The cur-\\nrent psychology is yet in its speculative state.\\nEven the most advanced students differ widely in\\ntheir conceptions of the divisions of the mind and\\nthe nature of the ego. The German school of\\npsychology tends strongly toward dualism, the\\nEnglish toward monism, while the American\\nschool is divided between the two.\\nThe present psychology of pedagogy, or the\\nsystem of mental philosophy used in most Normal", "height": "4240", "width": "2752", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nSchool-room\\nPsychology.\\nPhrenology.\\nGall s\\nPhilosophy.\\nWeak Points of\\nPhrenology.\\nschools, can hardly be called a science. It gives\\nan indefinite theoretical explanation of the several\\npowers of mind, such as sense-perception, reten-\\ntion, the will, volition, etc., but affords no explana-\\ntion whatever of the peculiarities of the individual,\\nand is, therefore, all but worthless as a basis of\\neducation.\\nThe Gall system of psychology, known as\\nphrenology, is a system of mental philosophy\\nbased upon the physiology of the brain. Its funda-\\nmental teachings are i The brain is the organ,\\nor instrument, of mind. (2) Each primary ele-\\nment of mind has its specific center in the brain.\\n(3) The strength of each element of mind is\\ndetermined by the size, activity or functional\\npower of its brain center. (4) All elements of\\nmind are strengthened by use and weakened by\\ndisuse. (5) The normal manifestations of all\\nprimary propensities, feelings, faculties and senti-\\nments are good, but all are subject to perversion\\nand abuse.\\nGall s system of mental philosophy, when\\ndivorced from cranial development and cerebral\\nlocalization, contains the groundwork of the\\npsychology of the future. It furnishes by far the\\nbest explanation of the phenomena of mind and\\nthe peculiarities of the individual that has yet\\nbeen presented. It fell into disrepute and failed\\nto reach the colleges largely from two causes:\\n1 Gall and his successors assumed too much in\\nregard to the divisions of the mind and cerebral\\nlocalization that was not susceptible to scientific\\ndemonstration; (2) The possibility of applying\\nthe system to the art of reading character gave it", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 55\\na commercial value that placed its dissemination\\nlargely in the hands of men who knew more about\\nexamining heads and collecting fees than they did\\nof mental philosophy or the physiology of the\\nbrain.\\nPhysiological psychology is defined by Prof.\\nLadd as: The science of the phenomena of the\\nhuman consciousness in their relations to the Pkyrfologicai\\nPsychology*\\nstructure and functions of the nervous system.\\nIt is psychology because it is the science of the\\nhuman mind, or soul it is physiological psychol-\\nogy because it regards the mind as standing in\\npeculiar relations to the bodily mechanism. It\\nattempts to bring the two orders of phenomena,\\nthose called mental and those belonging to the\\nnervous system, face to face. It considers them\\nas mutually related. It endeavors, as far as pos-\\nsible, to unite them in terms of a uniform char-\\nacter, under law. Its method is to explain the\\nphenomena of man s sentient life as correlated\\nwith the life and growth and action, under stimuli,\\nof his nervous system.\\nPhysiological psychology deals exclusively\\nwith the relation of nerve function to sensation\\nand mental phenomena. It has to do with the last \u00c2\u00a5l *l* of InvestI\\ngation.\\nseries of physical phenomena before we pass into\\nthe realm of purely psychic phenomena. It con-\\nsiders the stream of consciousness the manifest\\nfunction of the brain; or that the psychic life con-\\nsists of a series of conscious states connected with\\nphysical states that begin with sensation and end\\nwith action. According to Francis Galton, The\\nfield of physiological psychology embraces:,,\\na 4. a i.- j j. -i j j. j r Views of Galton.\\nreflex action and instincts detailed study of sen-", "height": "4248", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nExperimental\\nStage or\\nPsychology.\\nFacts of\\nPhysiological\\nPsychology.\\nNerve Action\\nDetermines\\nSensation.\\nsation, with questions relative to time and space\\nin the limits of experiment, movement, modes of\\nexpression and language; the conditions of the\\nwill and attention the forms of the more complex\\nfeelings in their relation to the nervous system.\\nPhysiological psychology is yet in its experi-\\nmental stage. Despite the fact that it is being\\ntaught in all of our colleges and universities, it\\nwould be difficult to find two authors or instruct-\\nors who are fully agreed. Even a casual com-\\nparison of the writings of James, Titchener, Her-\\nbart, Wesley, Mills, Romanes, Morgan, Baldwin,\\nGross, Kuelpe, Ladd, or Wundt reveals a great\\ndiversity of opinion, and leaves the student far\\nfrom any definite conception of mind.\\nNotwithstanding the diverstiy of opinion held\\nby physiological psychologists, they are substan-\\ntially agreed upon certain very important proposi-\\ntions, chief among which are: (i) All sensation\\nand conscious mentation are related to and\\ndependent upon nerve action. (2) Sensation,\\nconsciousness and the power of mind in any given\\ndirection is determined by the functional power\\nof the nerves and brain areas through which they\\nare manifested, and the degree of stimulus. (3)\\nStimuli passing from the sense organs through\\nthe afferent or sensory nerves are transformed in\\nthe brain and transmitted over to the efferent, or\\nmotor nerves, resulting in action. (4) Repeated\\nsensations, emotions or thoughts tend to establish\\nnerve paths and fixed combinations in the cortical\\nstructure of the brain so that a like stimulus will\\nflash over the established paths, discharge through\\nthe same efferent nerves and thereby reproduce", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 57\\nthe mental image, action or conduct that produced\\nthe nerve path. (5) All definite perceptions,\\nmental images, repeated sensations and thought\\nforms have a physical basis in the cortical struc- ^yr IcaI Basss\\nture of the brain and may be reproduced in the\\nform of memories either by external stimulus or\\nby the retracing of nerve paths and the co-ordina-\\ntion of associated centers.\\nPhysiological psychology adds nothing to\\nmental philosophy. It explains the relation of the\\nnervous system to objective consciousness and Limitations of\\ndemonstrates the dependence of the latter upon Psychology?\\nthe former. As a basis of brain building, educa-\\ntion and character forming it is of incalculable\\nvalue. When applied to its legitimate sphere, too\\nmuch cannot be said in its favor. But when a\\nphysiological psychologist presumes to say that all\\nmental phenomena and psychic power are the\\nproduct of cerebration, his teachings become not\\nonly dangerous, but non-scientific. Prof. James\\naptly says It is obvious that our knowledge of James,\\nour mental states infinitely exceeds our knowledge\\nof their concomitant cerebral conditions. Our\\nassumption that mind states are absolutely\\ndependent upon brain conditions, must still be\\nunderstood as a mere postulate. We may have a\\ngeneral faith that it must be true, but any exact\\ninsight as to how it is true, lags wofully behind.\\nWithin the last quarter of a century the study The New\\nof psychic phenomena has developed what is Psychology,\\nknown as the New Psychology. Hindu philoso-\\nphy, theosophy, Christian science, mental science,\\nhypnotism, mental therapeutics and spiritualism,", "height": "4240", "width": "2692", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Duality of\\nMind*\\nThe Objective\\nand Subjective\\nMinds.\\nSubjective\\nPerception*\\nhave each added something of fact or phenomenon\\nto the development of this science of the soul.\\nThe new psychology has demonstrated many\\nvery important facts relative to the powers of the\\nsoul, chief among which are: (i) Man is en-\\ndowed with two minds, or the ego has a dual\\nmanifestation as conscious, or objective, mind,\\nand super-conscious, or subjective, mind. (2)\\nThe objective, or conscious, mind is limited in its\\nmanifestation by cerebration. It is controlled by\\nthe functional powers of the brain, through estab-\\nlished nerve tracks and brain centers. Its mediums\\nof communication with the outer world are the\\nfive physical senses. (3) The subjective, or super-\\nconscious, mind is a form of intelligence that the\\nego manifests independent of the brain and\\nnervous system. It is immanent, or in-dwelling,\\nbut not inherent, or dependent upon the physical\\norganism. (4) The subjective mind is more or\\nless amenable to control by suggestions from the\\nobjective mind. It usually acts upon these sug-\\ngestions without questioning their correctness\\nunless they are opposed by an auto-suggestion or\\nan established rule of thought or character. (5)\\nThe subjective mind has the power to communi-\\ncate telepathically with other minds in the absence\\nof ordinary physical means. It may take cog-\\nnizance of conditions in the realm of both the\\nphysical and the psychical, independent of the\\nobjective mind, and under certain conditions may\\ntransfer these to the plane of consciousness, there-\\nby giving the person a conscious knowledge of\\nthings otherwise unknown or imperceptible to\\nthe objective mind. (6) As things often exist", "height": "4248", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 59\\nor occur in the realm of the psychical long before\\nthey do in the physical, the subjective mind may\\ntake cognizance of them and translate its know- Prophecy.\\nledge to the plane of consciousness, thereby giving\\nthe power of prophecy. (7) The memory of the\\nsubjective mind is supposed to be infallible; not\\nthat all it retains can be consciously recalled, but\\nthat the ego holds within itself the effects of every subjective\\nimpression made upon it, whether received sub- Memory.\\njectively or objectively.\\nThe new psychology reveals much that is con-\\nducive to a better understanding of life and its\\npossibilities. It accounts for the occult powers\\nof the soul and will yet teach us how to develop u owefS\\nand use them. It gives a rational explanation of\\ndreams, visions, prophecy, telepathy, mental thera-\\npeutics, clairvoyance, clairaudience and all so-\\ncalled spirit phenomena. It does not attempt\\nto define the primary elements of mind nor to\\nexplain the peculiarities of the individual. Most\\nof its advocates have been caught in the mesh of\\nspeculative mental philosophy and hold therefore\\nvery indefinite conceptions of the elements of both\\nthe objective and subjective minds.\\nThe true psychology, which correctly define the\\nprimary elements of the mind, the functions of\\nthe brain, the powers of the soul and explain all\\nthe facts of man s super-conscious, conscious and\\nsub-conscious life, is yet to be written. All the The Psychology\\n1 1 1 of the Future,\\npresent systems of psychology are more or less\\nfragmentary and conflicting. Yet they all contain\\nmuch that is true. So, without commenting upon\\nthe merits or demerits of any system, I shall\\nendeavor to use the facts of all in a brief explana-\\ntion of human nature.", "height": "4244", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "6o\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Study of\\nMan.\\nRelations of the\\nPsychical and\\nPhysical\\nNatures.\\nMan a Psychic\\nOrganism.\\nAn Essential to\\nRight Thinking.\\nWhat is man? Man, physiologically con-\\nsidered, is an organism of bones, muscles, organs,\\nnerves, etc., adapted to the performances of the\\nseveral functions of the resident life. Man,\\npsychologically, is a soul, a complex, organized,\\nindividualised ego, developing and expressing\\nitself on the earth plane through and by means of\\nits physical organism. So long as man is man\\nhis physical and psychical natures form the com-\\nplete counterpart of each other, act and react upon\\neach other, limit and modify the expressions of\\neach other. Through the physical organism the\\nmaterial universe influences and becomes known\\nto the psychic man. Through the psychic man\\nthe physical organism receives transforming im-\\npressions. The dividing line between the two\\nnatures no man can draw. That man has a\\npsychical nature that is superior to and in a sense\\nindependent of the physical organism is now very\\ngenerally conceded. state without fear of sue- I\\ncessful contradiction that man is primarily a soul.\\nImmanent in, but not inherent in the body opera-\\ntive through, but not dependent upon, the brain\\nand nervous system. ___\\nIt is not necessary that the reader accept the\\nforegoing propositions in order to appreciate what\\nI have to say about heredity, brain building and\\nsoul growth. It is essential, however, that every\\nperson should realize that he is a soul. Without\\nthe acceptance of this fact, we have no abiding\\nfoundaton upon which to build a science of mind,\\na system of education, a moral code or a philoso-\\nphy of life. Those who deny the existence of the\\nsoul and the Immanent God have failed utterly to", "height": "4264", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 61\\nproduce even a working hypothesis that would\\naccount satisfactorily for the phenomena of life\\nin any form much less its highest form, the\\nconsciousness of man.\\nThere is an abundance of purely scientific\\nevidenec to prove the existence of man as a psychic |^i enc\u00e2\u0082\u00acS\\nego independent of cerebration and nerve action.\\nSome of these evidences may be stated briefly as\\nfollows.\\ni. We know that man is a soul independent of\\nthe brain because the rudiments of all the powers Mind Without a\\nof his subjective mind are present in the lowest\\norganisms that have neither brain nor nervous\\nsystem.*\\n2. We know that man is a soul because vital\\naction is not chemical action. Chemical action Vital versus\\nis destructive to an organism vital action is con- Chemical\\nstructive. A vitalized organism has the power\\nof transforming other substances into itself;\\nUnicellular organisms, says Dr. Gates, possess all the\\ndifferent froms of activity to be found in the higher ani-\\nmals. Thus the simplest cell can transform food into tissue\\nand other metabolic products; and this is the basis of all\\nthe nutritive activities and processes of the higher animals\\nthe cell can move part of itself and is capable of locomo-\\ntion; and this is the basis of all movement in the higher\\nanimals brought about by bones and muscles. The cell can\\nfeel a stimulus and respond, and this is the basis of the\\nsensory faculties of the higher animals the cell can repro-\\nduce itself by segmentation, and this is the basis of repro-\\nduction in higher animals the cell on dividing inherits the\\nactual qualities of its parent mass, and this is the basis\\nof heredity; in short, the cell contains, in simplest form,\\nall of the activities to be found in man. For further con-\\nsideration of this proposition see The Divine Pedigree of\\nMan, by Hudson.", "height": "4248", "width": "2704", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Resident\\nLife.\\nHeredity\\nDemonstrates\\nthe Soul.\\n1\\nPsychic\\nImpressions.\\nchemical combinations have not. The first process\\nof digestion may be purely chemical, but the\\nsecond is vital and cannot be duplicated by any\\nchemical process. No phenomena of life, beyond\\nthe first stages of digestion, are explicable upon\\na purely chemical basis.\\n3. We know that man is a soul because the\\nresident life controls the physical organism.\\nEvery function and action, voluntary or invol-\\nuntary, is the manifestation of something that\\nlies back of the brain and nervous system.\\n4. We know that man is a soul because in the\\nprocess of reproduction, functional potency de-\\ntermines transmission. The physical organism\\nmay be mutilated, as in the removal of a hand,\\nyet the offspring inherits the perfect hand; but\\nif we continue to amputate the member for gen-\\neration after generation, until we destroy the func-\\ntion of the hand, it will no longer be transmitted.\\nThis indicates plainly that soul-form and function,\\nnot physical organism, determine the heredity,\\nand that life inheres in the soul rather than the\\nbody.\\n5. We know that man is a soul because of a\\nmother s power to impress the developing embryo.\\nThere is no anatomical connection between the\\nnervous systems of the two, yet it is an established\\nfact that the mental states of the mother make\\ntheir impression upon the forming life t\u00c2\u00a9 such an\\nextent that extreme excitement, unnatural longing\\nor a sudden fright may produce abnormalities\\n(birthmarks) in her offspring, thus proving con-\\nclusively that their psychical natures are not only", "height": "4244", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 63\\nen rapport, but that the psychic controls and has\\nthe power to form or deform the physical.\\n6. We know that man is a soul because the\\nsubjective mind has the power of independent per- S^ 1 8 of\\nception and mentation. It can take cognizance of\\nthe physical world, receive impressions from other\\nminds telepathically and communicate with other\\nsubjective minds when the brain is at rest, either in\\nnatural sleep, in induced coma or when otherwise\\ninhibited.\\n7. We know that man is a soul because when Proved by\\nthe subjective mind (which is dependent upon the ypQ0 m#\\nbrain and nervous system) is controlled by\\nhypnotic suggestion and the brain s action inhib-\\nited, the subjective mind and resident life can be\\ncontrolled so as to produce or suspend pain, in-\\nduce or overcome physical conditions.\\n8. We know that man is a soul because in the\\nhour of death when the brain ceases to act and\\nthe objective consciousness is extinct, the soul s The Soul Rules\\ni 1 r 1 in Death*\\nconsciousness, or subjective mind, is frequently\\nmost active, expressing in highest ecstacy the joy\\nthat breaks upon it at the threshold of eternity.\\nSo marked is this that the distorted features of a\\nsufferer are often changed into an angelic smile,\\nshowing that the soul that formed the body ruled\\nit after the physical senses died.\\n9. We know that man is a soul because of\\nthousands of well authenticated apparitions. Many Job Saw a Spirit\\npersons are said to have seen their departed friends\\nwithin a few hours after the death of the body.\\nTestimony is not limited to spiritualists, mediums,\\nthe credulous, the superstitious, the imaginative,\\nnor to neurotic persons, but has been given by the", "height": "4236", "width": "2692", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64 r A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\ncool-headed, critical scientist and by innocent\\nchildren.\\n10. We know that man is a soul because every\\nsayssa/ highly developed person, whether pagan or\\nChristian, anicient or modern, gradually but\\nsurely becomes conscious of his super-physical\\nexistence. He is conscious that the I, the ego, is\\nsomething that supercedes the brain, belongs to a\\nrealm that is not physical and has the power to\\nexist as a conscious individuality independent of\\nits corporeal home. Socrates is not the only one\\nwho could triumphantly say, Bury me my body,\\nI suppose you mean; give that to the dogs for\\naught I care, but Socrates soul, and that is Socra-\\ntes, goes to be with the gods.\\nI deem this consciousness of the soul s inde-\\npendence the highest and strongest proof of its\\nexistence as a super-physical being. True, not\\nall have this consciousness, for not all are suffi-\\nSupreme ciently developed to possess it, but this does not\\nEvidence. militate against its being the supreme evidence\\nthat man is a soul. The beauty of the world and\\nthe pleasure of freedom are not to be decided by\\nthe testimony of a toad living in a well, but\\nrather by the one that has enjoyed the liberty of\\nDarkness cannot the g ar 3en in the sunlight of a June morning.\\nMeasure the So the powers and possibilities of a soul are\\n18 not to be measured by the consciousness of one\\nliving a contracted, selfish life entombed in ma-\\nterialistic beliefs but rather by the consciousness\\nof those who have been born into the larger\\nlife and have enjoyed the glorious privileges of\\nhigh intellectual culture and spiritual growth.\\nThe foregoing propositions are too briefly", "height": "4264", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 65\\nstated to carry the weight of evidence they other-\\nwise would. If fully devevloped and carried to\\ntheir ultimate conclusion they are sufficient to Manisa\\njustify the former proposition that man is a\\nsoul. This point decided, we shall proceed to\\nstudy the manifestations of the soul and its rela-\\ntions to the brain and nervous system.\\nThe soul in its ultimate nature evades analysis.\\nWe do not know what it is. From what we do\\nknow it seems to be a distinct, separate entity,\\npossessing individuality and personality, which The Soul Evades\\nare expressed materially through the physical or- Anal y sis\\nganism. The soul is triune in its character, or\\nrather has three planes of manifestation, present-\\ning three widely different phenomena. In its\\nhighest expression it presents the phenomena of\\nthe super-conscious, or subjective, mind. In its\\nrelation to the brain and nervous system, it is\\nmanifested as the conscious, or objective, mind.\\nIn its relation to the physical organism, it be-\\ncomes sub-conscious life.\\nAll consciousness is the result of vibrations.\\nThe five senses are organs adapted to receiving\\nvibrations from without and conveying them to\\nthe seat of consciousness, the brain. Vibrations Consciousness\\npassing from the external world to the soul, or p\\nfrom the soul through the brain and nervous sys-\\ntem, produce when sufficiently strong a sensation\\nrepeated sensations produce an impulse connected\\nand consecutive sensations and impulses produce\\nfeelings, desires and thoughts. Continuous\\nthoughts, feelings and desires constitute conscious\\nmind.\\nMind, whether conscious or super-conscious,", "height": "4232", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "66\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nMind is not\\nSoul.\\nThe Brain\\nobjective or subjective, is not soul, but a product\\nof vibration. It is a function of the soul, an\\noperation, a process but not an entity, not an in-\\ndividuality, as is the soul. Mind, soul and body\\nbear much the same relations to one another as\\ndo the message, the electric current and the\\nwire. The wire is the medium (body), the elec-\\ntric current is the resident force (soul), the mes-\\nsage is the product of the vibrations (mind).\\nAs long as the soul is resident in the body its\\nmanifestation as conscious mind is determined en-\\n^itsthe MincL V ^Y ky the functional power of the several brain\\ncenters. In other words, objective mind or con-\\nsciousness, as we experience it, is dependent upon\\nthe cerebration. It varies in strength and char-\\nacter with the functional activity of the brain.\\nThe destruction of a brain area completely ob-\\nliterates its function; i. e., the faculty of mind it\\nmanifested.\\nThe relation between the objective and sub-\\njective minds is most intimate. They are in a\\nsense only two expressions of the I, the inner and\\nthe outer manifestations of the ego. The object-\\nive mind, while always limited by the functional\\npower of the brain, is none the less the expression\\nof the soul, for when the soul is absent there is\\nno mentation. No amount of gray matter, unless\\nit be animated by a resident life, can produce a\\nconscious thought.\\nThe materialist who attempts to explain mind\\nas a secretion of the brain has mistaken an ef-\\nfect for a cause, a process for a force, a physical\\nchange for a resident life. The phenomena of\\nthe objective mind can no more be produced by\\nRelation of the\\nObjective and\\nSubjective\\nMinds*", "height": "4248", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "PSYCHOLOGY. 67\\nthe combustion of gray matter in a brain, in the\\nabsence of a soul, than heat can be produced by a\\nconvex lens in the absence of lisfht. On the other Gray Matter\\nCannot Produce\\nhand, objective consciousness, being dependent a Thought.\\nupon cerebration, all our thoughts, powers of per-\\nception, feelings and sensations are determined by\\nthe strength and functional activity of the several\\nareas of the brain.\\nThe objective mind is the instructor of the sub-\\njective mind; while the subjective, in a sense,\\ninspires the objective. The objective mind\\nthrough its external organs, the five senses, con- Modus Operandi\\ntinually receives impressions from the external\\nworld and transfers them to the subjective mind,\\nwhere they become registered upon the super-con-\\nscious ego. Mental images and thought forms\\nresident in the subjective mind, whether placed\\nthere by objective perception or subjective in-\\ntuition, continually pass to the objective mind and\\nbecome conscious thoughts or memories. New\\nincoming impressions continually excite the resi- Vibrations\\ndent thought forms, and, to a greater or less ex- Objective and\\ntent, change the psychic self. Thus the ego is b ij ctive\\ncontinually being modified by impressions from\\nwithout.\\nThe phenomena of thinking, or conscious men-\\ntation, is not easily analyzed. It consists mainly\\nin taking cognizance of objective and subjective\\nimpressions and adjusting them to old thought\\nforms, plus the recollection, readjustment and re-\\nconstruction of resident images, feelings, thoughts\\nand sentiments. To illustrate, while passing down\\nthe street recently, I noticed a photograph of\\nNiagara Falls. This miniature picture imme-", "height": "4248", "width": "2768", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\ndiately recalled my first visit to the great cataract,\\nthe impression it made upon me, the friends with\\nT TVnkf\u00c2\u00b0 mena whom I was associated, and many things inci-\\ndental to my visit at Niagara. Thus the impres-\\nsion gave rise to several minutes of conscious men-\\ntation and caused the reviving and readjustment\\nof many thought forms.\\nThought forms, or mental images, feelings,\\nemotions, sentiments or desires oft repeated be-\\ncome fixed characteristics of the soul. All estab-\\nlished thought forms have their physical basis in\\ntxk^rS^ 11 ie b ra n Repeated thoughts, images or emo-\\ntions, establish nerve paths, which tend strongly\\nto control the future thinking and conduct. Thus\\nby our thinking we are continually molding the\\ncharacter of the soul, forming brain paths and\\ndetermining our future possibilities and tend-\\nsencies. Truly, As a man thinketh in his heart,\\nso is he.", "height": "4268", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nBRAIN BUILDING AND SOUL GROWTH.\\nYe shall know the truth, and the truth shall\\nmake you free. Nearly nineteen hundred years Make You Free,\\nhave come and gone since this sublime sentence\\nfell from the lips of the man of Galilee. Millions\\nhave repeated it, thousands have preached from\\nit, genius has pondered over it; yet none have\\nbeen able to fully comprehend its significance.\\nIn science and law, ethics and religion, turn\\nwhichever way we may, man is bound by igno-\\nrance, fettered by prejudice and imprisoned by sin. le^mace!*\\nOnly as he knows the truth is he able to break\\nthe chains of ignorance, burst the shackles of\\nprejudice, unlock the prison doors of sin and\\nstand forth a free man.\\nFrom the birth of the race to the present hour\\nman has been struggling for freedom, striving to\\nrealize his own ideals, reaching for everything\\nthat would help to liberate him from whatever was\\nopposed to progress. The new psychology J\u00c2\u00a3 e Struggle for\\npromises him material aid. By a proper system\\nof brain building and soul growth, it is found to\\nbe possible to so construct the character of a\\nchild as will make its life exemplary. By per-\\nsistent training, the brain and character of the\\nadult may be reconstructed. In the light of these\\nfacts the outlook for the race is most promising.", "height": "4236", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "7\u00c2\u00b0\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nCharacter\\nBuilding*\\nEstablishing: a\\nBrain Area*\\nThe possibilities of improvement are unlimited.\\nMore than ever before does it seem that Christ s\\nwords are to be realized and that the truth shall\\nmake us free.\\nMan is a soul developing in a physical organ-\\nism. As long as he resides in this organism, he is\\nlimited by it. His life, freedom and conscious\\nthoughts are all determined by the house in\\nwhich he lives. Every man is building for him-\\nself a prison cell or a palace wall. As he builds\\nhis brain, so will be his mental powers and moral\\ntendencies. Physiological psychology explains\\nwhy the thoughts of today become the dreams of\\ntonight, the actions of tomorrow and the character\\nof the future.\\nIt takes time and frequent repetition of a given\\nthought, impulse, passion or sentiment to establish\\na strong brain area, but when such a physical\\nbasis once becomes established it requires great\\neffort and training to change the character and\\nrebuild the brain so that it will readily express\\nthe changed conditions of the mind.\\nEducators and reformers have too long ignored\\nLimits *the Man. he physical basis of minds and morals. No man\\nwhose youth has been spent in idleness, whose\\nbrain has not been trained by definite thinking,\\ncan suddenly become a close observer or a clear\\nreasoner. No man who has for years built his\\nbrain on the plane of animality and passion, to the\\nneglect of his moral sentiments, can give expres-\\nsion to a pure life and noble character by merely\\nwilling to do so. If his brain has been wrongly\\nconstructed, he will realize what Paul meant when\\nhe said, When I would do good, evil is present\\nwith me.", "height": "4268", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH, yi\\nThe popular idea that every man must sow\\nwild oats in youth in order to have a strong, vigor-\\nous character in maturity is wholly wrong. Ex-\\nperiences are conducive to character building only\\nwhen they develop the higher sentiments. One m8 iI(\\ndoes not control his appetites easier for having\\nindulged them in youth, but with greater diffi-\\nculty. Every experience in dissipation tends to\\nstrengthen the nerve paths of vice and thereby\\nmake it easier for him to do the same thing again.\\nToo much cannot be said in favor of good home\\ninfluences and early surroundings. Pure thoughts,\\nhigh ideals and noble aspirations are easily built\\ninto the plastic brain of youth. When these are\\nfirmly established they become the determining\\nfactors of the future conduct and character.\\nDr. DeMotte, in his most excellent lecture on\\nThe Harp of the Senses, or The Secret of Char-\\nacter Building, says The Physical Basis of a Dr D e Motte\\nvicious life is a net- work of Trunk Lines in which Brain Tracks,\\nthe incarrying waves of stimulation waken in the\\nsoul a host of accustomed activities, such as vile\\nmemories, alluring imaginations, craving appe-\\ntites, and their like, having well worn routes\\nthrough the outcarrying nerves to whatever lines\\n.of conduct have been followed in their develop-\\nment. The Physical Basis of a virtuous life is a\\nnet work of Trunk Lines where the incoming n f\\nPhysical Basis\\nwaves of stimulation on reaching the cerebral of Vice.\\nhemispheres of the brain find their well worn\\ntracks, with switches already set, leading to the\\nGod-given higher possessions of the soul holy\\nmemories, pure imaginations, concentrated am-\\nbitions, righteous judgments and a Will, whose", "height": "4236", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "72\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Basis of\\nVirtue.\\nnerve connections with these higher faculties is so\\nperfect that at once unless the line of duty pre-\\nsent complications requiring consideration the\\ncommands for right conduct are flashed out\\nthrough the outgoing nerve tracks, and instantly\\nobeyed. Here we stand face to face\\nwith a tremendous physical fact. Every volun-\\ntary act, whether good or evil, beats its own path\\na little smoother, so to speak, for another of like\\ncharacter. Every day that we live\\ndeciding against the right, we are voluntarily\\nstrengthening, with our own blood, meshes of our\\nown physical organism which shall presently bind\\nus, body and soul, wretched slaves to passions\\nand appetites of our own nurturing.\\nThe idea that men and women can long pursue\\na given course of life and conduct, and then sud-\\nRe-forming the denly change to an opposite course has more foun-\\ndation in fiction than in fact, in religious teaching\\nthan in religious experience. It is true that a man\\nwho has spent a life in sin and established a\\nphysical basis in his brain that inclines him to\\nevil conduct, may, under the influence of sound\\nconversion and the power of the Holy Spirit,\\nchange the whole order of his life and become a\\nnew creature; but this becoming a nezv creature\\ntakes time. It is not the work of a day. It may\\nbe begun in a moment. His outer conduct under\\nconversion may change instantly, but it is the\\nexperience of all who have followed the paths of\\nevil for any considerable time that long after their\\nconversion temptations continually arise.\\nIt is well known that the conduct of persons\\nin times of great excitement is controlled largely\\nEffects of Old\\nBrain Paths*", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH. 73\\nby their previous training. It is said that Gen. Joe\\nWheeler, on seeing the Spaniards flying before\\nhis forces at Santiago, in the moment of excite-? en S\\n1 1 1 cct~* ti 1 joe wneele?*\\nment shouted to his men, Forward boys, the\\nYankees are running! This expression was the\\nresult of a brain path formed in the 60s, when the\\ngeneral was one of the most valiant officers of\\nthe Confederacy.\\nParents frequently make the fatal mistake of\\ngoverning a child through its appetites and pro-\\npensities, instead of appealing to its moral nature. The Govern-\\nBy so doing they continually strengthen the bram\\nareas of the propensities, with the result that the\\nchild becomes so selfish and willful as to be un-\\njgovernable. Every time we excite a feeling, J\\n/faculty or sentiment we strengthen it; therefore,\\nby appealing to the child s intellect, love and con-\\nscience, parents may so strengthen these powers\\nas to make them the governing elements in its\\ncharacter.\\nBrain building is accomplished in precisely the\\nsame way that muscle building is, namely, by The Law of\\nnormal, systematic use. To increase the strength ram Bmldm\\nof any brain center, so that the element of mind\\nthat it manifests shall be stronger, it is necessary\\nonly to exercise this element or power of mind\\nhabitually, and its physical basis in the brain will\\nbe developed and its co-ordinated nerve tracks\\nstrengthened. Experience has proved that if\\nathletic training is to be of any special value to\\nthe muscles three things are necessary 1 the\\nexercise must be adapted to a definite purpose;\\n(2) it must not be violent or straining, but of such\\na character as will call the muscles into normal,", "height": "4244", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "74 T A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nvigorous use; (3) it must be daily, or at least\\nregular, and must cease before exhaustion. The\\nsame law is applicable to mind training and brain\\nbuilding. To improve any element or power of\\nR the mind, the student should decide upon a definite\\nMentation purpose, then adopt such a series of mentation as\\nRequired* w j]j ca jj tf\\\\Q elements or powers he desires to\\ncultivate into action. This mentation should\\nnever be violent nor of such a character as to\\nstrain the mind or unduly excite the nervous sys-\\ntem. It should be repeated by daily study and\\nhabitual practice of mentation, or exercise of the\\npowers in question, always stopping short of\\nweariness or exhaustion.\\nThis method faithfully applied will develop the\\nbrain areas and strengthen the mental power of\\nThe Brain Must am/ faithful student. It should always be borne\\nbe Nourished. n m ind, however, that the brain is dependent upon\\nthe body for its nourishment and building\\nmaterial therefore, brain building requires nutri-\\ntious food, good digestion, free respiration and\\nunimpeded circulation. Thoughts are brain-\\nbuilders, repeated mentations determine the con-\\nstruction, but the body must supply the materials.\\nIn character building it is often quite as essen-\\ntial to diminish certain brain centers, and thereby\\nTo Restrain Evil restrain inherited or acquired evil tendencies, as\\nit is to cultivate. Not only is this necessary in\\ndealing with children, but it is frequently required\\nin modifying or changing the character of those\\nof mature years, whose early habits have estab-\\nlished undesirable nerve centers and unduly\\nstrengthened or developed the areas that give rise\\nto the propensities. To reduce the strength of", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH. 75\\nany element of mind, all that is necessary is to\\nstop using it. Nature is a wonderful economist;\\nbrain centers and nerve paths that are never used\\ngradually become weaker, and if kept absolutely\\ndormant for months or years may become so weak\\nas to have very little influence upon the charac-\\nter. The parable of the hidden talent is a fact in Xalent\\nall nature. Whoever lays a power away for any\\nconsiderable length of time will find that he has\\nlost it, or at least that it has become greatly\\nreduced.\\nAll vicious tendencies may be overcome. If\\none has a violent temper, an abnormal appetite,\\na perverted passion or a pompous pride, even Controlling the\\nthough these spring from inherited tendencies or\\nare the product of years of brain building, if they\\nare laid aside by force of will and the grace of\\nGod so that they are no longer indulged in, gradu-\\nally, their physical basis will become weaker, their\\ntendency to action will be lessened, and finally the\\nsoul will be freed from the control of these\\nabnormal desires.\\nThe fact of soul building through repeated\\nsuggestions has just begun to attract the attention\\nof parents, teachers and reformers. The potency Soul Building by\\nof a suggestion in the healing of disease is admit- U22es\\nted by all well informed, unprejudiced observers.\\nFew, however, appreciate the paramount import-\\nance of the law of suggestion as a means of soul\\ngrowth.\\nIt has been demonstrated that even under hyp-\\nnotic control, a subject will rarely, if ever, do that\\nwhich he has repeatedly affirmed while in his\\nnormal state he would not do. A reformed", "height": "4244", "width": "2772", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "7 6\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nA Hypnotic\\nDemonstration*\\nHe Would not\\nDrink Liquor.\\nA Fact of\\nSupreme\\nImportance,\\ninebriate under hypnotic control was given a lead\\npencil and told it was a cigar. He immediately\\nplaced it between his teeth and tried to light it\\nwith the assurance of enjoying a smoke. He was\\nshown a stream of water on the floor and was\\ninstructed to prepare to wade it. He immediately\\nacted upon the suggestion without the slightest\\nhesitancy, despite the mirth and uproar of the\\naudience. He was then given a glass of water\\nand told that it was sparkling wine and that he\\nshould drink it. He took the wine glass in his\\nhand and said, Yes, Doctor, I see it is excellent\\nwine and I am very fond of liquors of all kinds,\\nbut I was once a hard drinker. I signed the\\npledge and for six years have not tasted a drop.\\nI have steadily resolved that I would not use it\\nand gradually the appetite has left me. You will\\nplease excuse me from drinking this. Other\\nsuggestions of a most ridiculous character were\\ngiven and accepted by the subject without the\\nslightest resistance.\\nThousands of like experiments have been made\\nwith similar results. They disclose a fact of\\nsupreme importance, namely, that a man may by\\nrepeated suggestions so strengthen and fix his\\ncharacter that he will not do under temptation\\nthat which is contrary to his established ideals.\\nIf character can be so firmly established as to con-\\ntrol the conduct against a hypnotic suggestion,\\nit certainly can be made strong enough to resist\\nany temptation while in the normal state. Men\\nyield to temptation because repeated suggestion,\\nwrong thinking and vicious desires have weakened\\nthe character and made it susceptible. Right", "height": "4248", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH. 77\\nthinking, right desires and right resolves, oft\\nrepeated, will make it possible for any man to\\nresist temptation.\\nThe character of a soul can be wholly recon-\\nstructed. Any vice may be overcome, any virtue\\nestablished, by a proper system of soul training. a Suggestion.\\njThis assertion may seem a little strained to those\\nunacquainted with the potency of a suggestion;\\nbut I wish to assure my readers that it is not based\\nupon theory. It has been my good fortune to\\ndirect the lives of thousands of young men,\\nhundreds of whom had known vice and sin for\\nyears, and, with scarcely a single exception, every\\nman who has followed the suggestions given him\\nand taken the proper care of the body and brain\\nhas found himself a new man.\\nThe processes of soul growth are not unlike\\nthose of muscle and brain building-. Here, too,\\nthe three essentials are: (1) a definite purpose s ul Growth,\\nin view, or a clear concept of what is desired;\\n(2) a series of suggestions and mental images\\nadapted to the desired end; (3) regular, daily\\nexercise, or repetition of the suggestions.\\nA suggestion to be of any practical value in\\ncharacter building must be fully lodged in the\\nsubjective mind and repeated a sufficient number \u00c2\u00abow to Lodge a\\nouggestion.\\nof times to establish a physical basis in the brain.\\nThe simple repetition of a suggestion, parrot-like,\\nhas no practical value whatever in character build-\\ning. To lodge a suggestion one must be in earnest.\\nHe should fix the ideal in his mind, then silently\\nrepeat it over and over in faith, believing that his\\nideal is now becoming a reality. If a man is\\nsincere, if he will repeatedly lodge the desired", "height": "4248", "width": "2748", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Secret of\\nSelf-control.\\nsuggestion, if he will continually strive to feel\\nthat the thing hoped for is now realized, it will\\ngradually, but surely, become an integral part of\\nhis character.\\nTo overcome any weakness the character must\\nbe built up when the person is normal and removed\\nfrom all temptations. If one waits until the hour\\nof trial before deciding or before exercising his\\nwill, the decision and conduct are very apt to be\\nwrong. By deciding while in the normal state,\\nwhen removed from all temptation, what one will\\nor will not do and earnestly making these decisions\\nover and over again in the mind, they will become\\ncontrolling factors in the character.\\nTo illustrate Suppose that one has a violent\\ntemper. This abnormal expression of force,\\nwhether hereditary or acquired, has its physical\\nbasis in the brain, which when stimulated by any\\nexciting cause, sends its abnormal suggestion into\\nthe brain centers; these become agitated and\\nreturn the waves along the line of the nerve paths\\nof action, resulting in the expression of anger.\\nNow, what is wanted is to build into the soul\\nwhen it is normal and undisturbed a suggestion\\nthat will oppose the stimuli that come from these\\nabnormal brain centers. A simple suggestion\\ncalculated to meet this demand would be, I am\\nalways good natured. I will not get angry.\\nI do not get angry. I will suppress my\\nSuggestions to be temper. I will not express anger in any way.\\nA secondary condition that must be considered\\nis that anger, or any abnormal expression of the\\npassions, indicates a lack of self-control, and there-\\nfore suggestions should be given calculated to\\nPre-fixing the\\nCharacter.\\nLodged.", "height": "4244", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH. 79\\nstrengthen the will. The following suggestions\\nwill be found helpful I will be what I will to\\nbe. I am free. No temptation from within ^^^f hen\\nor without can cause me to deviate from my\\nideals. I will not be selfish. I have perfect\\ncontrol over all my impulses. I am master of\\nmyself.\\nIf these suggestions are properly lodged in the\\nmind, they will gradually, but surely, become\\nestablished factors. When thus established, if Growth*\\nsome irritating cause sends the stimulus of temper\\nover the old nerve paths, it will be met and op-\\nposed by the auto-suggestions. I do not get\\nangry. I am free. I am master of myself.\\nSoon the brain will become normal, the temper\\nwill have been suppressed and the soul will be\\nconscious of a victory.\\nIn addition to brain building and soul growth\\nby suggestion there is another power that should\\nalways be employed by those who would gain y s P mt\\nabsolute freedom and have the strength of char-\\nacter that belongs to the true man or woman.\\nIt is the power of the Holy Spirit. This may\\nseem like preaching to some of my readers; but\\nnevertheless, it is strictly scientific. The recog-\\nnition of God, not as a far-removed anthropo-\\nmorphic being, nor as a relic of ancient supersti-\\ntion, but as an infinite omnipresent Spirit, who is\\nwilling and able to give us life and power, will\\nenable any soul to gradually become master of\\nthe carnal self.\\nThe human will may fail, good purposes may Freedom for All*\\nlack courage, and even suggestions may some\\ntimes prove ineffectual, but the exercise of these", "height": "4240", "width": "2744", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "8o\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Law of\\nDenial*\\nNature Abhors\\na Vacum*\\ntogether with the power of Divinity are equal to\\nevery emergency and the complete reformation of\\nany erring soul.\\nThe law of denial, so strongly advocated by\\nmany psychologists, is in my judgment of much\\nless value, than it is generally considered to be.\\nTo deny a thing requires a recognition and con-\\nsideration of the thing to be denied; this repro-\\nduces the evil image in the soul, and thereby be-\\ncomes absolutely harmful instead of helpful.\\nThe better way is simply to ignore, neither affirm-\\ning nor denying the evil or temptation. To do\\nthis all that is necessary is to keep the mind and\\nsoul thoroughly occupied with something else.\\nNature abhors a vacuum; this statement is as\\ntrue in psychics as in physics. If we do not fill\\nour minds they will be filled with thoughts and\\nsuggestions from the outer world. If a man keep\\nhis mind continually occupied with that whicfi is\\nuseful and helpful he may be continually sur-\\nrounded by vice, yet it can not harm him.\\nIn the control of abnormal propensities and the\\nregulation of conduct three things are essential:\\ni Hygienic living, that the blood may be kept\\nGreat Essentials. p Ure and the brain normal. (2) Proper sugges-\\ntions and mental images, so that the evil stimuli\\nmay be counteracted by established virtues and a\\nfirm will. (3) Recognition of the soul s oneness\\nwith God and the acceptance of the Holy Spirit\\nas the perfecter of man.\\nIn all lines of training whether in the gym-\\nnasium, in brain building, or in soul development,\\npatience and faithfulness are absolutely essential\\nto success. Sudden changes are never normal,\\nThe Three\\nSaved by\\nInexorable Law*", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH, 81\\nbut are always the product of stimulation, which\\nis invariably followed by a reaction. Therefore,\\nlet him who would be strong and free be regular\\nin practice, faithful in obedience to the laws of\\nbody, mind and soul, patient to labor, in faith\\nbelieving, and, by inexorable law, he will gradu-\\nally, but surely gain the mental power, soul free-\\ndom and nobility of character that he desires.", "height": "4232", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER V.\\nTHE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE.\\nLife is a\\nMystery.\\nLiving\\nProtoplasm.\\nIt is not the purpose of this chapter to enter into\\na lengthy, much less a technical, discussion of\\nthe principles of biology or evolution but rather\\nto present in simple language the processes of re-\\nproduction as a basis for the study of heredity.\\nLife is a mystery. The processes of life may\\nbe said to be fairly well understood, but the ulti-\\nmate essence and origin of life are as unknown\\nto the scientist as to the savage. To be sure,\\nmany theories have been advanced, yet all have\\nfallen short of the solution of the problem. The\\npsycho-chemical theory formulated by Prof.\\nHuxley, which presumed to explain all life as be-\\ning the product of certain chemical combinations\\nand manifestations and was for a time accepted\\nby many as a scientific statement of the essence\\nand origin of life has been abandoned by scien-\\ntific men. All attempts to analyze living proto-\\nplasm have utterly failed to disclose the secret of\\nlife. When protoplasm is analyzed it is but dead\\nmatter composed largely of oxygen, hydrogen,\\nnitrogen, carbon and sulphur, elements which\\ncannot be made to combine in any form to pro-\\nduce the phenomena of life or living protoplasm.\\nIn a recently revised edition of The Princi-", "height": "4240", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 83\\npies of Science, Mr. Spencer says The theory\\nor vital principle fails and the psycho-chemical Spencer,\\ntheory also fails to explain the phenomena of life,\\nthe corollary being, that in its ultimate nature,\\nlife is incomprehensible. Prof. Japp, in a recent p f T\\naddress before the British Association for the\\nAdvancement of Science, said No fortuitous\\nconcourse of atoms, even with all eternity for\\nthem to clash and combine in, could compass this\\nfeat of the formation of the first optically active\\norganic compound. Co-incident is excluded, and\\nevery purely mechanical explanation of the phe- The Phenomena\\nnomena of life must necessarily fail. I see no\\nescape from the conclusion that at the moment\\nwhen life first arose a direct force came into\\nplay. He might have added that at every im-\\npulse or expression of life, from the moment the\\nfirst breath of the Infinite vibrated through chaotic\\nether and chaos became cosmos, up through all\\nthe processes of evolution and reproduction to the\\npresent hour, there has ever been present a vital The Vital\\nprinciple, a dynamic force, a directing intelli- ncipe\\ngence, that cannot be analyzed by chemistry,\\nmeasured by dynamics, or accounted for by any\\nscience or system of philosophy that denies the\\nexistence of the Immanent God.\\nWe do not know what God is, for He is Spirit\\nand cannot be analyzed, neither do we know what\\nmatter is in its ultimate substance. That both\\nexist and ever have existed is evident to all\\nthoughtful persons. Men may differ in their con-\\ncepts of God, yet the most skeptical must admit The Immanent\\nwith Spencer that We are ever in the presence\\nof an eternal and infinite principle, from which all", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nEvolution.\\nReproduction\\nEvades\\nAnalysis.\\nBiological\\nSpeculation.\\nthings proceed. For myself I think of what we\\ncall inorganic matter as the more inert substance\\nof the universe. I think of God as an Infinite\\nSpirit, omnipotent, omniscient, omniparous and\\nomnipresent; an all-powerful, all- wise, all-pro-\\nducing, ever-present Being, the literal Father of\\nall life, the Over Soul of the Universe, in whom\\nall life inheres. I see all life as the manifestation\\nof God in nature, the expression of the imminent,\\nor indwelling God through physical forms. I\\nsee evolution as the outworking of an infinite and\\nintelligent plan and man as its highest product.\\nThis view may not be acceptable to all but since\\nit cannot be successfully contradicted, and since\\nno other theory will account for all the facts in\\nnature, and since all things take place just as if\\nit were true, we may safely accept it as a working\\nhypothesis in our study of the phenomena of life\\nand reproduction.\\nIf life is a mystery, when considered from a\\npurely materialistic point of view, its reproduc-\\ntion is not less so. The scientists of the age have\\nbeen, and still are, busily engaged with their\\ntheories of ids and idants, gemmules,\\nphysiological units, biophors, germ-plasm,\\netc., vainly searching for a physical explanation\\nof the phenomena of heredity.* There is a phy-\\n*It is impossible in our limited space to give even a con-\\ndensed statement of the many theories of heredity that\\nhave been advanced by leading scientists. A brief syn-\\nopsis, however, of a few of the principal ones may prove\\nof interest to some of our readers. Democritus (400\\nB. C.) advanced the theory that all parts of the body con-\\ntributed to the seed, and as a result the offspring was", "height": "4248", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 85\\nsical basis to heredity, but the anatomy of a germ-\\ncell is only an instrument and can no more be\\nmade to explain the phenomena of reproduction\\nthan the physical organism of man can be made\\nto explain the phenomena of life. According to\\nWeismann and others, chromatin forms the phys- Ba J s f ysica\\nical basis of heredity and is the means of the trans- Heredity.\\nmission of all ancestral traits. If this be true,\\nthen the anatomical basis or substance of all forms\\nof life is the same in the germ-cell and the varia-\\ntions of life remain unaccounted for.\\nAll attempts to explain the process of repro-\\nduction on a purely physical basis must necessa-\\nrily fail. Life inheres in and is transmitted by\\nthe psychical rather than the physical nature. The L f t,\\ndifference between the germ-cells of the various the Soul,\\nforms of life is not in their chemical compound,\\nnor in their organic structure, but in the resident\\nlife. So far as our power of analysis goes, the\\nsimilar to the parent. In the eighteenth century came what\\nis known as the older evolution theories of Bounet and\\nHaller, in which it was held that the egg or spermatozoon\\ncontained a minute but perfect repetition of the parent, and\\nthat the development of the embryo was but the expansion\\nor evolution of this germ. In this germ was found the\\ngerms of the next generation, and so on ad finitwm.\\nNo other theory was advanced for over a hundred years,\\nwhen Darwin published his Origin of Species. This\\nrenewed speculation on this line, and several theories were\\nadvanced among the more important were Spencer s\\nPhysiological Units, Darwin s Pangenesis, the flavor\\nand odor substance theory of Jagers, and the plastidule\\ntheories of Haeckel and Elsberg. All of these theories, Darwin s\\nwhile differing substantially in detail and presentation, are keory.\\nbased upon the assumption that life has its beginning in\\ngemmules, or physiological units, which are an epitome", "height": "4244", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "86 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nanatomy of two cells may be identical, yet one\\nmay contain the life of a rabbit or a dog, the other\\nthe undeveloped soul of a man. Chromatin is\\nthe physical basis of both; the difference is in\\nCelf. S Ul f a the res *dent n fe tne sou l \u00c2\u00b0f tlie celi Lying back\\nof the physical organism, of each plant, animal\\nand man, there is the invisible, but none the less\\nsubstantial, psychic organism that constitutes the\\nbasis of life and is the instrument of reproduction.\\nConceding that we do not know what matter is,\\nThe Primordial nor what life is, we do know that every living\\norganism is a union of the two. The Primordial\\nCell, or the lowest form of life known to science,\\nconsists anatomically of a closed sac of a trans-\\nparent membrane containing a semi-fluid sub-\\nstance (protoplasm) in which are suspended\\nmolecules, granules, or other minute cells. Psycho-\\nlogically the Primordial Cell consists of a\\npsychic organism capable of performing the func-\\nof the parent organism. Darwin s theory of Pangenesis,\\nwhich has attracted by far the widest attention, supposed\\nthat during their lifetime every cell of the parent disengages\\nsmall living particles gemmules which find their way to\\nand are stored up in the generative cells ready to develop\\nin the next generation into cells similar to those from which\\nthey came. These gemmules were supposed to retain the\\nimpression not only of the cells from which they come, but\\nof the various conditions to which they have been exposed.\\nThey circulate freely through the system, and by their union\\nform the sexual elements. They thus transmit to the off-\\nspring not only the original characters of the parents, but\\nthe conditions to which they have been subjected.\\nGallon s Francis Galton put Darwin s theory to what he deemed\\nExperiments. a most practical test. He proceeded upon the idea that if\\nthese gemmules are constantly given off by the cells, if\\nthey circulate freely through the system and if the repro-", "height": "4264", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 87\\ntions of digestion, assimilation, respiration, sen-\\nsation and reproduction. The cell, therefore, is g Psychic\\na physical organism animated by a psychic or-\\nganism or form of life. The many celled organ-\\nism is an anatomy composed of physical units and\\na soul composed of psychic units.\\nLife in its ultimate nature is composed of two\\nprinciples, a masculine and a feminine. All forms\\nof life are reproduced by the union of these two How Life is\\nprinciples. In the lower forms of life the mascu- epro UC\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nline and feminine attributes exist in one organ-\\nism. Such multiply by the union of these princi-\\nples within the organism. The new life thus\\ncreated when sufficiently developed is east of from\\nthe parent cell. This is called multiplication by\\ndivision. In the many celled organisms in some\\nmysterious way each psychic unit sends its repre-\\nsentative to help form a miniature, or rudimentary\\npsychic nature which becomes an epitome of the\\nductive elements are formed from their union, then the\\nintroduction of gemmules of another kind will necessarily\\nmodify the offspring. He therefore infused eighteen silver\\ngray rabbits with the blood of other kinds. They produced\\n86 young, but showed in no instance any tendency towards\\nvariety. He finally arrived at a process of heredity\\nfounded on the continuity of what he termed strip. This\\nadvances the idea that every cell in the body, including the\\nsperm cells and ova, are descended from a fertilized ovum.\\nOf these cells of the body all obviously die except those\\nsperm cells and ova that give rise to the next generation\\nand so on. We have, therefore, a continuing chain of actual\\norganic matter strip linking every living form with those\\nthat are most ancestral and remote. From these chains all\\nthe so-called living organisms that have ever existed have,\\nas it were, been thrown off. Many have emphasized this\\npoint, Owen, Haeckel and others, but perhaps to Francis", "height": "4248", "width": "2804", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "88\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nparent life, having in its organism, in rudiment-\\nary form, all the attributes of its parent. The\\nanatomy of this rudimentary psychic organism is\\nwhat we call a germ-cell, and it forms the physical\\naNcwL?e S1S f asis of the new life s the rudimentary organ-\\nism develops it becomes more and more complex\\nboth in its anatomy and its psychic nature, until\\nit is finally a duplicate, a reproduction, anatomic-\\nally, physiologically and psychologically of its\\nparent.\\nTo simplify: suppose we have a simple organ-\\nism composed of five psychic units (cells). Each\\nof these five units is in reality, as we have seen,\\nan organism having the power to reproduce itself\\nbut in the larger or five-celled organism, each\\nunit has its specific function to perform. As in\\nthe single-celled organism a nucleus is formed\\nand cast off as a means of reproduction, so in the\\nfive-celled organism each of the five units will give\\nA Simple\\nExplanation of\\nReproduction.\\nWeismann s\\nTheory.\\nChromatin.\\nGalton must be given much of the credit of clearly stating\\nit as a fact. Similar views have been more recently popu-\\nlarized among biologists by the voluminous writings of\\nWeismann on the continuity of the germ-plasm.\\nIn 1883 Weismann began to advance a theory of heredity\\ndiffering in many particulars from all its predecessors. It is\\nbased upon the facts recently discovered regarding the struc-\\nture and physiology of the cell. It has been productive of\\nmore discussion and comment than any biological specula-\\ntion since the appearance of Darwin s Origin of Species.\\nWeismann holds that inheritance in the many celled animals\\nmetazoa and multicellular plants takes place through the\\ngerm-cells, the egg and spermatozoon in animals, and cor-\\nresponding cells, known under various names, in plants.\\nSince the offspring may inherit from either parent, the\\nmeans for the transmission of ancestral traits must be the\\nsame in both the male and female products. By carefully", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 89\\na portion of its life to the formation of a com-\\nmunity cell (germ-cell). The new life thus\\nformed has, therefore, as its constituent elements,\\na portion of the life that was in each of the five\\nparent units. Now, instead of an organism com-\\nposed of five units of life, or cells, let us suppose\\nthat it contains five thousand, or five million;\\neach of these units in this more complex organ-\\nism has its specific function to perform each will\\ngive a portion of its life to the formation of a new\\norganism. Out of the principles of life coming\\nfrom each of these millions of cells, or little lives,\\na new life is formed, a germ-cell. This germ-\\ncell, though simple in its anatomy, has in it the\\nspecific character and form of life of all the mil-\\nlions of cells of the parent organism. It requires\\nonly growth and development to make it a dupli-\\ncate of its parent, having the same complex\\nanatomy, functions and sensations that belong to\\nthe parent life.\\nanalyzing these products it has been found that there is\\napparently only a single substance in them that fulfills all\\nconditions and can serve as a physical basis of heredity.\\nThis is that peculiar substance known to science as chro-\\nmatin, which forms an essential part of all animal and plant\\ncells. In all cases of the division of the cells (mitosis) the\\nchromatin is divided between the daughter nucleuli by a\\npeculiar process, which is apparently adapted to secure an\\nequal division, so that each half shall be an exact duplicate\\nof the other. The impregnation of the tgg, on the other\\nhand, is the reverse of this. There is a union of the\\nchromatin of the male and female cells to form nuclear Origin of Genn-\\nmaterial for the new germ-cell. When development begins asm\\neach cell of the body shares equally in the chromatin of the\\ngerm-cells of both parents, because all of them are deriva-\\ntions by equal division of the compound or impregnated", "height": "4240", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "9 o\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nReproduction m\\nMan.\\nMan is just such a complex organism as we\\nhave been studying. Anatomically he is com-\\nposed of many millions of cells, each of which is\\nthe body of a psychological unit, that performs a\\nspecific function in his organism. Psychologically\\nhe is a complex soul composed of millions of\\nprimary life principles or units. By the co-opera-\\ntion of these life principles, acting through and\\nby means of this complex anatomy, all the func-\\ntions of life, sensation and mentality are carried\\non. From each of these millions of psychic units\\nthere passes, in some mysterious way, a represen-\\ntative principle into a life germ that thus becomes\\nan epitome of the parent s organization.\\nAs previously indicated, in the lowest forms of\\nlife the male and female principles exist in one\\norganism; in such the union of these principles\\ntakes place within the parent organism and the\\nnew life thus created needs only to be expelled\\nContinuity of\\nGerm-Plasm.\\ncell. In the whole process of development there is a con-\\nstant division of nuclear material, but at no time, except in\\nimpregnation, is there a union of the chromatin from two\\ncells. The diminution of the chromatin, which is the conse-\\nquence of the division, is made good only by the assimila-\\ntion and metabolization of non-chromatin material. It\\ntherefore follows that the chromatin of the germ-cells (what\\nWeismann calls germ-plasm is not and cannot be derived\\nfrom any part of the parent organism; but that, on the\\ncontrary, it is a direct descendant of the germ-plasm of the\\nparent germ-cells, and stands to all the rest of the body in\\nmuch the same relation as does a parasite to its host, show-\\ning a life independent of the body, save in so far as the body\\nsupplies to it appropriate lodgment and nutrition. In each\\ngeneration, it is supposed, a small portion of this substance\\nis told off to develop a new body to lodge and nourish the\\never-growing and never-dying germ-plasm it can transmit", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 91\\nfrom the parent organism to complete the repro-\\nductive process. In man, as in all the higher\\nforms of life, the male and female principles exist\\nin separate organisms, so that the male half of a bisexual\\nnew life is produced in the father s nature and the\\nfemale half in the mother s nature; by the union\\nof these two halves a new being having all the\\nphysical, mental and moral characteristics of its\\nparents is produced.\\nJust how the parent organism involves into\\nthe new life all its physical, mental and moral\\npeculiarities, is a mystery that has been the sub-\\nject of endless speculation, to which I do not care jE? 0fy\\nto add. I may say, however, that none of the\\ntheories of those who deny the existence of the\\nsoul explain all the facts of reproduction. Weis-\\nlnann s theory of the continuity of the germ-\\nplasm, fails to explain the effect of acquired\\ncharacters and maternal impressions. The theory\\nnothing to the next generation except what it has received\\nfrom its parents or what may originate in itself. It resem-\\nbles its so-called parent body simply because it has been\\ndeveloped from the same mass of formative material.\\nWeismann s theory then of the continuity of the germ-\\nplasm is that this formative material or germ-plasm has\\nbeen continuous through all generations of successively\\nperishing bodies, which therefore stand to it in much the\\nsame relation as annual shoots to a perennial stem the\\nshoots resemble one another simply because they are all\\ngrown from the same stock. The germ-plasm, therefore,\\ncontinues in an unbroken line from generation to genera-\\ntion, from which at intervals the body grows up, lives its\\nlife and dies, in a manner analogous to the development of\\nfronds of the fern from the underground rhizome.\\nIt is generally held by those who accept Weismann s\\ntheory of the continuity of the germ-plasm that there can", "height": "4248", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "92\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nDarwin s\\nTheory\\nContradicted.\\nMutilations not\\nTransmitted.\\nadvocated by Darwin and others, that each an-\\natomical cell in an organism gives a minute portion\\nof its substance to the germ cell, thus making it\\na veritable reproduction of the parent organism,\\nis flatly contradicted by the well known fact that\\nin the case of mutilation, such as the loss of a\\nlimb, by a parent, the offspring is not affected.\\nOn the other hand, there is positive evidence that\\nthe psychic nature is pre-eminently potential in\\nthe formation of the life germ and that the per-\\nfection of the new life depends, primarily, upon\\nthe psychical rather than the physical organism.\\nObservations prove that mutilation of the parent\\norganism does not affect offspring unless it is re-\\npeated a sufficient number of generations to de-\\nstroy the function performed by that part. Thus,\\nif we bob a dog s tail his immediate progeny will\\nAcquired Char-\\nacters are\\nTransmitted.\\nbe no such thing as the transmission of acquired characters\\nin the common acceptation of the term. I cannot share this\\nview, (i) Because it is well known that the character of\\na life is modified by the character of the food on which it\\nsubsists therefore, since the germ-plasm is dependent upon\\nthe organism in which it lives for its nutriment, it will nec-\\nessarily be modified in strength and character by the tran-\\nsient conditions of the organism. This is not a theory, but\\na demonstrable fact. Germ-plasm becomes weak or strong\\naccording as it is nourished. (2) Since the germ-plasm\\nis, as Weismann says, an independent life, that life must\\nbe continually subject to the psychological influences of the\\nlarger life in which it lives therefore, the life of the germ-\\nplasm is influenced by the psychical states, mental and moral\\nconditions of the parent. If I am right in these two propo-\\nsitions, and I believe they are self-evident to any thoughtful\\nperson, it follows that the transmission of acquired char-\\nacters is a possibility, even under the most rigid applica-\\ntion of Weismann s theory.", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 93\\nnot be bobtailed, yet if this process is continued\\nfor several generations until the function of the\\ntail is destroyed, the tail will no longer be trans-\\nmitted. Whereas, mutilation that does not de-\\nstroy the function is not transmitted. For in-\\nsance, it is well known that the Chinese babe does\\nnot inherit the (artificially produced) small foot\\nof its mother. This is because the function of the\\nfoot is not destroyed by its restricted growth. If Foot.\\nthe Chinese women were to stop using their feet\\nand continue the mutilation, or restriction of\\ngrowth, it would be but a very few generations\\nuntil the dwarf foot would become hereditary.\\nWaiving all further consideration as to how\\nthe father and mother each builds into the half of\\na soul all of his or her physical, mental or moral\\npeculiarities, the fact that they do so makes\\nparentage sublime with possibilities and awful\\nwith responsibilities.", "height": "4244", "width": "2792", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VI.\\nTHE FACTORS OF HEREDITY.\\nWeismann\\nBradford*\\nRibot.\\nHeredity\\nDefined.\\nHeredity is the process which renders possible\\nthat persistence of organic beings throughout suc-\\ncessive generations, which is generally thought\\nto be so well understood as to need no special ex-\\nplanation. Weismann.\\nHeredity is the law through which the indi-\\nvidual receives from his parents by birth his chief\\nvital forces and tendencies, his physical and spir-\\nitual capital. Bradford.\\nHeredity is that biological law by which all\\nbeings endowed with life tend to repeat them-\\nselves in their descendants. It is for the species\\nwhat personal identity is for the individual. By\\nit a ground work remains unchanged amid inces-\\nsant variations, by it nature ever copies and imi-\\ntates herself. Ribot.\\nHeredity is the science of transmission. It\\ndeals with that process in nature whereby the\\ncharacteristics of one generation are transmitted\\nto the next. It is the perpetuating factor of biol-\\nogy and evolution. Considered in its broadest\\nsense heredity includes all those laws, factors and\\nforces which enter into the origin and determine\\nthe character of the new life.\\nThe great fundamental law of heredity is that\\nlike produces like. As expressed by Darwin,", "height": "4228", "width": "2936", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE FACTORS OF HEREDITY. 95\\nThe tendency is to produce an exact copy of\\nparents in offspring. This law is modified by a\\nsecondary law, namely, that the acquired char-\\nacters of one generation are transmitted to the Her^ditv^\\nnext.* In a sense these two laws stand in direct\\nopposition to each other. The former is the con-\\nservative, while the latter is the radical principle\\nin transmission. Through the operation of the\\nprimary law the fixed characters of the species are\\nreproduced and their established peculiarities\\nmaintained. Through the operation of the second- The Opposing\\nary law the acquired characters of each genera- Principles of\\ntion are transmitted to the next and become a ef l\\npart of its hereditary nature* If the first were the\\nonly law of heredity, then the species must for-\\n*The doctrine of the transmission of acquired characters\\nas taught by Darwin, Lamark, Spencer, Dugdale, Lombroso\\nand others has been strongly opposed by Weismann and\\nthose who have accepted his theory of germ plasm. A\\nreaction, however, has already taken place among biologists\\nso that Weismann s theory, as originally set forth, has com-\\nparatively few supporters, while his own revised statements\\nbring his theory not far from those of Darwin and Spencer.\\nCertain it is that all close observers of human nature, not\\nbiased by an opposing theory, accept the doctrine of the\\ntransmission of acquired characters. Of this fact I shall\\nhave more to say later.\\n*The terms fixed characters and acquired characters\\nmust be considered as only relative terms. There are in\\nreality no fixed characters in nature. Constant change is\\nthe law of the universe. All so-called fixed characters\\nhave been acquired, but what has been long acquired and\\nso often repeated as to have become an established factor\\nin the physical or mental constitution of a species is called\\na fixed character in counter-distinction to those recently\\nacquired.", "height": "4248", "width": "2820", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "96 r A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\never remain unchanged; both evolution and de-\\nterioration would be impossible. If the second\\nlaw were the only one, or even the controlling\\nfactor, then the environment and conditions of\\neach generation would so modify the next as to\\ndestroy all established types and finally extermin-\\nate the species. By the continued operation and\\nopposition of these two laws, gradual change and\\ncontinued evolution are rendered possible. By\\nthe conservative principle nature retains all that\\nit worth saving of the species while by the radical\\nprinciples she modifies species by giving to off-\\nspring what was acquired by parents.\\nThrough the law of heredity theoretically\\nspeaking at least each member of a species re-\\nceives an influence from all its ancestors clear\\nback to the primal cell whence it sprang. The man\\nMananEpitomy to_ day is the sum total of all that has preceded\\nof the Race. him. Whatever changes have been wrought by\\nthe evolution of the earth and its relation to the\\nother members of the solar system; by develop-\\ning life in its struggle for existence and its strug-\\ngle for the existence of others; by natural selec-\\ntion and the survival of the fittest; by sexual se-\\nlection and the mating instinct; by use and dis-\\nuse by the mixing and crossing of races and na-\\ntionalities; by the combining of families and the\\ntransmission of acquired characters; by the in-\\nfluences of food, climate, habit, custom, law, com-\\nmerce, society, education and religion all are\\nrecorded and interwoven into the life of the man\\nof to-day.\\nBy heredity the product of all these factors in\\nman s evolution has been retained and transmitted", "height": "4240", "width": "2960", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE FACTORS OF HEREDITY. 97\\nto the present generation. The elements of health\\nand disease, of virtue and vice, of angel and ani-TneGiftcf\\nmal together with the inevitable results of obeyed\\nand broken laws, throughout all the centuries that\\nhave come and gone, since God breathed into\\nman the breath of life, and he became a living\\nsoul are the gift of heredity to us.\\nThe science of heredity is composed of several\\nfactors. As in the postnatal development of a\\nlife there are many potent factors, such as home X te actors of\\nHeredity\\ninfluences, associations, education, religious tram- Defined.\\ning, etc., each of which affects the life independent\\nof the others, the sum total of all forming the\\ncharacter of the man; so in the prenatal forma-\\ntion of a soul there are many factors, each of\\nwhich exerts an influence peculiar to itself, the\\ncombination of the whole determining the hered-\\nity of the child. Now, in order to simplify the\\nsubject and bring the whole at once within the\\ngrasp of the student, I shall endeavor to reduce\\neach of the several factors of heredity to a definite\\nstatement, and explain, in brief, their co-operant\\naction.\\nThe twelve fundamental propositions or factors\\nof heredity and prenatal culture, as we shall study\\nthem, are:\\ni. Species Or, that factory of heredity that (J) Species\\ncomes to all men in common as members of the\\nspecies homo, and gives to each individual the\\nbasis of his physical and mental constitution.\\n2. Racial Types Or, the factor of racial (2) Racial\\npeculiarities, which modify species, differentiate y eSt\\nthe several branches of the human family one", "height": "4240", "width": "2820", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "9 8\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\n(3) National\\nCfoaracterists.\\n(4) Family and\\nParental Traits*\\n(5) Sex\\nPotency*\\n(5) Dual\\nParentage.\\n(7) Atavism.\\n(8) Prenatal\\nCulture.\\nfrom the other, and determine the type of the in-\\ndividual.\\n3. National Characteristics Or, the fac-\\ntor of national traits which further differentiate\\nmembers of the same race and give to each indi-\\nvidual the physical and mental characteristics of\\nhis nationality.\\n4. Family and Parental Traits Or, the\\nfactor of heredity arising from the peculiar phy-\\nsical and mental constitutions of the direct ances-\\ntors of each parent, plus the characteristics of the\\nimmediate parents.\\n5. Sex Potency Or, the factor of heredity\\narising from the strength, adaptability and union\\nof the masculine and feminine principles in the\\nfather and mother.\\n6. Dual Parentage Or, the factor of hered-\\nity resulting from the combination of nationalities\\nand families; from bisexual parentage and the\\nunion and interblending of the physical and men-\\ntal qualities of parents in offspring.\\n7. Atavism Or, the law whereby latent\\nforces physical and mental characters peculiar\\nto a species, family or individual that have not\\nbeen manifested for one or more generations, be-\\ncome active, thereby causing the ancestral traits\\nto reappear in offspring.\\n8. Prenatal Culture Or, the law whereby\\nthe acquired and the transient physical and mental\\ncharacteristics of parents particularly those that\\nare most active for some time prior to the initial\\nof a life, at the time of inception and in the mother\\nduring gestation are transmitted to offspring.\\n9. Initial Impressions Or, the law whereby", "height": "4248", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE FACTORS OF HEREDITY. 99\\nexisting physical and mental states of parents,\\nparticularly the strength and activity of their sev- Initial\\n1 r 1 1 r 1 t Impressions,\\neral vital functions and mental faculties at the\\ntime of conception, modify the heredity of off-\\nspring.\\n10. Maternal Impressions Or, the law (jo) Maternal\\nwhereby the physical conditions and mental states Impressions.\\nof the mother during gestation her impulses,\\nemotions, joys, sorrows, thoughts and sentiments\\nmake their impression upon the forming body,\\nplastic brain and sensitive soul of her offspring.\\n11. Abnormal Impressions Or, the law\\nwhereby an unusual or abnormal psychical dis-\\nturbance such as sudden shock, fright, grief ,y^ notm\\nf I o I Impressions.\\nanxiety, great excitement, intense longing, relig-\\nious fervor, extreme joy, mental or hypnotic sug-\\ngestion during gestation may (in very suscepti-\\nble mothers) produce physical or mental abnor-\\nmalities in the offspring.\\n12. Planetary Influences Or, the law^ Planetary\\nwhereby the nature and relation of the several\\nplanets to the earth at the time of the inception,\\ngrowth and birth of a new life modify its hered-\\nitary tendencies.\\nThe science of heredity when properly under-\\nstood readily explains the endless variety of char- Heredity Applied\\nacter observable in human nature, as well as all study. 1\\nthe peculiarities of each individual. In the ap-\\nplication of the science, as a basis of character\\nstudy, there are several very important facts that\\nshould ever be borne in mind\\n1. Each of the several factors, particularly\\nthe acquired characteristics, are an unknown\\nquantity; they may, or may not be highly poten-\\nt.ofC.", "height": "4248", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "100\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nEach Factor\\nUnknown\\nQuantity,\\nan\\nFactors in\\nOpposition.\\nVariations\\nExplained*\\ntial. Any one of them may be the controlling\\nfactor for good or evil. Thus a man may have\\na great natural ability as an artist arising from\\nthe factor of family traits, or from a combination\\nresulting from the union of certain qualities in-\\nherent in each parent, or from an acquired par-\\nental condition, or from maternal impressions, or\\nfrom the combination of two or more of these\\nfactors. In like manner, any traits of character\\nor physical conditions may arise from any one,\\nor from several of the factors.\\n2. The several factors of heredity are seldom,\\nif ever, harmonious in their influence for good\\nor evil. As in the postnatal development of a\\nchild the several factors of an environment may\\nbe most conflicting the home influences good,\\nbut the schooling poor, the education good, but\\nthe ethical and religious training neglected, so\\nthat the influence of the one is modified by the\\nother; so in the prenatal development of a life\\nsome factors may be favorable to a good inher-\\nitance while others are unfavorable, thereby modi-\\nfying the inherent tendencies.\\n3. The established characters of both parents\\nmay be of a high order and favorable to a good\\ninheritance, but from a lack of adaptation their\\nqualities may not combine well, or the prenatal\\nconditions may be unfavorable, or the mother\\nmay receive some abnormal impression sufficiently\\nstrong to thwart the whole order of life. Thus\\nany one, two or more factors might easily coun-\\nteract the good inheritance that would naturally\\nbe expected from the well organized parents. In\\nlike manner, all the factors are subject to the", "height": "4248", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE FACTORS OF HEREDITY. 101\\nopposing influence and conjoined action of the\\nothers.\\n4. Each of the several factors exist in ever-\\nvarying degrees of strength and activity. In one ct0 Dl \u00e2\u0082\u00acf m\\nparent, the national traits and family peculiarities\\nmay be the controlling factors; in the other, the\\nacquired characteristics and those resulting from\\nsome combination may be most potent.\\n5. The influence of one parent may be much\\ngreater than that of the other; or the influence\\nof the two may be harmonious and conducive to a\\ncommon end, or they may stand in direct opposi-\\ntion to each other. Thus one parent s nature may Variations\\nThrough\\ntend to produce in the offspring intellectual, me- Parental\\nchanical, artistic or moral tendencies, while the snces\\nother may add nothing to these qualities, or may\\nstand in direct opposition to them and counter-\\nact what otherwise might have been a good in-\\nheritance.\\nFinally, the fixed characteristics and those ac- Fixed versus\\nquired may stand in direct opposition to each Acquired\\nother. In some families the former, and in others\\nthe latter, seemingly control the heredity.\\nIllustrations of this last proposition are observ-\\nable, not only among families, but among na-\\ntionalities. Some nationalities lose their national\\ncharacteristics from change of environment much\\nquicker than do others. The Hebrews are a splen- The Hebrew\\ndid illustration of the continuity of an estab-\\nlished type in opposition to the changes wrought\\nby environment and acquired tendencies. By cen-\\nturies of discipline, under the most rigid laws,\\nGod made them a peculiar people, and these\\npeculiarities are maintained despite all other in-", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "102 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nfluences. Here in America all other nationalities\\nsoon lose their individuality, so that in three or\\nfour generations it is difficult to determine the na-\\ntionality from any physical or mental character-\\nistic. But a Jew is a Jew the world over. Under\\nall climatic, geographical and sociological condi-\\ntions he retains the Hebrew character. A people\\nwithout a home or nationality, and yet the most\\ndistinct people and most pronounced nationality\\non earth.\\nThe significance of the foregoing propositions\\nAU s will hardly be appreciated without reflection yet\\nContradictions the thoughtful mind will readily see that they ac-\\nExpiicabie. count for all the facts, seeming contradictions,\\nexceptions and phenomena of heredity. Theoso-\\nphists and those unacquainted with the several\\nphases of heredity are very prone to cite this fact\\nor phenomena in human life as being inexplicable\\non the basis of heredity. It only seems so because\\ntheir knowledge of the subject is limited. When\\nwe consider the potentiality of all the several\\nNo Exceptions factors indicated, the variety and peculiarities\\nto the Law of ma de possible by their ever- varying combina-\\ntions; when we realize how national types and\\nthe fixed characteristics of parents may be modi-\\nfied in their offspring by planetary conditions,\\nchanged by prenatal influences, or the whole bent\\nof a life determined by some strong maternal im-\\npression, it is easy to account for all the physical,\\nmental and moral peculiarities observable in\\nhuman life. There are no exceptions to the laws\\nof heredity any more than there are to the law of\\ngravitation.\\nThe factors of species, racial types and", "height": "4248", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE FACTORS OF TIERED ITY. 103\\nnational characteristics may seem far removed\\nfrom the problems of heredity in the individual,\\nyet it should ever be borne in mind that these form\\nthe basis of the physical and mental constitution\\nof all. They constitute the root, trunk and\\nbranches of the tree of life while our special pecu-\\nliarities which come from more immediate causes\\nare but the leaves, the fruitage that buds, blooms,\\n11 1 1 t u Remote Factors\\nripens and falls away with each generation. 1 he Considered.\\nspecial traits that differentiate each man from\\nevery other man constitute a very small per cent\\nof his nature; but since the qualities that we all\\nhold in common are comparatively fixed, while\\nour individual traits are subject to change, we\\nshall devote most of our time to the consideration\\nof those facts and laws that bear directly upon\\nacquired characteristics and the improvement of\\noffspring.\\nThe factor of planetary influences, however\\nimportant, can hardly be intelligently presented\\nin a limited space; I must, therefore, refer the\\nreader who would make a study of this interest-\\ning branch of heredity to the standard works on\\nastrology and solar biology.\\nThe planets indirectly influence human life. I\\nam aware that many intelligent persons do not be- z u\\nlieve this, but it is because they have not inves-\\ntigated. A little reflection without even the slight-\\nest knowledge of astrology or solar biology,\\nshould enable any one to see that the intimate re-\\nlation of the several members of the solar sys-\\ntem necessitates their exerting a marked influence\\nupon one another, and thereby directly or indi-\\nrectly affecting whatever life may exist upon a\\nplanet.", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "104\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nThe Solar\\nSystem an\\nOrganism.\\nMagnetic\\nRelation of\\nPlanets.\\nEffects of Planet\\nary Changes,\\nThe solar system is on organism; as truly so\\nas is the human body. As every part of the hu-\\nman body is dependent upon and influenced by\\nevery other part, so every planet is subjected to\\nthe influence of other planets. As man s body\\nis surrounded by a magnetic aura, or personal\\nmagnetism, which influences every other person\\nwith whom he comes in contact, so every planet\\nis surrounded by an electric or magnetic aura,\\nwhich extends throughout space and influences\\nevery other planet. As the personal magnetism\\nof men differ in strength and character accord-\\ning to the physical and mental constitution of the\\nman, so the magnetic aura of planets vary with\\ntheir composition, size, density, etc. Again, as\\nin magnetic relation like creates like/ so that\\nthe man whose life is pure, chaste, just, kind and\\nunselfish tends to produce in all, similar condi-\\ntions, while men of opposite natures produce oppo-\\nsite states in others; so the composition of some\\nplanets are such as to favor the activity of what\\nwe term the higher elements of man s nature,\\nwhile others are conducive to the manifestation of\\nthe baser nature. Now, since the influence of a\\nplanet is determined in part by its size, density,\\nchemical composition and nearness to the earth,\\nand since the relation of the planets is continually\\nchanging, and since some are much more favor-\\nable to intellectual and moral growth than others,\\ntherefore it follows as a natural consequence, that\\nthe position and relation of the several planets to\\nour earth during the formative period of a child\\ndoes, to a greater or less extent, modify its hered-\\nity.", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VII.\\nPARENTAL ADAPTATION.\\nIn this chapter we shall study the laws of selec-\\ntion and parental adaptation and see what mental\\nand temperamental combinations are most favor-\\nable to domestic happiness and the heredity of off-\\nspring.\\nMarriage is natural. It is essential to civiliza- Marriage is\\ntion and the highest development of the indi-\\nvidual. No life is, or can be, complete without\\nits mate. No man or woman can accomplish in\\nthe highest degree the true aims of life without\\nthe association and mental co-operation of his or\\nher soul mate. Moreover the possibility of giv-\\ning a good inheritance to offspring is determined\\nnot alone by the mental and temperamental at-\\ntributes of the parents, but largely by their adapt-\\nability to each other. A husband and wife, who\\nare each splendidly endowed physically and The Importance\\nmentally, if unadapted may parent, even when\\nother conditions are favorable, very inferior chil-\\ndren; while a couple not so favorably endowed,\\nbut perfectly adapted, frequently parent children\\nthat are highly superior. This being true, the\\nstudy of parental adaptation becomes an import-\\nant one, not simply to the student of heredity, but\\nto all thoughtful persons who contemplate mar-\\nriage and parentage.", "height": "4248", "width": "2756", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "io6 f A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nTrue marriage is based, not alone upon admira-\\nThe Basis of tion, confidence and love, but upon mental and\\nMarriage.\\ntemperamental adaptability. Marriage is (i) a\\npsychological condition, a soul union; (2) a men-\\ntal vow, a legal bond; and (3) a physiological\\nfact, a sacred function. The first is essential to\\nthe health, happiness and soul growth of the in-\\ndividual; the second is essential to the proper\\nunderstanding of the contracting parties, the con-\\ntinuity of the home and the maintenance and pro-\\ntection of society the third is essential to the per-\\npetuity of the race and evolution of man. These\\nWhat .Constitutes three factors of marriage are all indispensable\\nand therefore incomparable. The first is a holy\\nexpression of two souls the second is a natural\\noutgrowth of the first, a legitimate human bond\\nthe third is a solemn duty and sacred privilege\\narising from the other two. Without the first\\ncondition there is no true marriage in its absence\\nLegal Bondage, the second becomes a farce and the third a crime.\\nLegal marriages based upon commercial interests,\\nmagnetic attraction, base desires and other un-\\nworthy motives not only rob thousands of true\\ndomestic happiness, but cause them to parent\\nnervous, inferior and even vicious children.\\nDomestic inharmony materially affects off-\\nspring. Maudesley says, If there be indifference,\\nInharmony\\nAffects Offspring. 01 repulsion, as happens sometimes where inter-\\nest instead of affection makes a marriage, there\\ncannot be that full and harmonious co-operation\\nnecessary to the best propagation. In-\\nsanity may be bred by unsuitable unions.\\nSchopenhauer says, The miserable conditions of\\nthe majority of men physically, mentally and mor-", "height": "4244", "width": "2936", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL ADAPTATION. 107\\nally is due in some measure to the fact that mar-\\nriages are not usually contracted by free choice,\\nbut through accidental circumstances.\\nThe search for the secret of adaptation in mar-\\nriage and domestic bliss, like the search for the\\nPhilosopher s Stone and the Fountain of Eternal\\nYouth, has been long and diligent. That every\\nlife has its counterpart, every soul its mate, its The Search fo*\\nother self, which if found would make life com- a aw\\nplete, love law and duty a pleasure, is the testi-\\nmony of every normal nature. How shall we\\nfind this counterpart? And how shall we know\\nthis, our soul mate, even should we find it, are\\nquestions that but few have been able to answer\\nsatisfactorily to themselves. It is highly prob-\\nable that most of those who have been so fortu-\\nnate as to find a companion whose life corres-\\nponded perfectly to their own are more indebted Finding a Mate,\\nto chance association than to judgment or the ap-\\nplication of the laws of adaptation. O. S. Fow-\\nler used to say that only one couple in ten were\\nreally well adapted; my own observations would\\nhardly accord with this. In the careful study of\\nover a thousand families, I have found most of\\nthem fairly well mated and comparatively happy\\nyet it is a sad fact that many excellent persons do\\nfail to find in their companions that perfect re-\\nsponse, that oneness of thought, feeling and de-\\nsire, that the soul demands and that a perfect\\nadaptation should give.\\nThe degree of adaptability varies with indi-\\nviduals. Some are so constituted that their adapt-\\nability is very limited. It is questionable whether\\nany one could be found who would form their", "height": "4244", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "io8\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nDegrees of\\nAdaptability.\\nLooking for the\\nImpossible.\\ncomplete counterpart. Such complex, eccentric\\nnatures are seldom happy in marriage and are not\\napt to give a very favorable inheritance to chil-\\ndren. Others are so harmoniously developed,\\nboth mentally and temperamentally, that they\\nhave a very wide range of adaptability. They\\ncan be happy and companionable with any one\\nthey love, adapting themselves perfectly to the\\ndisposition of the companion. Such wide range\\nof adaptability, however, is rare. Most persons\\nare adapted to only a few, and must find their\\ncounterpart if they are to be reasonably happy in\\ndomestic life or parent children who are well\\nborn.\\nMany are disappointed in their domestic life\\nbecause they are looking for the impossible. The\\nromantic dreams of the idealist can never be\\nfully realized until human nature has outgrown\\nits selfishness. So long as people are imperfect\\nand unhappy within themselves it is irrational to\\nexpect undisturbed bliss in their domestic rela-\\ntions. The association in the bond of wedlock of\\na man and a woman, both of whom are imperfect\\nand incapable of satisfying themselves, cannot\\nproduce a heaven on earth.\\nThe happiest and the wisest pair,\\nWill find occasion to forbear,\\nAnd something every day they live\\nTo pity, and perhaps forgive.\\nWhile perfection is impossible to mortals in any\\nSphere of life, there is a possibility that every\\nfairly well organized man or woman will find a\\ncompanion whose temperament, desires, ambi-\\ntions, likes and dislikes will harmonize so nearly", "height": "4268", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL ADAPTATION. 109\\nwith his or her own as to make marriage a suc-\\ncess, life happy and parentage a blessing.\\nFixed laws govern all things in nature. No\\ndoubt there are laws that control natural affini- Natural\\nties and adaptations. It is questionable, how-\\never, how fully these laws can be discerned and\\napplied in the present condition of society. Sages,\\nscientists and philosophers for centuries have been\\ntrying to formulate some definite rule that would\\nbe an infallible guide to the selection of a com-\\npanion. The early philosophers considered adapt-\\nation largely from a physiological point of view,\\nwhile writers of more recent date place special\\nstress upon mental affinity. Experience proves that\\nboth are essential to continued happiness and the\\nwell being of offspring.\\nAgain, the question of adaptation has been sub-\\njected to much discussion on account of the dif-\\nferences of opinion among sociologists as to what\\nconstitutes the primary object of marriage. Some Adaptation.\\nhold the propagation of the race to be the primary\\nobject, and, reckoning from this point of view,\\nadaptation is determined by whatever is most\\nfavorable to this end. Others affirm that the\\nhappiness and development of the contracting\\nparties are the primary objects of marriage, and\\ntherefore hold that congeniality is the true basis\\nof adaptation. Fortunately these two points of\\nview are not as far apart as they would seem,\\nfor observation and experience indicate that the\\nmental and temperamental union most conducive\\nto the continued health and happiness of the hus-\\nband and wife is also most favorable for their\\noffspring.", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "i io A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nStudents of adaptation in marriage have sug-\\nThfee Rules fcr gested three general, yet highly conflicting, rules\\nfor the selection of a life companion: (i) The\\nlaw of opposites; (2) that like should marry\\nlike; and (3) the law of compliments, or that\\nmarriage should be between those whose physical\\nand mental characteristics form the perfect coun-\\nterpart of each other.\\nEach of these rules has its advocates and oppo-\\nnents no doubt all three have their application and\\nlimitation. Human nature is so varied that it\\nis impossible to lay down any inflexible rule for\\nN \u00c2\u00a3l L W Ai? pI the regulation of any department of life that is\\nequally applicable to all persons. In those attri-\\nbutes in which each individual differs from all\\nothers he must be a law unto himself; but wherein\\nhuman nature is substantially alike it is possible\\nto formulate general rules of life and conduct that\\nare applicable to all. Again, since all men and\\nwomen conform in their physical and mental char-\\nacteristics to certain general types sufficiently to\\nadmit of classification, it is possible to formulate\\nrules of adaptation applicable to them.\\nOf the three rules suggested the law of comple-\\nments has by far the widest application, whether\\nconsidered from a physiological or psychological\\npoint of view. The law of opposites and its anti-\\nUnions. fa e thesis, that like should marry like, are applicable\\nonly to harmonious, well balanced temperaments.\\nWhen persons endowed with any extreme phys-\\nical or mental characteristic marry those like\\nthemselves, or their extreme opposite, the results\\nare invariably unfavorable to both parents and\\nchildren. Illustrations of this fact may be seen", "height": "4268", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL AD APT A TION. 1 1 1\\nin every community. Thus, a man with large\\nbones, spare muscles, strong, angular features,\\nindomitable will and courage, marries a woman\\nwho has a delicate, light physique, a sensititve,\\nflexible individuality, and a timid, conformative\\nnature. They are married, but not mated. They\\nmay be happy, but it is not the happiness that\\narises from a true marriage the wife becomes the\\ntypical child-wife; their lives do not blend. If MatTdf bUt 0t\\nthey become one, the husband is the one; the in-\\ndividuality of the wife is completely lost in the\\nhusband whose individuality remains unchanged.\\nThe wife becomes the idol of his heart, to be\\npetted, cherished and indulged like a much loved\\nchild, or scolded and driven like a chattel slave,\\naccording to the disposition of her husband. In\\neither case it can hardly be called a union, and\\nwhere the latter condition obtains it is sure to\\nprove destructive to the mental growth and happi-\\nness of the wife, and should children be born their\\ninheritance will be unfavorable. I have observed\\nthat children born from such unions show conclu-\\nsively that the natures of their parents have not\\nblended in their own. The boys are usually frail, c f\\nnervous, extremely sensitive, often precocious, Unmated\\nbut not well balanced; the girls are more apt to cnts\\nbe awkward, uncouth and wanting in mentality.\\nBoth sexes frequently show a lack of individual-\\nity, self-reliance and independence of character.\\nWhen persons having extreme temperamental\\nor mental characteristics marry those like them-\\nselves, the results are fully as unfavorable as when\\nthey marry their extreme opposites. For instance,\\nwhen the husband and wife are both of a Nerv-", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "112\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nShould Like\\nMarry Like\\nThe Law of\\nCompliments*\\nThe Dream of\\nthe Sentimen-\\ntalist.\\nous Temperament (indicated by sharp features,\\nquick motion, high-keyed voice, intense feelings,\\nkeen intellect, intensity and susceptibility) they\\nwill necessarily intensify each other s over-active\\nmentality, are likely to overdo and are apt to irri-\\ntate each other. Children born from such unions\\nare usually delicate, frail and precocious. The\\nsame law applies with equal force to all specific\\nmental qualities. Wherever any quality is very\\nstrong or very weak, the union with one who is\\nthe same or directly opposite frequently proves\\ndisastrous to domestic harmony in this particular\\nmoreover, what is a fault in both parents is liable\\nto be exaggerated to a dangerous degree in the\\noffspring.\\nIf persons are harmoniously developed mentally\\nand temperamentally, experience indicates that\\nthey may marry with impunity those having a sim-\\nilar constitution, or those of marked extremes;\\nbut if one is a combination of extremes, the com-\\npanion should be harmonious. As most persons\\nhave a few strong qualities and some weak ones,\\nwhile the major part of their nature is mediocre,\\nthe law of complements is the safest to follow it\\nis the only rule for those of extreme tempera-\\nments. When the extreme traits of one parent are\\nmodified by a moderate degree of the same qual-\\nities in the other, the children are usually favor-\\nably born.\\nSentimentalists, who consider love as the only\\nrequisite of marriage and parentage, are prone to\\noverlook those physical and mental conditions\\nupon which the continuity of love and the well\\nbeing of offspring depend. The question is fre-", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL ADAPTATION. 113\\nquently asked, If persons having like tempera-\\nments love each other fondly, why should they\\nnot marry? The answer is that while persons\\nhaving like temperaments may become attached\\nto each other as a result of association, they are\\nseldom, if ever, well mated. For instance, a man\\nand woman, each having a pronounced Motive\\nTemperament (indicated by large bones, slim,\\ncompact muscles, tall, angular build, prominent ma J|jfes!\\nbrow, retreating forehead and high crown)\\nthrough association fall in love, why should they\\nnot marry (1) Because persons so organized\\ncreate constant opposition by their pronounced\\ncharacter. There will be two rulers, two indivi-\\ndualities, each of whom is too decided to submit\\nreadily to the will of the other. As like excites\\nlike, their association will tend to increase, rather\\nthan to diminish, their pronounced tendencies.\\n(2) Children born from such a union usually Two Rulers in\\nhave an extreme development of what was the ne Household,\\nleading temperament in both parents, and are\\nsadly deficient in the others even though the par-\\nents are perfectly healthy, the children generally\\nshow a lack of plumpness and vitality, are fre-\\nquently awkward, homely and uncouth; and are\\nusually prone to biliousness, liver trouble and\\nrheumatism. Their mental endowment is seldom\\nbetter than their physical. They rarely show any children from\\nintelligence above the average, even though the Parents of Like\\nparents are both superior. They are apt to be emperamens\\nwillful, gloomy and unsociable. Should such a\\nperson select a companion having a more plump\\nand symmetrical build and form, with a genial,\\nsanguine, conformative nature, the chances for", "height": "4244", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "ii4 r A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\ndomestic happiness and the well-being of off-\\nspring would be much greater.\\nTemperamental The union of two persons of the Vital Tem-\\nReqmrements. r\\nperament (indicated by small bones, plump build,\\nround face, sanguine complexion and a jolly,\\nhappy nature) is seldom productive of the best\\nresults. i Because they are sure to be too emo-\\ntional, ardent, sanguine, impulsive and change-\\nable. Their intellects are apt to be brilliant, rather\\nthan deep their sentiments more spasmodic than\\nconstant neither will have the governing ability\\nor steadfastness necessary to the highest order of\\nsuccess. The feeling-nature of each being too\\nstrong, they are prone to burn out life s forces\\nmuch faster than is necessary. (2) Children\\nborn from such a union are usually too sanguine.\\nSanguine\u00c2\u00b0 n sa dly wanting in bone and solidity of muscle, and\\nTemperaments, they frequently have strong dropsical or scrofu-\\nlitic tendencies, even where the parents are per-\\nfectly healthy. Their dispositions are character-\\nized by impulsiveness and a lack of energy, con-\\nstancy, stability, moral courage and character.\\nTheir appetites are usually too strong, making\\nthem prone to intemperance and dissipation. Per-\\nsons endowed with the strong Vital Temperament\\nshould select as companions those having more\\nangularity in build, form and feature, individual-\\nity and stability of character such a combination\\nwould be more conducive to happiness and give to\\noffspring both energy and vivacity, ardor and\\nconstancy, intellectual depth as well as brilliancy.\\nThe relative strength of the sex attribute the\\nmasculinity in man and femininity in woman-\\nplay such an important part in marriage and par-", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL AD APT A TION. 1 1 5\\nentage that any couple to be well mated must form\\nthe counterpart of each other in these qualities.\\nThe law governing sex harmony may be stated in\\nthree general propositions 1 Every man and\\nwoman is bi-sexual, that is to say, possesses both Adaption!\\nthe masculine and feminine attributes to a greater\\nor less degree. The normal, well matured man\\nis pre-eminently masculine, but has a strong,\\nthough passive, feminine nature. The normal\\nwell born matured woman is pre-eminently femi-\\nnine, yet has a passive masculine nature. (2) The\\nstronger and more active a woman s femininity\\nis, the more she will be attracted to, attract, and\\nbe adapted to the truly masculine man. The Mwodtofcy and\\nFemininity,\\nstronger and more active a man s masculinity is\\nthe more he will be attracted and the better he\\nwill be adapted to the purely feminine woman.\\n(3) In proportion as woman loses her femininity\\nand becomes masculine she loses her attractive-\\nness and adaptability to strong, masculine men,\\nand becomes attracted and adapted to effeminate\\nmen. In proportion as man becomes effeminate\\nhe loses his attractiveness and adaptability to the T te w of\\nr x J Attraction.\\ntruly feminine woman, and becomes attractive\\nand adapted to the masculine woman. These\\nthree propositions contain the basal principles of\\nsex adaptation, and explain many of the incon-\\ngruities and seeming contradictions worked out in\\nall society.\\nSex adaptation is highly important both for the\\nsake of harmony in the family and the heredity of\\nchildren. The experience of many mismated\\ncouples proves that wherever the husband and\\nwife are both either strongly masculine or strong-", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "n6\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nMasculine\\nWomen and\\nFeminine Men.\\nDiscernment of\\nAdaptation.\\nly feminine, discord prevails and their children\\nare seldom, if ever, well born. The truly mascu-\\nline man cannot endure a positive, masculine wo-\\nman; while a truly feminine woman abhors an\\neffeminate man; therefore, sex adaptation re-\\nquires that the husband and wife shall form the\\ncounterpart or complement of each other.\\nThe degree of masculinity and femininity in\\nany given person is difficult to determine, but the\\nfollowing suggestions will serve as a guide, both\\nin estimating the strength of the sex attribute and\\nthe degree of adaptability between any given pair\\n(i) The truly masculine man and feminine wo-\\nman are invariably attractive, magnetic, emo-\\ntional, ardent, affectionate, responsive and highly\\nagreeable to the opposite sex. Their company\\nis always in demand. The way in which they will\\nexpress their affections and the class of people\\nthey will attract, or be attracted to, will of course\\nbe determined by other qualities in their disposi-\\ntions and their conditions in life; but whether\\nrefined or gross, cultured or illiterate, they will\\nwield an influence that those wanting in this at-\\nFamilyResem- f\\nblances a Key to tribute never can. (2) Women who resemble\\nAdaptation. their fathers are usually but not always mas-\\nculine, and therefore should marry men who re-\\nsemble their mothers, and vice versa. In hun-\\ndreds of observations made I do not recall a\\nsingle instance where the husband and wife both\\nstrongly resembled the father or both the mother\\nin which the union was truly happy or their chil-\\ndren really well born.\\nSoul harmony is the most important factor of\\nparental adaptation. Lying back of all physical", "height": "4248", "width": "2936", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0124.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL AD APT A TION. 1 1 7\\nexternals, temperamental conditions and object-\\nive mentality, there is a subjective nature, an Soul Harmony,\\nindependent entity, called the soul, which must\\nbe mated if marriage is to be complete and chil-\\ndren well born.\\nThe basis of soul-harmony lies back of all phy-\\nsiological and temperamental conditions. It is\\nimpossible, therefore, to judge wholly from ex-\\nternal appearances who are, and who are not, well\\nmated. Those whose souls are calculated to form\\na perfect union are often drawn together by a\\nnatural affinity that is inexplicable on the basis\\nof objective appearances or mentality. Their sub-\\njective minds readily communicate with each\\nother, producing a perfect understanding with\\nscarcely a word there is a telepathic commimica- Love s\\nHon that enables them to feel each other s condi- an 2 aa c\\ntions, longings, joys and sorrows. Truly, the soul\\nhas a language whereby it expresses its yearnings\\nto its mate; a language that can never be trans-\\nlated into words, yet forms a perfect means of\\ncommunication. Where natures are not in soul-\\nharmony they are often unable to understand\\neach other, even with the aid of an attorney\\nSameness of texture, or organic quality is the\\nprincipal requisite for a high degree of soul har-\\nmony between two natures. Mental and tempera- The Basis of\\nmental adaptability and strong, active affections ou afmon y-\\nare also essential, but two natures to come into per-\\nfect rapport with each other must be keyed alike.\\nVariations in organic quality are observable\\nthroughout all nature, even among members of\\nthe same class or species. Some trees are fine\\ngrained, others are coarse; high grade animals", "height": "4240", "width": "2784", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0125.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "1 1 8 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nare fine grained, while those of low grade are\\ncoarse; some people are fine grained and have a\\nOrganic Quality sensitive, delicate fiber, while others are coarse\\nin .Nature*\\ngrained and less highly animated. The texture\\nof the physical organism indicates the character,\\nor quality, of the resident life. The simpler and\\nlower the grade of life, the simpler and coarser\\nthe physical organism. As the grade of life is im-\\nproved in any class, the organic quality will be-\\ncome correspondingly finer. The more highly\\norganized the psychic nature, the finer will be the\\ntexture of the physical organism. As is the tex-\\nture, or quality, of the soul, so will be its vibra-\\ntions, or thought-waves. If the nature s high-\\nkeyed the person will be very intense, enjoy and\\nsuffer to an extreme, will be sensitive to impres-\\nsions and susceptible to telepathic influences.\\nSoul Vibrations. Where the organism is simple, coarse and less\\ncomplex the opposite conditions obtain. The\\nformer will live, enjoy and suffer more in one\\nminute than the latter will in two; because the\\nvibrations of the soul upon which all sensation\\nand consciousness depend are so much faster.\\nPersons representing these two extremes can\\nWhy Some Can- never come en rapport because the vibrations of\\nnot Understand their natures are so different that neither can\\nEach Other.\\nreceive telepathically, the thoughts, feelings or\\nsensations of the other. Other things being equal,\\nthe nearer two persons are alike in organic qual-\\nity the greater the possibility of soul harmony.\\nWhen there is great difference in the organic\\nquality of the husband and wife it is seldom that\\nthey are happy in their domestic relations, or that\\ntheir children show a complete blending of the", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0126.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "PARENTAL ADAPTATION. 119\\nparental natures. I have observed many in-\\nstances where other conditions of adaptation were\\nhighly favorable, and in almost every case the JJJ att pjf s at Do\\nchildren seemingly partook of the peculiarities\\nof one parent only. In some instances where the\\nsex-nature and individuality of both parents were\\nstrong, the children were seemingly a combina-\\ntion of the parents, having some qualities of body\\nand mind decidedly like the father s and others\\nlike the mother s. Even the texture of the hair\\nvaries, part of it being fine and soft, and part\\ncoarse and wiry. The child was not a blending\\nof its parents, but a composite organism made up\\nof the distinctive peculiarities of both parents. S^P 16\\nChildren so constituted usually manifest great\\ninconsistencies and contradictions in character.\\nThey not infrequently possess marked talent and\\ngenius in special directions, but invariably lack\\nthe all-round strength and mental harmony of\\nthe well-born.", "height": "4240", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0127.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VIII.\\nSEX POTENCY.\\nSex Potency Or, the factor of heredity aris-\\ning from the strength, adaptability and union of\\nthe masculine and feminine principles in the\\nfather and mother.\\nThe sex attribute is the most subtle power in\\nhuman life and heredity. It is as much a mystery\\nas is life itself. Rev. Robert Mclntyre, D. D.,\\nonce said to me, When you fathom the mystery\\nofSex. ySCfy anc comprehend the significance of sex, you will\\nbe able to explain the whole phenomena of na-\\nture from the lowest creature to the Infinite God.\\nI believe that even the Godhead is fem-\\ninine as well as masculine, and that these attrib-\\nutes extend into the lowest forms of life. He\\nmight have said with equal assurance, even to\\nthe crudest of inorganic matter.\\nThe sex element is the creative principle resi-\\ndent in all nature. The masculine and feminine\\nThe Creative attributes are the constituent parts of life the\\nnncipeo elements from which life is formed. This state-\\nment applies not only to organism and function\\nbut to each propensity, feeling, faculty and senti-\\nment of the human soul. Every expression of\\nlife in the whole realm of nature is the product\\nof the union and co-operation of the masculine", "height": "4244", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0128.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 121\\nand feminine principles. Every new thought born\\nin the brain, every idea created, is a child of these\\nelements. No man or woman lacking in mascu-\\nlinity or femininity is ever highly original.\\nFrances Willard once said, I believe in the\\ndignity and divinity of sex in the free discussion\\nof whatever pertains to the nature of man or is\\nessential for his well being. Surely the discus-\\nsion of no subject is more essential to man s well\\nbeing than the subject of sex. It is the all-creat-\\ning, directing and controlling factor in every life.\\nIn youth it is a veritable fountain of life, a bub-\\nbling spring of joy, a rippling brooklet that is con-\\ntinually singing the enchanting song of love. In Spring of Joy.\\nmaturity it is a broad, deep river, a mighty cur-\\nrent of strength that flows on continually, sweep-\\ning away every obstacle and bearing on its bosom\\nthe burdens of life. In old age it is a tranquil\\nlake, a sun-kissed sea, on whose placid surface are\\nmirrored the soul s past joys and sorrows, its\\nclouds of despondency and its stars of hope..\\nThe sex attribute in man seemingly has three\\ngreat functions to perform 1 it develops and The Three\\nperfects the individual man or woman 2 it be- Functions Sex\\ncomes the subtle power that draws them together\\nand unites them in the holy bonds of wedlock 3\\nit combines in their lives to create a new life. In\\nthe performance of these three great functions in\\nhuman life the element of sex is of supreme im-\\nportance. In proportion to its strength, other InfIuence of\\nthings being equal, will these three functions be Power,\\nwell performed. Without it no person ever de-\\nvelops into noble manhood or womanhood. With-\\nout it no man or woman ever becomes truly mag-", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0129.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "122 r A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nnetic, loving, attractive, or capable of being at-\\ntracted. Without it no couple ever parent strong,\\nhale, bright, well-born children.\\nIn early life if the element of sex be strong and\\nwisely directed it is rapidly utilized in the economy\\nThe Develop- of nature, in the development of the boy or girl\\nmentof Manhood i nto we H-rounded maturity. It is in reality the\\nand womanhood r -t-r i r\\nessence of life, and if retained in the organism\\nwill give strength and power to every function,\\nfaculty and sentiment. It rounds out the physical\\ndevelopment, gives solidity and plumpness to the\\nmuscles, elasticity to the step, animation to the\\nexpression, vigor to the energies, keenness to the\\nintellect, vivacity to the emotions, ardor to the af-\\nfections, courage to the convictions and indivi-\\nduality, independence and stability to the char-\\nacter.\\nThe potency of sex in the development and\\nmaintenance of physical strength, mental vigor\\nKings and and moral courage can scarcely be appreciated\\nSociety. n e P resent state of society. The almost uni-\\nversal dissipation of this element, in one way or\\nanother, in married life as well as in indiscreet\\nyouth, leaves no true standard by which to esti-\\nmate the power of this element were it wholy di-\\nrected to the normal functions of life. There are\\nthousands, it is true, who do not intentionally mis-\\ndirect this force, and as a result, if well endowed\\nby heredity, they become kings and queens in so-\\nciety, specimens of true manhood and woman-\\nhood but even these are not what they might have\\nbeen had their ancestors acted as wisely.\\nRev. Dr. Hunter, in referring to this subject in\\nhis splendid book on Manhood, Wrecked and", "height": "4248", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0130.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 123\\nRescued, says: There are specimens of man-\\nhood whom we cannot pass on the street without\\nadmiration we involuntarily turn round and look\\nat them as they move on with the tread of a giant. X lttiie s itsown\\nThere are kings of the stage, the platform, the\\npulpit, the bar and the senate, who need but to\\nspeak and stand erect, when all eyes are riveted\\nand all hearts are carried away into a sweet cap-\\ntivity. These men inherited noble forms and high\\nintellectual faculties and have lived in obedience\\nto natural law.\\nThe indications of degeneracy observable in\\nmost families in all civilized countries is generally\\nconceded to be due largely to the misdirection and Supreme Cause\\n01 X^epenefcicv\\ndissipation of the sex attribute. A volume the\\nsize of this might be filled easily with quotations\\nfrom the best authorities of Europe and Amer-\\nica showing the effects of these abuses upon the\\nphysical, mental and moral life of the race. There Few Know-\\nare thousands of men and women in every busi- ties# elr 0SSI 1\\nness vocation and calling in life, who will never\\nknow the heights to which they might have risen\\nnor the soul growth they could have enjoyed had\\nthey wisely directed their forces to the develop-\\nment of their higher natures.\\nThe ancient Egyptians taught that the sex prin-\\nciple was the essence of eternal life, that so long\\nas it was wisely directed, converted into brain and\\nbrawn, man enjoyed the blessed privilege of per- 5^^\\npetual youth. Finally, through the seductive\\npower of some evil spirit, presumably the old\\nSerpent, man became unchaste. As a result of\\nthis sin and the dissipation of the essence of life,\\nmen began to grow old and the penalty of death", "height": "4244", "width": "2784", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0131.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "124 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nfell upon them. With the continued dissipation\\nof this force the length of man s life became\\nshorter and shorter, his physical stature grew less\\nand less, until the degenerate race became an\\nabomination unto the Lord.\\nHow much of truth there may be in this ancient\\ntradition concerning the period when man enjoyed\\nperpetual youth, we know not but history vindi-\\nTradition Agree. cates tne claim that man s days have gradually\\nbeen shortened, his physical stature lessened and\\nhis spiritual perception degenerated almost to ex-\\ntinction. Science, too, has in recent years be-\\ncome a witness to the validity of the ancient tra-\\ndition. Every up-to-date scientist in Europe and\\nAmerica has abandoned the old idea of man s\\nphysical necessities, that for centuries was an\\nexcuse for his dissipation, and now they declare\\nwith one accord that the highest degree of phy-\\nsical, mental and moral development is attained\\nmost easily by a life of absolute chastity.\\nSex power, if retained in the system during\\nyouth and adult life, is converted into magnetism,\\nvitality, energy, vivacity, memory, creative fancy,\\nA Hint to tiie\\nWise. originality, aspiration, moral courage, sympathy,\\nlife, manhood and womanhood. A hint to the\\nwise is sufficient. He who would improve any\\nattribute of body, mind or soul and wield the\\nscepter of power who would feel in mature years\\nthe buoyancy of youth, should learn and obey\\nthe law of sex. He who would thrill with the\\npower of magnetism and inspire others with its\\nsubtle force; who would realize the romance of\\nlove and the poetry of an ardent soul who would\\nfeel ambition mount from weird earth to vaulted", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0132.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 125\\nsky and know the potency of noble aspirations,\\nshould retain the sex force within his being. He\\nwho would be able to reason clearly and compre-\\nhend readily who would vibrate with another s Z^ e C y \u00c2\u00b0L\\nsympathy and feel another s woe; who would\\nknow what it is to be a free man and have that\\nmoral courage that will not bear a feather s\\nweight of slavery s chain for small or great; who\\nwould stand in the presence of God and man an\\nuncrowned king resplendent with the glories of\\nhuman achievement, conscious of the divinity\\nthere is in him let him deny himself and fol-\\nlow the Christ in a life of chastity.\\nThe second expression of the sex element that\\nwe shall consider is its manifestation in the form\\nof personal magnetism, passion and love. Mag- Deffnedf m\\nnetism may be defined briefly as a vibratory ex-\\npression of force that radiates from a person in\\nconsequence of the chemical changes in the body\\nand the combustion or explosion of cells in the\\nbrain and nerve ganglia.\\nThe personal magnetism of a person is both\\nvoluntary and involuntary. The former is purely\\nthe product of brain action, which corresponds in\\nstrength and character to the strength and activity inv^iJSry\\nof the elements of mind from which it springs and Magnetism.\\nis as subject to the control of the will, as is any\\nother manifestation of the mind. The latter corre-\\nsponds to the chemical organization and the in-\\nvoluntary life of the person it is in no sense under\\nthe control of the will, and changes only as the\\nvitality increases or diminishes.\\nSilent forces rule the world. The power of a\\nman s life for good or evil is determined, not so", "height": "4240", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0133.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "126 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nmuch by what he says, as by what he is. The law\\nof magnetic influences shows why this is so.\\nI^ IT jj Voluntary magnetism, being but a radiation of\\nthought waves, corresponds in strength and char-\\nacter to the mentality that produces it. Cold in-\\ntellectual thinking produces an intellectual mag-\\nnetism; emotionality, emotional magnetism;\\nvirtuous or vicious thoughts, feelings or desires\\nproduce a corresponding radiation; hence, as one\\nthinks and feels, so will be his voluntary magnet-\\nism. Now, since like excites like/ one s in-\\nfluence over others for good or evil necessarily\\ncorresponds to his inner thoughts, feelings and\\ndesires. The significance of this fact is worthy\\nof the most profound consideration.\\nThe sex attribute produces a magnetism pecu-\\nliar to itself that is highly potential in its influence\\nover the mentality. It supplies to the whole or-\\nCh^acte^ 1 ganism what the batteries supply to the telephone\\nor telegraph wire. As a charged wire is a much\\nbetter conductor of force or vibratory waves than\\nan uncharged, so the person whose sex nature is\\nstrong and normally active is always magnetic.\\nEvery feeling, emotion and sentiment has a cer-\\ntain vivacious thrill that is never found in the\\npoorly sexed or in those whose powers have been\\nweakened.\\nThat subtle power called personal magnetism\\nwhich enables the reader, singer, actor, or public\\nEloquence! speaker to captivate and hold, to sway and control\\nan audience, is largely a product of the sex ele-\\nment. Those who are strongly endowed with this\\nattribute put an expression into their work and\\nexert an influence over an audience that those who", "height": "4248", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0134.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 127\\nlack it never can. Their own great creative power\\nenables them to create thoughts, feelings and emo-\\ntions in others. There is a peculiar thrill to the\\nvoice of the singer, a burning pathos in the ex-\\npression of the orator that is well sexed, that can-\\nnot be duplicated by any amount of elocutionary\\ntraining.\\nPersons vary greatly in the strength of their\\npersonal magnetism. Some men and women are\\nPower of Per-\\nso poorly sexed that they seem utterly wanting in sona lMagnetism.\\nmagnetic power; they neither attract nor are at-\\ntracted. They may be highly cultured, good look-\\ning, moral, and otherwise endowed with many\\nexcellent qualities, yet they are not popular with\\nthe opposite sex and the world wonders why. It\\nis one of those mysteries wherein Nature pro--, p\\nclaims her wisdom by denying the power of at- claims Her\\ntraction to those who are not well qualified for^^ Qmt\\nmarriage or parentage. Observation proves that\\nsuch persons are not very companionable, are sel-\\ndom happy in married life, and never parent well-\\nborn children. Others who are very strongly en-\\ndowed with the sex attribute are highly attract-\\nive and are frequently attracted to a great variety\\nof persons. They seem to have a very wide range\\nof adaptability. A lady so constituted will be the Magnetism,\\nchoice of twenty men, no two of whom have sim- p ^^fee\\nilar likes or tastes in other matters, and yet each\\nwill insist that she forms his perfect counterpart.\\nStrongly masculine men are always favorites\\namong the ladies, even though they may be home-\\nly, awkward, illiterate and even dissipated. They\\nare chosen in preference to those who are highly\\nsuperior in other ways, but wanting in this all-\\nessential element.", "height": "4244", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0135.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "128\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nObjective and\\nSubjective\\nAffinity.\\nLove between the sexes is an expression of life\\nthat springs from the activity of the sex nature.\\nFrom this it must not be understood that sex love,\\nor magnetic attraction, constitutes the only bond\\nof love between the sexes. Love, like all other\\nfeelings, faculties and sentiments, is dual in its\\nDualit/oFLove. nature There is an objective love and a subject-\\nive love; a carnal affection and a soul affection.\\nThe former is a manifestation of the physical the\\nlatter of the spiritual nature of man. The object-\\nive, or physical, love, bears the same relation to\\nthe sex element that light bears to electricity. It\\nis sex expressed as mind. It is strong or weak in\\nproportion as the sex nature is strong or weak.\\nThe physical love develops with the increase of\\nsex power in youth, is strongest in maturity, rises\\nand falls with the vitality or animal vigor and\\nwanes in old age. The subjective phase of love,\\nbeing an expression of the soul, is not subject\\nto physical conditions or changes is not governed\\nor affected by physical appearance, but is depend-\\nent upon soul harmony. Its action produces an\\ninsatiable longing for soul sympathy and compan-\\nionship. When once it has met and united with\\nits mate it will neither diminish nor relinquish its\\nattachment, even with the ravages of time or the\\ndecay of the temple.\\nIn every well organized person both the object-\\nThe Love of ive and subjective phase of love exists. The ob-\\nMen and Women j ec ti V e usually predominates in man, and the sub-\\njective in woman. Both are highly essential to\\nhealth, harmony, happiness and the propagation\\nof the species. The abnormal expression of the\\nobjective, or physical, love usually leads to sen-\\nDiffer.", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0136.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 129\\nsuality and the desecration of the marital rights\\nwhile the predominance of subjective love in the\\nabsence of the other invariably makes one unduly\\nsentimental.\\nWhere the husband and wife differ much in the\\ncharacter of their affections marriage is usually a\\nr /^t 1 r 11 1 Magnetism and\\nfailure. 1 housanas of marriages, especially where Matrimony.\\nthe association of the contracting parties has been\\nbrief, are based largely, or wholly, on magnetic\\nattraction and objective love, there being no real\\nsoul union. Even where the contracting parties\\nare perfectly honest it is extremely difficult for\\nthem to determine the character of each other s\\naffections.\\nThe subtle passion between the sexes exerts a\\ncontrolling influence over all the other feelings,\\nfaculties and sentiments. Where it is wisely di-\\nrected it is most ennobling. It is the basis of chiv- Life,\\nairy it has been the principal inspiration of many\\nof the most heroic deeds in history; it has also\\nbeen the prime factor in much of the world s vice,\\nand has caused the commission of the darkest\\ncrimes in all ages. Where this feeling is strong\\nand active it subordinates every other power to\\nthe gratification of its own desires it makes and\\nunmakes character; it is highly misleading to\\njudgment, blinding the eyes of the most rational\\nand silencing every voice that would oppose it.\\nBecause of the subtle controlling power of ob-\\njective love many marriages are based largely or Lj ve versus\\nentirely upon magnetic attraction. Such unions Attraction.\\nmay develop into a true soul harmony but where\\nthey fail to do so the results are most unfortu-\\nnate. Too frequently those who marry in haste", "height": "4240", "width": "2816", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0137.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "130\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nAffections.\\nunder the influence of a magnetic spell find them-\\nselves yoked for life to a nature that is positively\\nforeign to every element of their being. Unfortu-\\nnate as is this condition, it is not always avoidable\\ni Because we have no infallible rule for deter-\\nmining the character of a person s love; and (2)\\nbecause very few persons are able to exercise a\\nnormal judgment when influenced by the seduct-\\nive power of their own and another s affections.\\nIn attempting to determine the character of\\none s affections the following suggestions will\\n_ x prove helpful to those who have the self-control\\nDetermining the r r\\nCharacter of the to apply them: (1) Magnetic power and phys-\\nical love increase by nearness and frequency of\\nassociation, and diminish in proportion as the\\nparties are separated by time and distance while\\nsubjective love, or soul affinity, is quite as strong\\nwhen widely separated from its object for months\\nor even years as when intimately associated. Dif-\\nference, not distance, separates souls. When a\\nsoul has once met its mate and a union is formed,\\nneither time nor space can dissolve that union.\\n(2) Magnetic power and objective love rise and\\nfall with the physical conditions and readily make\\nnew attachments in the absence of the former\\nmate, while subjective love is not modified by\\nphysical changes, and rarely forms a second union.\\n(3) The two phases of love often stand in direct\\nopposition to each other, one being perfectly satis-\\nfied and the other very dissatisfied. Where a\\nunion is complete these contradictions never exist.\\nMore than one young lady has said to me that\\nwhen she is absent from her fiance she does not\\nfully respect him he does not reach her ideal he\\nWhat Separates\\nSouls.", "height": "4244", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0138.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 131\\nis not the kind of a man she would admire as a\\nbrother or father, yet when she is with him his Contradictory\\nreelings\\npresence removes all objections, and she cannot Explained\\nunderstand this contradiction in her feelings. The\\nexplanation is simple the attraction between them\\nis magnetic and physical, not spiritual. Were\\nthey really soul mates, his absence would increase,\\nrather than diminish, her admiration. Sometimes,\\nthough more rarely, the reverse is true. There\\nare occasionally soul affinities that cannot endure\\neach other s personality. I have met a number of\\ncouples who were seemingly perfectly happy and\\ncontented in each other s affections when separa-\\nted, yet quite miserable when together.\\nTo apply practically the foregoing facts it\\nwould be well for a couple who contemplate en-\\ngagement to separate for a few weeks, or even Poetical\\na few months, and communicate with each other\\nonly at long intervals. If, when thus separated\\nand associated with other company of a pleasing,\\nagreeable character the inner self holds to its mate\\nwith undiminished interest and feels no disap-\\npointment or unsatisfied longing when contem-\\nplating the companion, it is fairly safe to presume\\nthat the attachment is more than a mere magnetic\\nspell. If, however, the absent lover feels that\\nthere it something wanting in the companion,\\nsomething that he or she does not like, something\\nrepellent about the personal^, all of which van-\\nishes when they are brought together, it is a pretty\\nsure indication that their attraction is largely mag-\\nnetic and that they are not well mated.\\nMost engagements are made under conditions\\nthat preclude the application of the foregoing sug-", "height": "4244", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0139.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "132 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\ngestions. Cupid knows no law but his own de-\\nsire, and refuses to be dictated to by sober thought\\nor calm reflection. Contracts made by lovers\\nwhile under the magnetic spell of each other are\\nas dangerous as a leap in the dark. Those who\\ndesire to be true to their soul s best interests, or\\nAright. who value their own and the companion s happi-\\nness should never make or accept a proposal in\\nthe presence of the loved one. Before making\\nthe final decision it is far better to separate for a\\nseason and divert the attention from the loved\\none to business, travel or study until the magnetic\\ninfluences are overcome and the ardor of love has\\nsubsided then by communing with the inner soul\\na comparatively safe decision can be made.\\nThe three expressions of the sex nature that\\nwe have considered as magnetism, subjective and\\nobjective love, constitute the trinity of the affec-\\ntions and the affinity between the sexes. All three\\nTE Thr -F Id are essen ti a l to a perfect union and the fulfilment\\nCharacter of of the several purposes of wedlock. Where all\\nvc three phases of love are strong in both husband\\nand wife, and they are otherwise well adapted to\\neach other, we have that perfect blending of life\\nwith life that enables each to understand the other\\nwithout a word, to feel even though many miles\\napart the mental, and often the physical, condi-\\nA Perfect tions of the loved one. It is this perfect love, that\\nUnion. takes away all fear, gives each absolute confi-\\ndence in the other, makes each the all satisfying\\nportion to the other, blends their natures into per-\\nfect harmony and fills the cup of joy to overflow-\\ning. It is this perfect love that neutralizes all\\ntheir differences, overcomes their naturally an-", "height": "4248", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0140.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "SEX POTENCY. 133\\ntagonistic qualities and makes them one in\\nthought, feeling and desire. It is this three-fold\\nexpression of the sex nature that establishes\\nthe complete union of soul with soul that alone\\nmakes marriage holy, love law, duty a pleasure\\nand parentage divine.\\nThe supreme function performed by the attrib-\\nute of sex in the economy of nature is the creation Sex Potency and\\nof a new life. Other things being equal, a man s Hercdlt y\u00c2\u00ab\\npower in fatherhood, and a woman s power in\\nmotherhood is determined by the strength of the\\nsex nature. This statement applies not only to\\nthe transmission of the general constitution of the\\nman or woman considered as a whole, but to every\\nvital function and element of mind. To illustrate\\nA man who is naturally very strong in mechanical\\ningenuity and but moderately strong in his mascu-\\nlinity will transmit his talent only to the extent\\nof his masculinity. A mother whose superb artis- The Limitations\\ntic or musical talent may be represented by 100, of ParentJlood\\nbut whose femininity is deficient or exhausted so\\nthat it is represented by, say 60, will, other things\\nbeing equal, transmit only 60 per cent of her talent\\nto her offspring. Hence, very superior parents\\nwho are poorly sexed frequently parent very in-\\nferior children; or the special talent peculiar to\\nthe life of the father or mother frequently fails\\nto appear in the offspring because of a deficient or\\nexhausted sexuality.\\nGreat men seldom parent sons who are their The Sons of\\nequals. Even in America we have many instances Great Men\\nwhere men by their own innate genius and energy\\nhave won honor, fame, or fortune, yet their sons\\nhaving every advantage, are unable to nearly sus-", "height": "4244", "width": "2772", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0141.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "i 3 4 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\ntain the high record made by the father. Doubt-\\nless, the principal cause of this is found in the fact\\nthat the mother, and her parental conditions, de-\\ntermine largely the genius of the man; yet, no\\ndoubt, the ceaseless toil of the great man, in many\\ninstances, has so exhausted his nerve force in mind\\nand thought, as to greatly diminish his power to\\nreproduce his genius.\\nWhere the sex attribute is stronger in parents\\nthan their other qualities, Ihe children are almost\\nr _ invariably superior to the parents. Almost every\\nior to the Parents community has illustrations of this fact. There are\\nmany families where the father is simply an ener-\\ngetic mechanic, or business man, with no marked\\npeculiarities or indications of superior mentality\\njust a positive, manly, masculine man the\\nmother a whole-souled, sociable woman with\\nstrong feelings, emotions and sympathy, but no\\nspecial literary taste; is in no sense talented, but\\nsimply a good, genial, motherly, womanly woman\\nyet their children are exceptionally bright and\\ndevelop talents far superior to those possessed by\\neither parent. The history of the world is made\\nup largely of men and women who have sprung\\nfrom a like condition and combination.", "height": "4228", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0142.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nDUAL PARENTAGE.\\nDual Parentage. Or, the factor of heredity\\nresulting from the combination of nationalities\\nand families; from bisexual parentage and the\\nunion and interblending of the physical and men-\\ntal qualities of parents in offspring.\\nIn the evolution of all forms of life the crossing\\nand consequent combining of the various classes\\nand the uniting of the qualities of two parents in and Evolution,\\nthe offspring, has been one of the most potent fac-\\ntors in the multiplication of varieties, the differ-\\nentiation of species and the evolution of life. The\\ndivision of the sex element is thought by many\\nto be the result of a demand for greater variation.\\nWhether this be true or not, it is certainly one of\\nthe greatest causes of variation. Dr. Jordan ob- f\\nserves, It is the fact of bi-sexual parentage that Bi-sexual\\nmakes of each individual not simply an elongation Parentage,\\nor continuance of the parent, but a new life which\\nshall be the resultant of the lives and experiences\\nof its ancestors, a mosaic of the characters of its\\nparents and its parents parentage. By the fact\\nof sex no individual can be the mere slavish copy\\nof any other. Through the operation of sex the\\nlaw of heredity which is to promote sameness is\\nmade subservient to the equal need of the promo-\\ntion of variety.", "height": "4244", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0143.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "136 A CHILD OF LIGHT,\\nThe combining of races and tribes has been one\\nof the supreme factors in the development of civi-\\nThe Three Great Hzation and in the formation of nations. The\\nAryan race from time immemorial led in the plant-\\ning of new nations and ever stood for power and\\nprogress the Semitic race gave us the three great\\nreligions, Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan;\\nthe Hamitic race gave rise to learning and science\\nfrom a combination of these three has sprung the\\nmany-sided civilization of the world. The ming-\\nling of the Franks and Normans brought about\\nby the marriage of the Duke of Normandy, Rollo,\\nto the daughter of the Frankish king, and the sub-\\nThe Combining se quent intermarriages of these races formed the\\nof Races. T T 1 1 i 1 1\\nnew Norman race. It combined the daring and\\nadventurous spirit of the old Scandinavian war-\\nriors with the higher civilization of the Franks,\\nproducing a people destined to play a leading role\\nin the subsequent history of all Europe. The inter-\\nmarriage of the Ionians, Dorians and Spartans\\nformed the pedestal of ancient Greece upon which\\narose her imperishable monuments of art and\\nlearning. It was the union of the Italian race\\n(which was of Aryan stock) with the Gauls,\\nPelasgians, Etruscans and Iapygians that created\\nthe nucleus of the Roman Empire and gave birth\\nto the man of iron the conqueror of the world.\\nThe Formation was e un on \u00c2\u00b0f tne refined, art-loving Celts\\nof Nationalities, with the sturdy, aggressive, cruel Saxons, Angles\\nand Jutes that formed the Anglo-Saxon race, and\\ngave to England her combination of power and\\nbeauty, aggressiveness and policy, sturdiness with\\ntrue refinement, prosaic manner yet poetic senti-\\nment. It is the interblending and combining of", "height": "4264", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0144.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "DUAL PARENTAGE. 137\\nall races, nationalities and peoples in the United\\nStates that produces the complex, progressive\\ncharacter of its people and is destined to make it\\nthe greatest nation on earth.\\nThe potency of dual parentage as expressed in\\nthe origin of species and the multiplication of rac- The Blending of\\nial and national peculiarities is also manifest in am y raits\\neach individual member of a family. Every child\\nis the product of a double line of ancestors. In\\neach of its parents there is the accumulation of\\nthe evolution of the species, plus racial and na-\\ntional characteristics, plus the family peculiarities.\\nNow, in the creation of a new life, these complex\\norganizations unite, thereby producing in the child\\na nature more complex than that of either parent.\\nBy this combining of the sexes the offspring be-\\ncomes a compound of its parents it not only pos- Every Child a\\n1 j j.1 1 1 1 Compound of Its\\nsesses to a greater or less degree the physical and p aren t s\\nmental characteristics of both parents, but be-\\ncause of their union in its life it may, and usually\\ndoes, possess many traits not found in either par-\\nent.\\nThe outworkings of the factor of dual parent-\\nage are most easily discernible where morbid con-\\nditions have been united. Thus, scrofulitic taint\\nin one parent and nervous irritability in the other\\nfrequently produce epileptic or feeble-minded off- Morbid\\nspring. Dyspepsia in one parent and consumption Conditions,\\nin the other may produce general physical weak-\\nness in offspring. Alcoholism in one parent may\\ncombine with some morbid condition in the other\\nin such a way as to produce idiocy, insanity, or\\nthe most vicious or criminal tendencies in off-\\nspring. Because of the bi-sexual parentage the", "height": "4248", "width": "2812", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0145.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "Results of Favor-\\n138 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nmorbid conditions of either parent seldom appear\\nin exact duplicate in the offspring moreover, the\\nunion frequently results in the production of con-\\nditions entirely unlike that in the parents.\\nWhat has just been said of the union of morbid\\nand pathological tendencies is fortunately equally\\ntrue of all normal conditions. The physical\\nstrength as a whole or in any particular direc-\\nabkUnionsr tion, and the mental and moral powers are alike\\nsubject to this law of dual parentage, and they are\\never producing qualities in the offspring unlike\\nthose of either parent. Sometimes the results of\\nthese combinations are so markedly different from\\nthe parents as to seem almost incredible. At\\nM Iowa, the physicians brought me a little\\nboy for psychological study who was exceptionally\\nbright. All his powers of perception, memory\\nand reason were extraordinary. This was dis-\\ncernible not only in his school studies, but was\\nalso phenomenally marked in his studies of nature.\\nThe physicians assured me that he was a born\\ngenius. At the age of ten he was familiar with\\nevery form of life in his section of the country.\\nHe positively refused to play with other children,\\nbut spent every spare moment in the fields gather-\\ning specimens or in his room with the microscope.\\nHe read all books within his reach bearing upon\\nnatural history, and was ever eager to question\\nany one who could give him a fact. There was\\nnothing in either parent or in the ancestors, so\\nfar as the family history could be traced on either\\nside, to produce such a superior mentality. I\\nmade a careful study of both parents. The father\\nwas very fine grained, sensitive, imaginative,\\nA Born Genius*", "height": "4248", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0146.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "DUAL PARENTAGE. 139\\npoetic, highly original but, impractical. The\\nmother was well organized and of about the same\\norganic quality, but had a directly opposite cast\\nof mind extremely practical, keen of perception,\\nintensely critical, and exceedingly nervous. Both\\nparents were strongly magnetic, the father pro-\\nnounced in his masculinity and the mother in her\\nfemininity. The boy was a strong combination\\nof the two. He had the dreamy, original, inquir-\\ning turn of the father plus the practical traits of\\nthe mother, which made him a genius. He was\\nnot only unlike, but highly superior to either\\nparent.\\nMany vicious children are the product of un-\\nfortunate combinations. A single case will serve\\nto illustrate the law. I was recently called by a\\nBad Cnrmbma-\\nprosecuting attorney to the court room to study iioas\\na young man on trial for manslaughter. The boy\\nwas said to be of an excellent family, yet his brain\\nform, irregular skull, facial expression and gen-\\neral physiognomy indicated hereditary criminal\\ntendencies. The attorney assured me that a care-\\nful study of the family history failed to reveal any\\ncause for his criminal psychology. The vicious The Formation\\ntendencies being so strongly marked in the young a Criminal.\\nman and yet absent from the family history led me\\nto look for a bad combination or vicious maternal\\nimpressions. In studying the parents I found the\\nfather to be a strong, courageous, firm, positive,\\nrelentless character a pillar in the church, a strict-\\nly partisan politician, a strong friend, but a bitter,\\nunforgiving enemy. The mother had a sanguine\\ntemperament, was highly emotional, quick tem-\\npered, a bundle of extremes with very little self-", "height": "4248", "width": "2824", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0147.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "140\\nA CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nA Boy Vicious\\nfrom Birth.\\nEndless Variety\\nThrough Dual\\nParentage.\\nWhere Parental\\nNatures Do Not\\nBlend.\\ncontrol a good woman when she was good, but\\na hurricane when she was angry. She would fly\\ninto a rage and abuse the best friend she had in\\nthe world, repent, shed tears of regret and make\\nup the next day. The boy s brain form and mani-\\nfest character was a combination of the two par-\\nents. From infancy he had shown the persistent,\\nfearless, revengeful character of the father plus\\nthe nervous irritability and ungovernable temper\\nof the mother. The young man is now serving a\\nlong sentence in a penitentiary. The family, I\\nmay add, was an inharmonious, unhappy one, and\\nno doubt the bad maternal impressions that must\\nhave been made upon his life during prenatal de-\\nvelopment, had much to do with his criminal tend-\\nencies. It would seem, however, that the com-\\nbination resulting from this unfortunate union\\nwas the principal factor.\\nThe possibilities of dual parentage in the varia-\\ntion of offspring are without limit. The sixty-five\\nchemical elements, in their combinations, produce\\nall the varied forms, substances, and organiza-\\ntions of the physical universe. In like manner,\\nthe several vital functions and elements of mind,\\nadmit of endless combinations and in these com-\\nbinations may produce every shade and type of\\ncharacter observable in human life.\\nIt is not easy to define the law governing the\\nunion and blending of parental natures in off-\\nspring. Some natures combine much more favor-\\nably than others. Some seem capable of favor-\\nable combinations with many, others produce the\\nbest results only when associated with a tempera-\\nment peculiarly adapted to them. This subject I", "height": "4264", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0148.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "DUAL PARENTAGE, 141\\nhave treated at length in the chapter on Parental\\nAdaptation. When the nature of the parents do\\nnot blend in the offspring, the child usually re-\\nsembles one parent to a very marked extent, or,\\nif the parents are about equal in strength, the child\\nwill be a composite of the strong characteristics of\\nboth parents, having most extreme and contradic-\\ntory traits of character.\\nThe relative influence of parents upon offspring\\nseems to depend largely upon two conditions 1 Relative\\nthe strength of the sex attribute or virility p ar g^ e\\n(2) the individuality of the parent. Other things\\nbeing equal the traits of character peculiar to the\\nparent having the greatest sexual vigor will rule\\nin the offspring but the influence of sex is modi-\\nfied by the relative individuality of the two par-\\nents. Some families are much stronger of con-\\nstitution, much more pronounced in their indivi-\\nduality than others. Such stamp their peculiarities\\nupon offspring generation after generation, deter-\\nmining the principal traits of character for good\\nor evil despite the influence of a less dominant par-\\nent.\\nWhen the sex attribute and also the physical\\nand mental constitution of the parents are of about _\\n1 1 t 1 1 r Family\\nequal strength, the boys, with few exceptions, re- Resemblances.\\nsemble the mother in temperament, cast of intel-\\nlect and aspiring sentiments, and the girls resem-\\nble the father in these same qualities. Almost all\\nsuperior men are born from superior mothers, al-\\nthough many have had ordinary, and some very\\ninferior fathers. Almost all women of marked in-\\ntelligence, heroism or strong individuality resem-\\nble their fathers. Rarely does even a superior wo-", "height": "4232", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0149.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "142 f A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nman parent a daughter anything like her equal\\nwhen the father is inferior; on the other hand,\\ngreat men s sons seldom rise much above the plane\\nof the mother.\\nWhat has just been said of the transmission of\\nnormal qualities is equally true of the transmis-\\nHeredity. s on morbid tendencies. Any physical defect\\nor abnormality is much more apt to pass from\\nfather to daughter or mother to son than other-\\nwise. These facts indicate that the creative power\\nof each parent is greatest in the production of the\\nopposite sex.", "height": "4200", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0150.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER X.\\nATAVISM.\\nAtavism Or the law whereby latent forces\\nphysical and mental characteristics peculiar to a\\nspecies, family or individual that have not been\\nmanifested for one or more generations, become\\nactive, thereby causing ancestral traits to reappear\\nin offspring.\\nAtavism is defined by the distinguished psy-\\nchiatrist, D/ Von Kraftebings, as the law by which i^iT^\\nthe bodily and mental organization and charac-\\nter can be transmitted from the first to the third\\ngeneration, without any necessity that the second\\nand intermediate one should exhibit the peculiar-\\nities of the first.\\nIn natural history atavism is the reappearance\\nin animals or plants of traits belonging to their\\nremote progenitors that their immediate parents\\ndid not possess. The term has been used by some\\nas synonymous with Darwin s Reversion to type,\\nindicating in this connection not only the occa- Atavism in\\nsional or individual appearance of such remotely a ura IS ory\\ndescendant traits, but the actual returning to them\\nof a variety or species. Domesticated animals,\\nDarwin observes, if allowed to run wild become\\nnearly (though rarely exactly) like their wild an-\\ncestors.\\nAtavism as applied to man has been studied", "height": "4240", "width": "2772", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0151.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "144\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT,\\nPathological\\nAtavism,\\nThe Fact of\\nAtavism.\\nPepper s\\nObservations,\\nmainly from a pathological point of view, and it\\nsignifies the reappearing of morbid conditions of\\ndistant ancestors not manifest in the immediate\\nparents. Sir T. Watson in his lectures on The\\nPractice of Medicine, gives the following case\\nas an illustration of pathological atavism: A\\ndeaf mute man married a woman whose hearing\\nwas perfect and had two children by her one was\\na deaf mute son, who died childless, the other a\\nhearing daughter, who married a hearing man\\nand gave birth to two deaf mute daughters and a\\nhearing son. The son married a woman who was\\nalso of good hearing, and had by her a deaf mute\\nson; one of the daughters married a deaf mute\\nand bore a hearing son.\\nThe fact of atavism is now generally admitted\\nby the medical profession and all up to date stu-\\ndents of heredity. The frequent appearance of\\nphysical and mental characteristics possessed by\\ndistant ancestors has forced all unbiased inves-\\ntigators to admit that in some mysterious way\\nqualities that have been absent for one, or even\\nseveral, generations do occasionally reappear. Ac-\\ncording to Pepper, Gout, consumption, insanity,\\nand other diseases frequently disappear for one,\\ntwo or more generations in a family, and then re-\\nturn in a manner evidently due to heredity,\\nthrough interrupted or latent transmission.\\nAnatomists occasionally find muscles and parts\\nof organs that have been long extinct, though they\\nwere formerly possessed by the species.\\nThe law of atavism is not limited, as some have\\nsupposed, to physical and pathological conditions,\\nbut is applicable to all mental and moral attributes", "height": "4248", "width": "2940", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0152.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "ATAVISM. 145\\nas well. The importance of this fact can hardly\\nbe overstated. If it were more generally under-\\nstood that physical and mental derangements that Family Traits\\nhave obtained in a family one, two or three gen- ea PP ear\\nerations back, even though absent in the present\\ngeneration, are likely to reappear in the next, those\\ncontemplating marriage and parentage would cer-\\ntainly use discretion in the selection of the com-\\npanion.\\nThe causes of atavism have never been fully\\ndetermined. My own thought is that use and dis-\\nuse and heredity are the principal ones. In the\\nevolution and development of all physical and\\nmental attributes use or exercise is the all-potent Ca USCS f\\nfactor. Change of environments, habits and con- Atavism,\\nditions in life produce new requirements that in\\nturn develop new functions and characters func-\\ntions and characters thus acquired become fixed\\nin the species or family fixed only in the sense\\nthat they represent the established order of life.\\nWith change of environment or condition the es-\\ntablished order of life changes and functions pecu-\\nliar to the old environment drop into disuse and\\nfinally become latent. In this latent state they Eff f^ Use\\nJ J and Disuse*\\nare not manifest in the life or character of the\\nspecies or family, but are transmitted, generation\\nafter generation, as a part of the fixed pattern of\\nlife, gradually becoming weaker and weaker until\\nfinally they may become extinct altogether. If,\\nhowever, before the latent function or character\\nbecomes extinct there are conditions or exciting\\ncauses calculated to stimulate it, the ancestral\\ntrait may become manifest. Thus a morbid con-\\ndition, such as insanity, kleptomania, cruelty or", "height": "4244", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0153.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "The Reappear-\\n146 A CHILD OF LIGHT.\\nan appetite for strong drink, that has remained\\ndormant for several generations may by some ex-\\nciting cause be called into activity and reappear in\\nthe family. Morbid conditions of the brain are\\nfrequently transmitted for several generations\\nwithout any outward manifestations of insanity;\\nbut should there come an over-strain on the nerv-\\nous system or any other condition calculated to\\nexcite the abnormality, the morbid conditions be-\\ncome manifest.\\nIn like manner desirable qualities, aptitude for\\nbusiness, invention, science, art, music, religious\\nfervor, etc., that from disuse, or some other cause\\nance of Genius, have dropped out of a family for several genera-\\ntions, may be awakened by their proper stimuli\\nand become active factors in the mentality and\\ncharacter of the individual. Thus the slumbering,\\ndormant powers, both good and evil, within us,\\nare ever becoming potential, modifying our lives.\\nHeredity is another cause of atavism. Through\\nthe law of dual parentage both physical and men-\\nEffects of Dual v ili- j\\nParentage. tal qualities are caused to disappear and reappear.\\nAs previously shown, each child is the product of\\nthe union of its parents each element of its mind,\\nfeeling, faculty or sentiment is a product of the\\nmasculine and feminine principles. Now, if a\\ncertain element be possessed by the father but not\\nby the mother the masculine principle of this ele-\\nment will be transmitted to the child; but in the\\nabsence of the feminine principle to combine with\\nit the trait will not be manifest in the mentality of\\nthe offspring. Thus any quality or family trait\\nmay become latent for one, two or more genera-\\ntions.", "height": "4264", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0154.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "ATAVISM, 147\\nIn like manner the law of dual parentage may\\nbe most potential in calling latent qualities into\\naction and re-establishing former conditions. For Combination of\\nLatent Forces\\ninstance, if any morbid condition, element of ge-\\nnius, or trait of character peculiar to a family has\\ndisappeared for a time, a union with one whose\\nqualities are favorable may produce in the off-\\nspring the ancestral trait. It has been observed\\nthat in cases where there is dormant scrofula, con-\\nsumption, or some other morbid condition, the\\nunion of such a person with one having a fever-\\nish or highly nervous temperament produces de-\\ngenerate offspring. Again, it frequently occurs\\nthat where one parent has a certain hereditary\\ntaste or talent that is not manifest in his or her\\nlife a favorable union will give to the off spring slumbering\\nas a manifest character the taste or talent of theT aIe ts\\n111 r 1 Awakened*\\ndistant ancestor, ihrough the law of combina-\\ntions both good and evil qualities that have been\\nslumbering for generations reappear in a more or\\nless modified form.\\nTo the student of heredity atavism is one of its\\nmost interesting factors; to be sure, it is always\\nan unknown quantity, but intermittency both of Intermittent\\nthe morbid and the normal traits of families are\\nso marked as to offer but little difficulty in trac-\\ning the law. Some years ago I observed a family\\nin which the father was extremely overbearing,\\nstubborn and egotistical; the mother seemed to-\\ntally wanting in these traits, being a most amiable,\\nconformative and considerate character. Their\\neldest daughter resembled the father very much\\nin many ways, but seemed wholly without his un-\\ndesirable qualities. Throughout her entire life", "height": "4240", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0155.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "148\\nr A CHILD OF LIGHT,\\nAtavism and\\nGenius*\\nshe manifested only the most sweet-tempered and\\namiable disposition. She married a very even-\\nResemblance to tempered, kind, conformative man by whom she\\nbore three children; the eldest, a son, resembled\\nhis mother, except that he had his grandfather s\\nextremely over-bearing, stubborn and egotistical\\ntraits to a painful degree.\\nHistory records many cases of atavism in which\\nslumbering talents have reappeared, to some of\\nwhich I shall have occasion to refer later. A case\\nworthy of note that came under my personal ob-\\nservation will serve to illustrate the relation of\\natavism to genius. In 1889 I was called to study\\nan exceptionally bright child. The lad at the\\nage of four had a remarkably well developed\\nbrain the texture was fine, the organization indi-\\ncated marked originality and superior intellectual\\nability, particularly in the line of philosophy. The\\nchild was a mystery to his parents. His mind\\nran constantly in lines so far beyond theirs that\\nthey were inclined to question his sanity. His\\nmother told me that he would stand for hours at\\nnight to question her about the stars, and was\\ncontinually inquiring about the why and the\\nwherefore of many things that she had never\\neven thought of. As both parents were very or-\\ndinary and there had been no special prenatal\\ntraining or maternal impressions that might\\naccount for the superiority of the child, I was led\\nto investigate the family history with the hope of\\ndiscovering a cause adequate to the effect. I\\nfound that the mother s family ran back in three\\ngenerations to one of the best families of Scot-\\nland, and that the father was a lineal descendant\\nA Descendant\\nof Newton*", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0156.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "ATAVISM. 149\\nof Sir Isaac Newton s brother. The boy was a\\nNewton in temperament and brain form. To be\\nsure, there may have been other causes, but in\\nthe absence of any other adequate cause it would\\nseem like a clear case of atavism.\\nThe reappearance of dormant forces, whether\\ngood or evil, does not necessarily produce the\\nsame condition that existed in the ancestors. The\\nlatent forces are influenced and modified by fac-\\ntors that were absent or did not exist in the same virStioni\\nstrength in the ancestry. For instance, insanity\\nin a highly nervous temperament often reappears\\nin succeeding generations in the form of eccen-\\ntricities, strange peculiarities of character, melan-\\ncholy or even special genius. In like manner, par-\\nticular tastes or talents for art, science, literature\\nor mechanics frequently reappear in a modified\\nform.", "height": "4240", "width": "2816", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0157.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4180", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0158.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "Paet II.\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nCHAPTER XL\\nPRENATAL INFLUENCES.\\nIn preceding chapters we have considered\\nbriefly the several factors of heredity and the\\npotentiality of the fixed, or established, charac-\\nters and their influence upon offspring. In this\\nand succeeding chapters we shall study the fac-\\ntors of prenatal culture, the influence of parent-\\nal conditions at the initial of life, and the effects\\nof maternal impressions during gestation.\\nThe transmission of acquired characters is an\\nestablished fact. The transient physical, mental Acquired\\nand moral conditions of the parents, prior to Characters\\nthe initial of life, at the time of inception and of\\nthe mother during gestation, do affect offspring.\\nThis fact I have emphasized at some length in\\nthe introduction to Part I, but, because of its\\nsupreme importance, I shall notice further the\\ntestimony of standard authorities and recount a\\nfew cases from personal observations showing\\nthe eflicacy of prenatal influences and maternal\\nimpressions.", "height": "4244", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0159.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "152\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nDarwin.\\nZeime,\\nCowan.\\nHoibrook.\\nNewton.\\nHeredity produces an exact copy of the pa-\\nrent in the child. We may feel as-\\nsured that the inherited effects of the use and\\ndisuse of parts will have done much in the same\\ndirection with maternal selection in modifying\\nman s structure of body. Charles Darwin.\\nEvery character which must have been\\nformed through the activity of the organism is\\nan acquired character. All characters, therefore,\\nwhich have been developed by exertion are ac-\\nquired, and these characters are transmitted from\\ngeneration to generation. Dr. G. H. Th. Zeime.\\nThe fundamental principles of genius in re-\\nproduction are that, through the rightly directed\\nwills of the mother and father, preceding and\\nduring antenatal life, the child s form of body,\\ncharacter of mind and purity of soul are formed\\nand established. That in its plastic state, dur-\\ning antenatal life, like clay in the hand of the\\npotter, it can be molded into absolutely any form\\nof body and soul the parents may knowingly de-\\nsire! Dr. John Cowan.\\nUnless characteristics acquired by an indi-\\nvidual, that is, the modifications of the organ-\\nism due to his own life s experiences, are capable\\nof being handed down to his offspring, it is dif-\\nficult to see how any progress could be made in\\nthe development of the race. M. L. Holdbrook,\\nM. D.\\nNumerous facts indicate that offspring may\\nbe affected and their tendencies shaped by a great\\nvariety of influences, among which moods and\\ninfluences more or less transient may be includ-\\ned. A. E. Newton.", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0160.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "PRENATAL INFLUENCES. 153\\nAll existing parental states are stamped on\\noffspring. This is a self-evident law of procre-\\nation. It commends itself to the good sense of FowIer\\nall. It is an absolute necessity based on the in-\\nherent fitness of things. To argue a question\\nthus obvious at first sight is superfluous. How\\ncan progeny begotten when parents are weak,\\nexhausted, or sickly be as vigorous as those cre-\\nated when they overflow with life, health, and\\npower? No farmer s boy would allow a farm\\ncolt to be sired under any such conditions; be-\\ncause breeders of fine animals understand the\\nlaw governing such cases perfectly. After all,\\nwhat is it but the old fashioned law of common\\nsense? They know that while blood will tell\\nin offspring, existing parental states likewise tell,\\nif not as much, at least as surely. All\\nprimal elements and characteristics are trans-\\nmitted, but all existing parental states are also\\nincorporated with the hereditary and the two con-\\njointly predetermine progenital specialties of\\nmind and body. The difference between child-\\nren of the same parents is heaven-wide. Why?\\nFor the primal parental characteristics are of\\ncourse the same in each. Because one or both\\nwere in one state at the creation of one but in\\na totally different state when they created an-\\nother, and in still other states at the creation of\\nothers. Prof. O. S. Fowler.\\nThe influences of environmental conditions\\nand prenatal training are ever manifest. Colts A^^Is Trans-\\nfrom dams that have been under regular train- Characters,\\ning are faster than those from the same mother\\nfoaled before she had been trained. The puppies", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0161.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "154 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nof the trained shepherd learn much more read-\\nily than do those from the untrained animal. No\\nsportsman would think of paying a high price\\nfor a puppy, the mother of which was stupid and\\nuntrained. The same law applies, only with\\ngreater effect, to the human family.\\nPrenatal influences often largely control the\\nhereditary tendencies. I have observed several\\ncases in which the effects were almost phenom-\\nenal. At Strang, Nebraska, I was surprised,\\nupon entering the C. B. Q. Ry. station, to\\nsee a twelve-year-old girl selling tickets, checking\\nA Bom Station ba gg a g e receiving and sending telegraphic mes-\\nAgent. sages, dispatching trains, directing passengers\\nand otherwise superintending the station. I\\nasked for the station agent and was frankly in-\\nformed by the child that she was the regularly\\nemployed agent. On further investigation I\\nfound that she had been in the employ of the\\ncompany for some time, had complete charge of\\nthe passenger department at the place, received\\nall moneys, kept the books, made all remittances,\\nattended to all telegraphic communications and\\nother business* connected with the road. Accord-\\ning to the road auditor she was one of the most\\nefficient agents on the system. In a long article\\npublished in the auditor s report (copies of which\\nmay be secured) the auditor says: Miss Walk-\\ner has the best kept set of books on the division.\\nIf she keeps on she may some day be president\\nof the road. I spent several hours in conver-\\nsation with the child at different times and was\\namazed at the rapidity and self-composure with\\nwhich she discharged her many duties. I ob-", "height": "4248", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0162.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "PRENATAL INFLUENCES. 155\\nserved that in receiving or sending a message,\\nshe would converse freely on other subjects with-\\nout any apparent inconvenience; while the end-\\nless questions of passengers, the clamor of check-\\ning baggage and the shouting of trainmen for\\norders did not disturb her in the least. All\\nseemed to be done as if by instinct.\\nThe case was so remarkable that I made a\\nstudy of the family. The child resembled the\\nfather in his fixed characteristics, but in her mar- The Child of a\\nvelous gifts was a reproduction of his business Train Dispatcher\\nbefore the initial of her life. The father had\\nbeen a train dispatcher on one of the trunk lines\\nout of Chicago for fifteen years prior to the birth\\nof this child. His laborious tasks had seemingly\\nconcentrated all his forces in the one line; the\\nchild showed a peculiar aptitude for his work\\nfrom infancy, and I believe she entered the em-\\nploy of the company on a salary at the age of\\nten.\\nI have a friend in New York who was en-\\ngaged in a sedentary occupation. For years he\\nhad taken but little bodily exercise and conse-\\nquently was low in physical strength and energy.\\nHis little boy, born under these conditions, had\\na splendid brain and excelled in mathematics the j^ ec s of\\nfather was a bookkeeper) but was sadly wanting\\nin physical development and vitality. His lower\\nlimbs were spindling, his chest narrow and his\\nwhole constitution weak. After my conversa-\\ntion with the father touching the possible cause\\nhe was determined to see what could be done by\\na little vigorous training on his part. He there-\\nfore took up systematic physical culture, putting", "height": "4244", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0163.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "156 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nin an hour a day in a gymnasium for nearly\\ntwo years, with the result that he gained 25\\npounds of solid muscle, and, as he said, twice\\nas much energy becoming a well developed\\nathlete. At the end of two years the initial of\\nanother life took place. This child, also a boy,\\nhad as good a brain as his older brother and a\\nstrong physique as well. He surprised his moth-\\ner and greatly delighted his father when only a\\nfew months old by suspending his weight by his\\nhands from a bar and doing numerous other\\nfeats that indicated superior muscular power.\\nWhen the two entered school the elder was in-\\nclined to study beyond his strength, did not care\\nfor exercise or play and had to be driven from\\nA Father s ^is books. The younger, although there were\\nRegrets. several years between them, handled his brother\\nlike a bag of bran, took an active part in all\\nathletic sports, yet kept up his studies easily.\\nThe father, after seeing the unquestionable ben-\\nefit that his younger child had derived from his\\nown training, said to me: I would give all\\nI have in the world and five years of my life to\\nhave had my eldest son as well born as was his\\nbrother.\\nSince the peculiar tastes, talents and tendencies\\nHolmes on Pre- eacn individual are inborn, the importance of\\nnatal Culture, having these inherited tendencies right cannot be\\noverestimated. If the primary elements of the\\nphysical and mental constitutions are fixed be-\\nfore birth, it follows that, if the best results are\\nto be obtained, the training should begin as early\\nas possible and be as thorough as the case will\\nallow. Some one has said: Regeneration", "height": "4264", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0164.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "PRENATAL INFLUENCES. 157\\nshould proceed generation. Oliver Wendell\\nHolmes used to say, The training of a child\\nshould begin 200 years before its birth. Im-\\npracticable as this wise remark may seem, the\\ntraining of every child does begin much further\\nback than this.\\nMr. Grant Allen remarks: To prepare our-\\nselves for the duties of maternity and paternity,\\nby making ourselves as vigorous and healthful afCG u y\\nas we can be, is a duty that we owe to all our\\nchildren unborn and to one another.\\nHerbert Spencer declares The question of\\nacquired characters being transmissible is the\\nmost important question before the scientific i n fi uences too\\nworld. Society has too long ignored the power Long Ignored,\\nof prenatal influences. Millions who might have\\nbeen well born by proper antenatal training com-\\nbine in their natures the worst elements of their\\nparents. Holmes has aptly said Society finds\\nthat it is easier to hang a troublesome fellow, con-\\nsign a soul to perdition, or save it by saying\\nmass, than to blame itself, or take the proper\\neffort for improvement.\\nThe importance of prenatal training is gener-\\nally conceded. The necessity of intelligent pro-\\ncedure, system and order must be apparent to all\\nthoughtful persons. Nature does nothing by\\nchance. Throughout the whole realm of the uni- bu^ Chance,\\nverse all is order, system and law. Surely, an\\nact so important, so vast, so far reaching, as\\nthe creation of a new life, should not be left to\\nignorance, chance or accident. Dr. John Cow-\\nan says: Why is it that there is so much of\\nplain, mediocre of mankind in the world Why", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0165.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "158 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nis it that where there is one success in life s en-\\ndeavors, there are thousands of failures? Why\\n^unEd* 1 -aw s *k a there is so much sin, misery, suffering\\nand premature death, and so little, so very little,\\nof genuine success and happiness Why is there\\nso much of wrong in life, and so little of the\\nright? These are important questions, and yet\\neasy of solution for when it comes to be under-\\nstood that not more than one child in perhaps\\nten thousand is brought into the world with the\\nconsent and loving desire of the parents, and that\\nthe other nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-\\nnine children are endowed with the accumulated\\nsins of the parents, is it any wonder that there\\nWhy the Abnor-is so much sin, sickness, drunkenness, suffering,\\nmal Prevails* 1 1\\nlicentiousness, murder, suicide and premature\\ndeath, and so little of purity, chastity, success,\\ngoodness, happiness and long life in the world?\\nThe reformation of the world can never be ac-\\ncomplished, the millennium of purity, chastity and\\nintense happiness can never reach this earth, ex-\\ncept through cheerful obedience to prenatal laws.\\nIt is a noticeable thing that in the rul-\\ning and guiding of this world there is absolutely\\nnothing done by chance, from the growth of the\\nsmallest insect to that of the largest quadruped,\\nfrom the falling of a sparrow to the death of a\\nsinner or a Christian. In the concep-\\ntion of a new soul, the mass of mankind observes\\nno law, unless it be the law of chance. Out of\\nnoTaw? 1 tlie ncent i\u00c2\u00b0 us or incontinent actions of a hus-\\nband s nature, conception, after a time, is dis-\\ncovered to have taken place. No preparation of\\nbody, mind or soul is made by either parent.", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0166.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "PRENATAL INFLUENCES. 159\\nA new soul is born into the world, a\\nsoul having for its inheritance all the essential\\nqualities necessary for a puny, brief, and unsuc-\\ncessful existence/\\nDr. Cowan seemingly takes a very melancholy\\nview of the subject. Fortunately, there is a\\nbrighter side to the picture. If his statement p a fa f ^f s h t dy\\nThat not more than one child in perhaps ten Heredity.\\nthousand is brought into the world with the con-\\nsent and loving desire of the parents was true,\\nor nearly so, when he wrote, then the study of\\nand obedience to the laws of heredity have great-\\nly increased within the last quarter of a century.\\nToday thousands of cultured parents make a lA\\nr Prenatal Culture\\ncareful study of prenatal culture and successfully Practically\\napply its laws to the improvement of offspring. A PP lie J#\\nIt has been my pleasure to study many children\\nwhose lives were planned for and their best in-\\nterests carefully considered by both parents for\\nmonths and even years before the initial of life.\\nRecently a lady from the City of Mexico\\nbrought me her three children for study. The\\nsecond one was so superior to the others that\\neven the most casual observer would have no- a Tokology\\nticed the difference. Being asked for the cause C* 1\\nthe lady said: That is a Tokology child. I\\nfollowed Mrs. Stockham s directions to the let-\\nter. Before her birth our circumstances were\\nsuch that I was at liberty to do just as I pleased,\\nand I devoted the period to the child. She has\\nnever been sick, is always sunny and cheerful,\\nis easily first in her classes and has given me only\\npleasure from her birth. It is the regret of my\\nlife that I was not able to do as well by the\\nothers.", "height": "4240", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0167.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "i6o PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nThe talented children of the Rev. Joseph Wal-\\ndrop a Baptist clergyman of the Pacific coast\\nA Bom Orator, are fine illustrations of what may be done by in-\\ntelligent prenatal culture. The parents made a\\ncareful study of heredity and the laws of pre-\\nnatal culture long before their first child was\\nborn. When their circumstances would permit\\nthey decided to have a child and began syste-\\nmatic preparation. It was their hearts desire\\nthat their first child should be an orator; there-\\nfore, special training was taken in this direction\\nby both parents. They not only studied expres-\\nsion and the elements of oratory, but made it a\\npoint to hear the best speakers within their reach.\\nAfter due preparation and consecration, the new\\nlife was begun. During the period of gestation\\nthe mother continued her training. Their child,\\nborn under these conditions, is a natural orator.\\nAt the age of 13 she displayed exceptional talent,\\nhad a voice of unusual clearness and a highly\\nresponsive mind. Some years later they planned\\nanother life, and, as before, entered into syste-\\nmatic training with a definite purpose in view.\\nThe ideal this time was a musician and, as before,\\nthey did faithful work for soul growth in this\\nA Musical direction, sparing neither time nor pains to give\\nthe mother every opportunity to hear the best\\nmusical artists in the country. When their\\nJennie Lind was born it was a boy a boy born\\nto fame and fortune. His musical talent has sel-\\ndom, if ever, been surpassed by a child. At the\\nage of five he entertained six thousand people\\nat the Exposition Building in Portland, Oregon,\\nplaying about twenty musical instruments and", "height": "4248", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0168.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "PRENATAL INFLUENCES. 161\\nreproducing at the first attempt simple melodies\\nthat he had heard but once.\\nA professional man, a personal friend, had a\\nvery good memory except that he could not re-^^ ption\\ncall names. During his study of medicine it Names.\\nseemed impossible for him to master the techni-\\ncal terms of the text books. He found it ab-\\nsolutely necessary to take special training in mem-\\norizing names. During gestation his wife be-\\ncame interested in his studies and gave some\\ntime to memory culture. Their daughter born\\nunder these conditions was very much like the\\nfather, except that her memory of names was far\\nbetter than the average. On being introduced\\nto a large company of persons at an evening\\ngathering, she experienced no difficulty in recall-\\ning the name of each person at the second meet-\\ning. In all her studies the memorizing of the\\nnames was a very easy task.\\nUp in the Michigan pineries, among the rocks\\nand stumps there lived an illiterate farmer who\\nwas wiser in matters pertaining to prenatal cul-\\nture than many who have enjoyed better ad-\\nvantages. Unlike most farmers instead of mak- Practical\\ning a drudge of his wife and devoting all of his SUM P lca ture\\nattention to raising fine stock he gave special at-\\ntention to rearing a fine family. He and his\\nwife shared the diversity of labor common to the\\nfarm but were careful not to exhaust themselves\\nby over work. They were students of mind and\\nknew how to stimulate, cultivate and restrain the\\nseveral mental powers. Before the initial of\\neach life and during antenatal development all\\nthe several elements of the mind were systemati-", "height": "4244", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0169.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "1 62\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nChildren\\nSuperior to\\nParents.\\nWhat Prenatal\\nCulture Would\\nDo.\\nHeredity Should\\nbe Popularized*\\ncally trained with the result that the children were\\nfar superior to either parent. The parents in\\ntheir humble way were justly proud of their chil-\\ndren. All the five were hale and hearty and had\\nnever required the attendance of a physician.\\nThey were exceptionally apt in study and were\\nseemingly well endowed in the feelings and moral\\nsentiments. As I studied these little folks and ob-\\nserved their physical development, bright eyes\\nand happy natures bubbling over with sunshine\\nand gladness, I felt like taking the whole fam-\\nily along with me to show to the world what even\\nsimple minded parents may do by living in ac-\\ncordance with nature s laws.\\nIllustrations of the effects of prenatal training\\nmight be multiplied indefinitely, but the fore-\\ngoing are sufficient to indicate some of its pos-\\nsibilities. What one family, nay what many have\\ndone, others may do. All children might be, and\\nshould be, superior to their parents. If the laws\\nof heredity and prenatal culture were studied and\\napplied, each generation would be better born\\nthan the preceding one.\\nThe study of heredity should be popularized.\\nThe college, the pulpit, and the press should\\nherald it. Children have rights that parents\\nshould recognize from the hour of inception.\\nThey have the right to be well born, and who-\\never denies them this right is guilty of a crime\\nthat nature will not let go unpunished. Parents\\nhave no more right to neglect or abuse a child\\nprenatally than postnatally. Reformers and edu-\\ncators have much to say about early postnatal\\ninfluences. Why not begin at the beginning?", "height": "4248", "width": "2968", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0170.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "PRENATAL INFLUENCES. 163\\nPublic sentiment, custom and law forbid the\\nneglect or abuse of children and compel parents\\nto educate them. Why not apply these forces for\\nthe prenatal welfare of children? If parents are\\ngoing to give the best of their lives and most of\\ntheir earnings to rearing and educating a family,\\nthen how important it is to have the prenatal\\ninfluences and training right, so that each child\\nmay have in its heredity the basis of physical\\nstrength, mental power and moral character.", "height": "4244", "width": "2760", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0171.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XII.\\nPHYSICAL PREPARATION.\\nPrenatal Culture Or, the law whereby\\nthe acquired and the trans cient physical and\\nmental characteristics of parents, particularly\\nthose that are most active for some time prior\\nto the initial of a life, at the time of inception\\nand in the mother during gestation are trans-\\nmitted to offspring.\\nThe law of prenatal culture affords an illimit-\\nable means of improving the race. By it, the\\nPossibilities of otherwise inevitable results arising from the\\nPrenatal Culture, operation of the fixed laws of heredity whereby\\nlike creates like may be greatly modified. By\\nits intelligent application, all unfavorable condi-\\ntions arising from the incompatibility of parents,\\ntheir physical or mental weaknesses may be im-\\nmeasurably improved. Prenatal culture is con-\\nsidered the most important factor of heredity;\\nnot that it is more potential than any, or all, other\\nfactors, but being subject to choice and volition, it\\nis capable of the widest practical application and\\nof producing most beneficial results.\\nThe objects of prenatal training are: (i) to\\nObjects of withhold from offspring any undesirable quality\\nTraining. of body or mind, possessed by either parent, or\\nthe immediate ancestors; (2) to avoid all un-\\ndesirable physical or mental conditions that might", "height": "4248", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0172.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARATION. 165\\nbe transmitted through the union of the parents\\n(3) to increase the desirable characteristics in\\nboth parents so that offspring may be as well\\nendowed physically, mentally, and morally, as\\npossible.\\nWith these objects in view, every couple who\\ncontemplate parentage should make a thorough ation# mm\\ninvoice of their physical, social and intellectual\\nstock in trade. They should note wherein they\\nare lacking and in what, excessively strong. They\\nshould study their ancestry to learn what to\\navoid and what slumbering talents and virtues\\nthere are to be awakened. They should study\\ntheir physical and mental constitutions to see\\nwherein these are well adapted, and, therefore,\\napt to produce good results, or are too much\\nalike and so pronounced that their union will be\\napt to prove unfavorable to offspring. Again,\\nthey should decide upon the time and season, and the Objects in\\neven upon the qualities they desire to have View\\nstrongest in the offspring. With these questions\\nsettled, they should plan, and systematically carry\\nout such physical, intellectual and moral training\\nas will be conducive to the best results.\\nMutual desire for offspring and mutual prepa-\\nration is highly important. It is very difficult for Mutual Prepar-\\none parent to accomplish much without the hearty ation\\nco-operation and complete sympathy of the other.\\nEven during gestation, the father should increase,\\nrather than relax his interest in mental and moral\\ntraining. By making it a mutual labor of love,\\nthe mother will be enabled to so much more\\neffectually impress the child with desirable qual-\\nities. If the father feels, when the new life is", "height": "4240", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0173.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "1 66 PRENATAL CULTURE,\\nbegun, that his obligations for training are at\\nan end, especially, if he becomes indifferent,\\nthe mother may become discouraged, or careless\\nand the prenatal training be neglected, just at\\nthe time when it would be most potential for\\ngood.\\nThe time required for prenatal training previ-\\nThe Time ous ne initial of life, depends largely upon the\\nPreparation. parents and their adaptability. Many are so\\nafflicted physically, or mentally, that for the sake\\nof posterity they should abstain from becoming\\nparents at all; others less unfortunate, but who\\nhave some constitutional weakness, mental or\\nmoral defect, require years of systematic train-\\ning if their children are to be even fairly well-\\nborn. Where parents possess a fair degree of\\nphysical strength, mental and moral vigor, and\\nthe adaptability is reasonably good, most excel-\\nlent results may be obtained by a year or even\\nless, of careful preparation. If there is any\\nphysical, or mental weakness, any abnormal\\npropensity to be overcome, then more time is\\ndesirable. Again, some natures respond much\\nmore readily to training than do others, so it is\\nimpossible to lay down any definite rule except,\\nthat, the more thorough the preparation the bet-\\nter.\\nIn succeeding chapters, I shall give some\\nspecific directions under the head of Maternal\\nImpressions for prenatal culture that are appli-\\ncable mainly to the period of gestation. In this\\nand the following chapter, I desire to offer some\\nsuggestions calculated to aid parents in preparing\\nthemselves, physically, mentally and morally for", "height": "4248", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0174.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARATION. 167\\nthe creation of a new life. Most of the sugges-\\ntions here given are quite as applicable to the\\nmother during gestation as to the period of prep-\\naration.\\nOne of the first things to be considered by those\\ncontemplating parentage, is their constitutional Improving\\nadaptability. As indicated in our chapter on Ada P tatIon\\nParental Adaptation, a couple, each of whom\\nis strong physically, mentally and morally\\nbecause of inadaptability may be quite unfit to\\nunite in the creation of a new life; therefore, if\\nprospective parents are not quite well mated they\\nshould endeavor to improve their adaptability\\nbefore becoming parents. If they are too much\\nalike, or if both have some physical or mental\\npeculiarity, too weak or abnormally strong, these\\nconditions should be overcome by systematic\\ntraining, so that the two natures may form the\\ncounterpart of each other and blend in offspring.\\nPerhaps the most essential thing in physical\\nculture, preparatory to parentage, is the develop-\\nment of strong digestive and nutritional powers.\\nAll authorities are agreed that lack of nutrition importance of\\nin the parents is one of the greatest causes of\u00e2\u0084\u00a2* 1 011,\\narrested growths, deformities and weak consti-\\ntutions in offspring. Every farmer understands\\nthat poorly fed animals produce poor progeny;\\nthe same law applies with equal force to the\\nhuman family. Many children are born with\\nrickety, puny bodies and weak constitutions,\\nsolely because the parents were not well nour-\\nished when the germ and sperm cells were form-\\ning and also during embryonic development.\\nFew persons are well fed. Even in this land", "height": "4240", "width": "2732", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0175.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "Scarce.\\n1 68 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nof plenty many are but poorly nourished. We\\nhave the best, but make poor use of it. We subsist\\nA Nation of mainly upon foods that are highly stimulating,\\ndifficult to digest and lacking in nutritive power.\\nThe poor buy the coarse vegetables that consist\\nlargely of water because they get a larger quan-\\ntity for their money; while the rich live on con-\\ncentrated foods, condiments and sweets, that\\noverheat or stimulate, but do not nourish. It is\\nestimated that 75 per cent of the American people\\nsuffer more or less from indigestion.\\nGood cooks are scarce. Thousands commit\\nsuicide at their own tables, and tens of thousands\\nat the restaurants and boarding houses. No\\nGood Cooks are woman s education is complete, and no girl\\nshould think of getting married or assuming the\\nduties of a home, until she has mastered the art\\nof cooking. In this I do not mean the art of\\nmaking pastry, preserves and fancy dishes\\n(which in recent years has become a fad among\\nfashionable young ladies), but the art of cooking\\nplain foods so that they are at once wholesome,\\npalatable and easy to digest. Hygienic cooking\\nin every home for two generations would sub-\\nstantially improve the race.\\nThe character and quantity of food, best suited\\nto the requirements of different individuals is so\\nPractical varied that no definite rules can be laid down\\napplicable to all. What agrees perfectly with one\\nperson may be wholly indigestable to another;\\neach must select what agrees with his or her con-\\nstitution. As a general rule the nearer all grains,\\nfruits and vegetables are cooked separately and\\nwith little seasoning, the better, the more they are\\nDietetics.", "height": "4264", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0176.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARATION. 169\\ncomplicated by mixing and seasoning or concen-\\ntrated by extracting the cruder elements, the\\nharder they are to digest.\\nNo food should ever be fried. Everything\\nshould be cooked by steaming, boiling, broiling,\\nroasting and baking. The frying pan is the best\\nfriend the doctors and undertakers ever had; itg^^Vj 1\\nshould never be used. Raw-fried potatoes, fried\\neggs, fried pork and beefsteak fried in hog s lard\\nuntil it is oil-tanned, are unfit to put in the\\nstomach of any civilized man. Pickles, preserves,\\nhot sauces, candies, sweets and pastries pervert\\nthe palate, sour the stomach and clog the liver,\\nthereby making the user very susceptible to colds,\\ncatarrh, and kidney trouble. They are considered\\nvery bad for children, but are really no better\\nfor anyone.\\nThe following suggestions, taken from my\\nwork, Human Nature Explained, if faithfully\\nadhered to, will enable anyone to strengthen the\\ndigestive functions. Take plenty of time at the\\ntable. Be cheerful, mirthful and good natured\\nwhile eating and during the hours of digestion. tfalH^estive 2\\nNever worry nor fret. Eat slowly, being care- Function,\\nful to masticate and salivate thoroughly. Drink\\nvery little with the food, or for two hours after a\\nmeal. One cup of hot water, or weak tea or\\ncoffee, may be used at the close of the meal the\\nless tea and coffee, however, the better, even the\\ncereal compounds are not desirable, because any\\nparched grain is constipating. Eat sparingly of\\nplain, wholesome, nutritious food, never over-\\nload the stomach. If an ounce of food is all that\\ncan be digested at one time, no more should be", "height": "4248", "width": "2744", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0177.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "What to Eat.\\n170 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\ntaken. (A little food well digested will nourish\\nthe body much better than a large quantity partly\\ndigested; moreover, undigested food is sure to\\nplay havoc with the stomach, liver and kidneys.)\\nAvoid every thing of an irritating or stimulating\\ncharacter; fermented or alcoholic drinks and\\ntobacco in all forms. Do not expect to cure dys-\\npepsia, or kidney trouble while using tobacco.\\nUse very little pepper, mustard, vinegar, horse-\\nradish, hot sauces, cold-slaugh, concentrated\\nsweets, pastry, confectionery, butter, grease, fat,\\npork meats, sausage and fried steaks. Subsist\\nmainly upon cereals, vegetables and fruits, using\\nmeat once a day. Keep the bowels open by a diet\\nof whole wheat bread and plenty of ripe fruit. If\\nthere is a tendency to constipation, drink, drink\\nabundantly of pure soft water before retiring\\nand during the night. Never use pills, drugs or\\npatent medicines for this trouble, a warm enema\\nis better.\\nThe respiratory power should be strong. If\\nweak in either parent it should be strengthened\\nRespiration. before the inception of a new life. It is a fact\\nwell known to recruiting surgeons, that a soldier s\\npower of endurance is determined largely by his\\nchest measurement. As men breathe so they live.\\nHe who breathes most lives most, feels and en-\\njoys most, endures the longest and accomplishes\\nthe most in life.\\nThe blood is the life. Two things are essential\\nThe Blood is for the formation of pure, rich blood 1 whole-\\nsome food well digested; (2) free oxygenation.\\nIf the blood is pure and rich, then proper exercise\\nis all that is necessary for the development of", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0178.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARATION. 171\\nstrong bones, muscles, nerves, brain, mind and\\ncharacter. Few persons enjoy or accomplish\\nwhat they might, if they would breathe more pure\\nair. It is amazing to see how the mass of man-\\nkind, even when there is positively no occasion\\nfor it, shut out the fresh air, sleep, live and work\\nin unventilated rooms, from which the oxygen\\nhas been exhausted, until the atmosphere is vile\\nwith the poisonous gases thrown off in respira-\\ntion.\\nUnventilated theaters and churches are the in-\\ncubators of disease. How strange that persons,\\nwho consider themselves refined and cleanly\\nwho would not use a towel, napkin, or dish, that^\\n-iti t -ii Poor Ventilation.\\nhad been soiled by another will go into an\\nunventilated room, with all classes of people, and\\nbreathe over and over again, the foul breath and\\npoisonous gases freighted with the fumes of\\ntobacco, or alcohol, and pregnant with disease\\ngerms! Any attempt to raise a window by per-\\nsons who appreciate the importance of pure air\\nis usually met with frowns and rebukes from\\nthose who are afraid of taking cold. The fact^ c T\\nis, cold air in a closed room is viler than hot air, Cold.\\nfor when the room is thoroughly heated the\\npoisonous gases rise. There are twenty diseases!\\ncontracted and ten persons killed every winter 1\\nby sleeping and living in foul air for every one 1\\nthat is injured by a draft or killed by exposure to 1\\npure air. The whole list of epidemics that scourge\\nus every winter, and the score of spring ailments\\nthat have come to be considered inevitable are\\ncaused largely by living in overheated, unventila-\\nted rooms in winter time.", "height": "4248", "width": "2748", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0179.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "172\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nIncubators of\\nDisease Germs*\\nAilments Pecu-\\nliar to Winter.\\nDeveloping the\\nLungs.\\nIn unventilated rooms disease germs breed and\\nmultiply. In unventilated rooms the blood of\\nsleeping persons becomes sluggish through poor\\noxygenation, resulting in torpid liver and imper-\\nfect secretions. In overheated rooms the organ-\\nism becomes accustomed to high temperature, so\\nthat atmospheric changes render the person liable\\nto colds and congestions which pave the way for\\nall the bacterial diseases.\\nThe winter season is as normal as the summer\\ntherefore, if sickness is more prevalent then, it is\\nbecause people do not live as nearly in accord with\\nnature s laws. When we learn to keep our houses\\nthrown open as fully in winter as in summer, to\\nbuild more fire yet keep our homes, shops, fac-\\ntories, stores, offices, cars, halls, theaters and\\nchurches all thoroughly ventilated, so that the\\nair is as pure inside as it is out, then, and not until\\nthen, will it be possible to prevent la-grippe, colds,\\ncoughs, sore throats, catarrh, pleurisy, quick con-\\nsumption, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, and\\nthe list of ailments peculiar to winter and spring.\\nProspective parents should not only be very\\nparticular about having an abundance of fresh\\nair, but should give special attention to develop-\\ning the powers of respiration. Unless the lungs\\nare very strong and the chest expansion fully three\\nand a half inches, the following exercise should\\nbe taken two or more times each day 1 have\\nthe clothing loose enough to give perfectly free\\naction to the chest. Stand erect, throw the\\nshoulders back, fill the chest as full as possible\\nwithout straining, being careful to breathe\\nthrough the nostrils only. Place a small tube", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0180.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARATION. 173\\nlike a pipe stem in the mouth and force the air\\nout through this tube with all the power possible\\nthis will dilate the air cells to their greatest\\ncapacity and at the same time strengthen the\\nmuscles of the chest; (2) place the hands over\\ndifferent parts of the chest and then direct the\\nexpansion to that part, seeing how much the\\nhand can be elevated by breathing. By repeating\\nthese exercises a number of times each day, theg^ cis\\nbreathing power and chest expansion will in-\\ncrease rapidly. Consumption may be cured by\\nthese exercises if taken in its early stages. Even\\nwhere the consumptive tendency is hereditary in\\nthe family, if deep breathing is habitually prac-\\nticed for a number of months, before the incep-\\ntion of a new life, and by the mother during ges-\\ntation, there is very little danger of the offspring\\nsuffering from weak lungs.\\nPlenty of exercise is essential, but overwork\\nshould be avoided by prospective parents. Per- Importance of\\nr exercise.\\nsons of leisure frequently parent puny offspring\\nbecause their inactive lives deplete the nerve\\nforces and thereby weaken the functional powers\\nof all the vital organs. On the other hand, many\\nwho toil with the brain or brawn, so exhaust their\\nvital powers that it is impossible for them to\\nparent strong, healthy children. Both extremes\\nshould be avoided.\\nExercise to be conducive to the best results,\\nshould be of such a character as will call all of the sno^ d c e mbcrs\\nanatomy into action. It should be taken daily Strengthened*\\nand long enough to make rest a pleasure. If the\\nback, the arms, the muscles of the chest, or any\\nparticular part is weak, it should receive special", "height": "4248", "width": "2752", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0181.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "174\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nPersonal Habits*\\nCleanliness*\\nDangers of an\\nIdle Moment*\\ntraining. By proper physical culture parents who\\nhave only a moderate degree of strength and\\nvitality may endow their offspriri with a com-\\nparatively strong constitution.\\nThe personal habits of the prospective father\\nshould be carefully considered if addicted to the\\nuse of opiates, alcoholic drinks, or tobacco in any\\nform, he should give them up. The importance\\nof this will be considered in a succeeding chapter.\\nIt is enough to say here that no self-respecting\\nman, who has the slightest interest in the well-\\nbeing of his offspring should think of parenting\\na child while addicted to the use of narcotics. If\\nhe is gluttonous, he should be temperate; not\\nonly for the sake of withholding an abnormal\\nappetite from his child but that his own organiza-\\ntion may be healthy and not inflamed by excessive\\ncarbon, nor stimulated by irritants.\\nCleanliness is next to Godliness. Habitual\\nfilthiness is not only unhealthy but most demoral-\\nizing. No man who is uncleanly need expect to\\nhave a pure mind, nor to give a decent inheritance\\nto a child. The weekly, or semi-weekly, warm\\nbath, should be a part of every person s religion.\\nThe morning sponge-bath, followed by a little\\nbrisk rubbing with the palms of the hands, is a\\nluxury that should be enjoyed by all, save the\\nextremely feeble or delicate.\\nAn idle moment is a dangerous moment. The\\nmodern custom of loafing is the mother of bad\\nhabits. If a man has formed the habit of spend-\\ning his evenings down town, standing around\\nstreet corners, in pool rooms or club houses, he\\nshould learn to make better use of his spare time", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0182.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARATION, 175\\nbefore generating a new life. The tendency to-\\nward loafing may be as fully transmitted as any\\nother acquired character.\\nThe prospective mother requires possibly even\\nmore preparation for parentage than the father. p f gp^\u00c2\u00b0ion! S\\nFortunately many excellent works bearing\\ndirectly, or indirectly, upon this subject, have\\nbeen published so that she who reads need not err,\\nat least from ignorance. The subject of dress,\\nwhile highly important, has been so fully dis-\\ncussed by hygienists and reformers as to require\\nno comment here; moreover, most cultured\\nwomen of today have the good sense and inde-\\npendence to dress during gestation in accordance\\nwith the demands of maternity rather than those\\nof fashion. Some, however, do not realize the\\nnecessity and importance of dressing so as to\\ngive free action to the chest and abdominal\\nmuscles for a few months before the beginning\\nof maternity. If the prospective mother is accus-\\ntomed to wearing a corset, or suspending the\\nweight of her skirts from the waist, she should D re ts.\\nabandon the former, wear all garments comfort-\\nably loose and suspend their weight from the\\nshoulders only. If she is nervous and lacking in\\nself control, a proper diet, an abundance of fresh\\nair, carefully directed physical culture and seven qV\\nor eight hours of good sound sleep every night in\\na room with open windows will tend to restore\\nthe nerves to a normal condition and give her the\\nself control essential to the proper performance\\nof the maternal function.\\nSocial dissipation should be avoided. If a\\nmother is overburdened with social duties, or", "height": "4248", "width": "2776", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0183.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "176\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nSocial\\nDissipation.\\nChildren of\\nSociety Women.\\nThe Creative\\nPrinciple.\\nTo Increase\\nVirility.\\ninclined to give herself up to balls, parties and\\nother fashionable affairs that exhaust her nerve\\nforces, she certainly needs to change her order of\\nlife. The children of society women are seldom,\\nif ever, well-born either physically, mentally or\\nmorally. No woman who appreciates, even in a\\nslight degree, the duties and privileges of mater-\\nnity, will give herself over to the frivolities of\\nsociety, or enter upon the performance of this\\nsacred function without proper physical prepara-\\ntion.\\nThe most essential thing in the physical prep-\\naration for parenthood, is the development and\\ncontrol of the powers of fecundation. If either\\nparent is naturally weak, or has exhausted this\\nfunction, it should be strengthened before the\\ninception of a new life. The development of this\\npower in the prospective mother is often neces-\\nsary. Many young women instead of being\\ntaught how to direct their femininity to the\\ndevelopment of noble womanhood are urged to\\nsuppress it, or are sent to seminaries for young\\nladies until the sex attribute is so dwarfed or per-\\nverted as to destroy their personal magnetism\\nand partly disqualify them for motherhood.\\nWhere the sex power is weak or deficient in\\neither parent it may be strengthened by hygienic\\nliving and the proper expression of the affections.\\nThe law of continence best for all at all times\\nis especially commendable during the period of\\npreparation. 1 Because it enables both parents\\nto regain their virility; (2) It augments their\\naffections for each other, and tends to establish\\na high degree of harmony; (3) It is essential in", "height": "4264", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0184.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "PHYSICAL PREPARA TION. 1 77\\norder to withhold a sensual inheritance from the\\nchild; and finally, since absolute continence and\\nchastity should be maintained throughout gesta-\\ntion, it is well for parents to learn the lesson of\\nself control before the initial of the new life.\\nIt is stated upon good authority, that Sir Isaac\\nNewton was conceived after two years of en-\\nforced continence. The exemplary life, spotless\\nchastity and towering genius of this eminent phil- Newton,\\nosopher testify to his splendid inheritance. Many\\nare indebted to a like cause for their superior\\nqualities.\\nAt Grand Rapids, Michigan, I made a careful\\nstudy of a very superior child. She not only had\\na good form, but her muscles were firm, giving\\nher the grace and bearing of an athlete. She was\\npretty, highly magnetic, and so far above the\\naverage as to attract attention wherever she went.\\nI first noticed her intellectual face in my audience\\nof over a thousand people. Her parents were A f\\n1 11 111 A w ell-born\\ngood people but not much above the average. Child.\\nThe father told me that for three years after mar-\\nriage he and his wife were most delightfully\\nhappy and their affections comparatively chaste.\\nThey had planned this little life, and because of\\ntheir sedentary occupation, had both taken physi-\\ncal training for one year before the inception.\\nThey had lived hygenically in all ways. The\\nchild was conceived when both parents were hale,\\nvigorous and magnetic. During gestation,\\nmaternity was respected and perfect continence\\nmaintained, the mother continuing her physical\\ntraining for the first four months. Before incep-\\ntion, as well as during gestation, the mother gave", "height": "4244", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0185.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "178 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nmuch attention to elocution and art. The father\\nwas an artist. The girl excelled in her school\\nstudies, but was especially good in music and art.\\nShe was highly dramatic, graceful, self-pos-\\nsessed and ladylike. She was the embodiment\\nof the physical, mental, artistic and moral train-\\ning taken by her parents prior to her birth an\\nexceptionally, but intentionally, well born child.", "height": "4228", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0186.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIII.\\nMENTAL PREPARATION.\\nIn the preceding chapter we considered some of\\nthe more essential things in physical preparation\\nfor parenthood in this chapter I desire to present\\na few practical suggestions for cultivating and\\nrestraining the principal elements of mind and\\ncharacter.\\nIn preparing for the advent of a new life, pros-\\npective parents should take up such lines of phy- p n\\nsical, mental and moral training as are best calcu- Parenthood.\\nlated to produce the desired results. If possible\\nthey should begin at least a year before inception\\nand continue until the birth of the child. The\\nmental training should be thorough. The propen-\\nsities should be brought under control and sub-\\njected to the intellect, will and moral sentiments.\\nThe affections should be strengthened and puri-\\nfied. Self respect, dignity of character and some\\nworthy ambition should be cultivated. The intel-\\nlectual and esthetic powers should be trained so t p are nts\\nas to give keenness of perception, a reliable mem- Should Cultivate,\\nory and a lively imagination. And, most of all,\\nthe moral and religious sentiments should be\\nthoroughly awakened and vigorously exercised,\\nso that honesty, reverence, goodness and kindness\\nmay become the ruling elements of the new soul.\\nWhen there is cause to fear undesirable latent", "height": "4240", "width": "2764", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0187.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "i8o\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nOpposing Evil\\nTendencies*\\nUnfavorable\\nCombinations*\\nThe Training\\nRequired*\\npowers in either parent that might affect the off-\\nspring, special training should be directed to over-\\ncome them. For instance, if there has been drun-\\nkenness in the grandparents on one or both sides,\\nthe prospective parents should be temperate,\\nabstain from all narcotics, and cultivate a mental\\nstate of opposition to intemperance. In like man-\\nner, dishonesty, cruelty, profligacy, licentious-\\nness or any other undesirable trait that is known\\nto have been manifest in the lives of the imme-\\ndiate ancestors should be guarded against by a\\nsystematic training in the opposite direction.\\nWhen any mental or moral power is very strong\\nor very weak in both parents it is apt to be greatly\\nexaggerated in their offspring; therefore, special\\ntraining should be directed to overcome or coun-\\nteract this tendency. To illustrate suppose both\\nparents are firm and positive yet not so much so\\nas to make it a great fault in either if these quali-\\nties are kept active by continual opposition, the off-\\nspring are apt to be abnormally willful and stub-\\nborn. Whereas, if both parents avoid opposition\\nor contention and cultivate a more yielding, pass-\\nive spirit; the offspring may have even less firm-\\nness and obstinacy than either parent.\\nIn each individual the various powers of mind\\nexist in different degrees of strength, so that in\\nprenatal training, both in parental preparation and\\nduring gestation, some qualities require far more\\ntraining than others. Those that are very weak\\nin either parent, should be assiduously cultivated\\nthose moderately strong, require less training;\\nwhile powers that are very strong, may even need\\nrestraining. The object is to establish a harmon-", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0188.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARA TION. 1 8 1\\nious, strong, evenly-balanced nature. Some na-\\ntures are very slow to respond, and change with\\ndifficulty; with such persons the training should\\nbe long and thorough. Others are very respon-\\nive and susceptible and readily take on new con- Susceptibility\\nditions; such require less training to produce a\\ngiven effect. This difference is especially notice-\\nable during gestation. Some mothers are highly\\nsusceptible to external impressions, while others\\nare almost insulated from the effects of environ-\\nment.\\nGenius is abnormal. Lombroso in his studies\\nof men of genius finds that they are nearly all Genius is\\n1 u 1 j j.- j Abnormal.\\nmore or less unbalanced, neurotic, and given to\\nextremes. Many of the world s greatest thinkers\\nhave been subject to hallucinations, dementia,\\nmonomania, megalomania, chorea, epilepsy or\\nother morbid conditions.\\nGenius is hardly desirable. Generally speaking,\\na well balanced mind is better than a single talent.\\nSpecial genius for a given pursuit great natural\\ntalent for music, art, invention, oratory, etc.\\nis almost invariably accompanied by correspond-\\ning weaknesses in other directions. It would\\nseem that all the mental power was being ex- \u00e2\u0084\u00a2.^j e t BaIaQC2ci\\npressed through a few faculties, thereby greatly\\naugmenting them, but robbing the others. It is\\nnot unlike the results produced by the horticul-\\nturist who trims his trees closely and knocks off\\nthree-fourths of the blossoms in order that the\\nremaining fourth may produce exceptionally fine\\nfruit. He sacrifices quantity for quality.\\nI am not an advocate of the law of genius, nor\\ndo I advise parents to attempt to produce special", "height": "4248", "width": "2772", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0189.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "1 82 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nsuper-normal powers in their offspring. If, how-\\never, parents desire to endow their children with\\nany particular taste, or talent, they should concen-\\ntrate all their forces upon such studies as are cal-\\nculated to produce the desired results. They\\nshould select some quality in which both have a\\nGenius. W r degree of natural talent. It is irrational for\\nparents to attempt to make a genius of their child\\nin a direction in which they are both deficient.\\nBy selecting something in keeping with their own\\nnatures, then holding the other powers of mind\\ncomparatively passive, and assiduously cultivating\\nthe one talent, it is possible to produce remarka-\\nble results. The prenatal history of a very large\\nnumber of the world s most noted men and wom-\\nen of genius, as given by Lombroso, indicates\\nthat they were the product of the concentration\\nof the powers of their parents in a special line. Of\\ncourse, other conditions, such as health, strength\\nof constitution, sexual power and general mental\\nvigor, must all be favorable if any exceptionally\\nrare mentality is to be produced by specific train-\\ning.\\nIt is a law of mind that like excites like. Pros-\\npective parents, therefore, will be greatly helped\\nin their mental training by studying similar sub-\\nLike Excites jects. The expression of love excites love kind-\\nLike, ness, kindness the esthetic, the esthetic but, un-\\nfortunately, the same law applies with equal force\\nto undesirable qualities. Firmness excites firm-\\nness temper arouses temper and a disagreeable,\\nfault-finding spirit in one parent is apt to induce\\nthe same in the other. Both, therefore, should\\nstrive to be agreeable, but, if either is otherwise,", "height": "4264", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0190.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 18\\nu\\nthe other should not only refuse to respond in\\nlike spirit, but reflect the opposite. In this way\\nundesirable qualities gradually become weaker, de- Z^e j h\u00c2\u00b0\\nsirable ones become stronger, and harmony ismony.\\nmaintained. The old saying, It takes two to\\nmake a quarrel, is not truer than its antithesis,\\nIt takes two to make a happy home.\\nThe basis of a successful life is physical cour-\\nage, energy and aggressiveness. When these\\nqualities are deficient and the deficiency is not_\\nJ F of cc of\\nthe result of physical weakness they may be im- Character,\\nproved, i by such a regime of living as will re-\\nlieve the system from an excess of adipose mat-\\nter, which tends to make one sluggish and lazy,\\n(2) by spending a few hours each day at hard\\nwork, (3) by striving constantly to feel vigorous\\nand active, by willing to be aggressive. Where\\nthe energies are too strong, so that restraint is\\nrequired, a more passive, inactive life should be\\nadopted. I have observed frequently that children\\nborn while the parents are very active are far more\\nenergetic than those born when the parents were Qmjosite Results\\nliving a life of ease. When both parents are ex- from Overwork.\\ntremely aggressive and active the children are\\nnearly sure to be bundles of nervous activity, to\\ngo pell-mell into everything and wear out before\\nthey are thirty, or else are sadly wanting in energy\\nseemingly born tired and never getting fully\\nrested. These opposite results are no doubt due\\nto the fact that in one case the parents were highly\\nactive, but had not exhausted their forces; while\\nin the other, partial or complete exhaustion in the\\nparents, particularly in the mother during gesta-\\ntion, robbed the offspring of all physical energy.", "height": "4236", "width": "2760", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0191.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "1 84\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nBusiness enterprise, economy and frugality are\\nessential traits of character. Persons lacking in\\nTo Improve the these qualities seldom make a success in life. The\\nFinanciering\\nInstinct, commercial spirit may be cultivated i by giv-\\ning special attention to the ways and means of\\nmaking money; by thinking out and planning\\nvarious schemes for the honest accumulation of\\nproperty; by studying the lives of financiers and\\nwatching the business turns made by successful\\nmen in various lines of commerce. (2) By count-\\ning the costs and losses of every day and keeping\\na strict account of all expenses; by being rigidly\\neconomical by counting the money often and re-\\npeatedly affirming to the inner self, I will get\\nsomething ahead. I will make more than my\\nexpenses this year. I will be financially inde-\\npendent.\\nIf proper training is continued for a year prior\\nto the initial of life and in the mother during\\nResults of gestation even though both parents are very de-\\nTraining, ficient in this quality their offspring will usu-\\nally be economical, and manifest not only a de-\\nsire, but some ability for making money. Some\\nyears ago I examined a little boy whose parents\\nwere poor, but who were forced through circum-\\nstances to put these suggestions into actual prac-\\ntice. Their son at the age of ten showed marked\\nability in making money. He was always getting\\nA Boy s something ahead. He would turn everything\\nAmbition. that had the slightest value into cash and save\\nevery cent. I asked the lad if he intended to stay\\non the farm when he became a man. No sir\\nhe replied. I am going to town. I am going to", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0192.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 185\\nkeep store or go into some kind of business where\\nI can make lots of money.\\nWhen the acquisitive instinct is very strong it\\nfrequently makes one extremely selfish, close and\\nmiserly. There is a tendency to devote all the Covetousness.\\nenergies and talents to making money. This\\nnecessarily prevents the development of the better\\nnature. To restrain this tendency one should\\nmake financiering a secondary thought in life and\\ngive more attention to other things. He should\\ncultivate a liberal, charitable spirit and repeatedly\\naffirm a willingness to give and forgive to sacri-\\nfice self for a worthy cause or the happiness of\\nothers. By holding mental pictures of liberality\\nin the mind and practicing them in the life; by ^holding\\ndiverting- the attention from all selfish things to Selfishness from\\nthings of an esthetic, intellectual, or religious, spr\\ncharacter; by fostering continually a spirit of\\nkindness toward all, and ignoring the demands of\\nthe propensities, prospective parents may with-\\nhold to a very marked extent the monster of sel-\\nfishness from their offspring.\\nThe prospective father should be honest in his\\nbusiness relations.\\nBusiness sagacity, when carried to the point of\\ndeception in the father often becomes trickery and\\ncrime in his son. I have observed that when a\\nman s business requires deception very frequently Trickery in\\nhis offspring manifest an inclination to follow dis-\\nhonest methods of making money.\\nA business man who was financially embar-\\nrassed, to avoid a crash and social ostracism\\nforged a draft at a bank where he had been sign-\\ning clerk. The forgery was repeated several", "height": "4244", "width": "2768", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0193.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "1 86\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nEffects of a\\nFather s Forgery.\\nDomestic Har-\\nmony.\\nA Husband s\\nKindness.\\ntimes within three years without detection.\\nWhen the crisis was passed the money was sur-\\nreptitiously returned. During the time of his\\ncrime a bright little boy blessed his home, who\\nvery early in life developed into a thief. He\\nmight almost have been called a kleptomaniac, for\\nhe would steal even when he knew that he would\\nbe punished for it. A term at the reform school\\nfailed to cure him. When he was finally lodged\\nin prison for forgery, the father broke down in\\nthe presence of the child s mother and confessed\\nhis crime. The reform schools and jails of the\\ncountry contain many such sad examples.\\nIf children are to be well born domestic har-\\nmony must be maintained. If the prospective\\nmother is repeatedly worried or irritated, if there\\nis wrangling or lack of sympathy, the offspring\\nare likely to be nervous, peevish, quick tempered\\nand sadly w T anting in the happy, harmonious\\ntraits that usually characterize the well born. Pa-\\nrents who would improve their offspring should\\nstudy each other s nature and strive in all ways\\nto conform to the requirements, likes and dis-\\nlikes of the companion. By the constant expres-\\nsion of love and kindness, not only when all is\\nwell, but when things go wrong, even natures\\nthat are very incompatible may become fairly har-\\nmonious.\\nPerfect harmony is especially desirable during\\ngestation. Few things are more unfavorable for\\nboth mother and child than continual discord\\nwhile the little life is forming. If there is ever\\na time in a woman s life when her soul longs\\nfor (nay, seemingly must have) a liberal expres-", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0194.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARA TION. 1 87\\nsion of a husband s tender affections, it is dur-\\ning the period of maternity. Little acts of kind-\\nness and gentle words of sympathy or love are\\nthe very essence of life to her soul they are flam-\\ning rubies and sparkling diamonds to her mater-\\nnal crown, every one of which will reappear in\\nthe happy face and loving eyes of her babe.\\nParental affection is the Guardian Angel of the\\nyoung life, an instinct almost divine. No feel- Affection,\\ning common to animal and man is more elevat-\\ning, ennobling or worthy of assiduous training.\\nHenry Drummond, in his Ascent of Man, has\\nshown that the parental instinct is the source\\nof all the higher virtues in man. Parental love\\nis the breath of life to offspring. Every child\\nto be well-born should be the product of a yearn-\\ning parental affection a longing to have children\\nshould precede the beginning of the new life.\\nDuring the period of gestation both father and\\nmother should love the developing child with all\\nthe tenderness that they will give to it when\\nit is a romping, prattling cherub. The child s\\nbeginning should be caused by this instinct; its\\nembryonic period should be fed by it, then its\\npost-natal life, youth and maturity will be marked\\nby tender affections and a kindly spirit.\\nChildren that are not loved before their birth\\nare seldom affectionate, companionable or agree-\\nable. A most excellent lady came to me with Unaffectionate\\nher child, complaining that it was cold, unlov- Children,\\ning and seemingly had no appreciation for her\\naffections. She assured me that she was very\\nfond of the child, but could excite no response\\nin its nature and apprehended that as the child", "height": "4240", "width": "2700", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0195.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "1 88 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\ngrew up she would have no strong bond of\\naffection with which to control its life. I asked\\nher if the child was desired and tenderly loved\\nbefore it was born. She replied, No, I can not\\nsay that it was; really my husband and I did\\nnot care to raise a family, and not until the\\nDisappoStment. P e \u00e2\u0084\u00a2d of gestation was well nigh over could I\\nreconcile myself to becoming a mother. It was\\nsuch a disappointment to us that I almost formed\\na dislike for the intruder. Of course I knew that\\nthe child was not to blame for its existence, but\\nstill I cannot say that I ever loved it until after\\nits birth; but O my! it just seems to me now\\nthat I could give my life for it. In this con-\\nfession she undoubtedly revealed the cause of her\\nchild s cold, indifferent nature. I have met many\\nlike cases, but never have I heard such a corn-\\nAffection, plaint from a mother whose children were desired\\nby both parents and fondly loved during the\\nprenatal period. Too much emphasis cannot be\\nplaced upon this subject. Filial affection in child-\\nren is the reflection of parental love in parents.\\nSelf-respect and some worthy ambition should\\nbe interwoven into the life of every child. No\\nman ever rises above his ideals. Self-respect is the\\nf basis of character. A low estimation of one s\\nSelf -Respect and mm-,- j t-\\nAmbition. possibilities means certain defeat, hvery man\\nwho wins nrnst believe in himself; must have an\\nambition to rise; must feel that time and oppor-\\ntunity are all he needs to enable him to achieve\\nhis ideals.\\nTo cultivate these attributes one should ever\\nhold in mind some high ideal, some worthy am-\\nbition; then strive to attain it, to bring the", "height": "4264", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0196.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARA TION. 189\\nreal up to the ideal. He should repeatedly affirm\\nto the inner self, I am honorable. I will, I\\ndo respect myself. Whatever is unworthy or f ?g^ on for\\nJ Strengthening\\nignoble is beneath me. I never do, 1 never the Character.\\nwill stoop to what is low, small, dishonest or\\ndisreputable. I am determined to excel. I\\nwill rise. My life shall command the respect\\nof my own conscience, of my neighbors, of my\\nGod.\\nNo matter what may be the calling in life,\\nwhether the parents are engaged in some menial\\nservice, at some mechanical art, in business, or\\nin professional life, the same law is applicable\\nto all. Let the street grader excel in placing\\nthe cobble stones; the gardener with his vege-\\ntables the business and professional man in their\\nchosen vocation; each may raise the standard of p ower f High\\nhis proficiency and bless his offspring by culti-teeals.\\nvating his own self-respect and a worthy ambi-\\ntion. I have observed that the children of army\\nofficers, college presidents, school superintendents\\nand others who occupy places of authority, have\\nr Children of Sup-\\nas a rule, much better self-respect and more erintendents.\\nself-confidence and tendency to command than\\nhave those born from parents in whom these\\nqualities are not especially exercised.\\nSome mechanical ingenuity is required in every\\nlife. To be born as some are, so awkward that\\nthey find it difficult to do anything requiring\\nthe slightest mechanical tact is to say the least ingenuity,\\nvery annoying. It is not necessary nor even de-\\nsirable, that all children be endowed with great\\nnatural mechanical ability; but where this power\\nis sadly deficient in one or both parents, it", "height": "4244", "width": "2712", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0197.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "190 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nshould be cultivated. To do this it is well to\\ndevote a little time each day to planning, draft-\\ning, drawing, tool-using, building, making, cut-\\nting, fitting or the consideration of mechanics,\\nmachinery, architecture, literary construction, etc.\\nIf the parents will study these things, and espe-\\ncially, if the mother will continue the practice\\nof them during pregnancy, the child s natural\\nmechanical ingenuity will usually be superior to\\nthat of its parents.\\nInventive genius and creative fancy are the\\ngifts of the few. Many who pass for inventors\\nreally have but little originality. They have the\\nGenius. mechanical ingenuity to put things together and\\nthus produce new combinations from the old;\\nbut originality of conception and design is rare.\\nNo power of mind is more desirable. Inventive\\ngenius is one of the greatest, if not the greatest,\\nfactor in the development of civilization. Take\\nout of the world the inventions of Archimedes,\\nGutenberg, Fulton, Stephenson, Davy, Daguerre,\\nMorse, Watt, Whitney, Arkwright, Edison, Tesla,\\nBell and Marconi, and the business, commercial,\\nsocial, educational, and even the religious world\\nwould be at a stand-still. There is scarcely a\\nthing that we do that is not dependent upon some\\none or more of the great inventions.\\nAll parents should strive to increase inventive\\n!bve I ntiv?PowenP OWer in their offs P rin g- Not all to be sure\\nshould expect, or even attempt, to produce a Ful-\\nton or an Edison, but all should think, study, ori-\\nginate, strive to create, to get new ideas, to\\nwork old patterns into new designs, to plan ways", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0198.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION, 191\\nand means to accomplish desired ends in me-\\nchanics, business, books, science, and art.\\nIf prospective parents will habitually exercise\\nthe reasoning and inventive powers, especially\\nif the mother will give attention to logic, phi-\\nlosophy, mechanics and the relation of cause to\\neffect during the latter part of the maternal V tr im^tove^\\niod, usually the offspring will have a fair de-\\ngree of inventive talent and originality, even\\nwhere these qualities are deficient in the parents.\\nWhen there is considerable natural talent or\\nwhere there are latent inventive powers, constant\\ntraining on the part of the parents will usually\\ngive the offspring exceptional powers in this di-\\nrection.\\nTo illustrate: A man who came from an in-\\nventive family, who was not a mechanic, under-\\ntook to produce a mechanical invention, and\\nworked on it for two years prior to the birth\\nof his son. During gestation the mother became\\nmuch interested in the invention and entered\\nheartily into the study with him. The boy born T H f\\nunder these circumstances began his inventions an Inventor,\\nbefore the age of ten. At twenty-five he had\\nproduced over twenty original inventions and\\ndouble as many improvements, several of which\\nhave paid well. That this inventive genius and\\noriginality of mind were largely the result of\\nprenatal training is proved by the fact that the\\nolder children show very little mechanical in-\\ngenuity and scarcely a trace of originality, while\\nchildren born after the inventive son, show more\\ninventive talent than the older ones, but have", "height": "4248", "width": "2704", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0199.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "192\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nArt and Music\\nIndifferent\\nMentation\\nIneffectual.\\nThe Perceptive\\nFaculties*\\nCultivating Per-\\nceptive Power.\\nnot the inventive power of the one who received\\nthe special prenatal training.\\nThe artistic and musical powers are the dec-\\norators, finishers, refiners and beautifiers of the\\nsoul. Art and music are no longer luxuries,\\nbut form an integral part of eery well rounded\\ncharacter. Habitual exercise with a spirit to ex-\\ncel is all that is necessary in the prenatal train-\\ning of these powers. An occasional recital, the\\nsinging of a few songs, a half hour at the piano\\nor the easel will not make the child an elocu-\\ntionist, a prima donna, or an artist. What is\\ndone simply in a purposeless, mechanical way by\\nthe mother during gestation has very little, if\\nany, effect upon her child; but whatever she en-\\nters into with all her soul, so that it becomes a\\npart of her subjective mind and subconscious\\nlife, will have its effects upon the child.\\nThe perceptive faculties form the basis of the\\nobjective mind. The five senses are the medi-\\nums through which they take cognizance of the\\nouter world. The strength of these faculties is\\nthe measure of one s ability to learn objectively;\\nthe importance of cultivating them, therefore,\\nneeds no comment. The mind is the standard of\\nthe man.\\nThe following suggestions, if put into prac-\\ntice, will enable any one to greatly improve his\\nperceptive power. (1) Concentrate the mind\\nupon one thing at a time. Give it the undivided\\nattention and take definite and detailed account\\nof all its properties. For instance, if the per-\\nception is by observation in the study, say, of\\na picture, the student should note carefully the", "height": "4248", "width": "2936", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0200.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 193\\nindividuality, locality and size of every distinct\\npart; also the form, color, order of arrangement,\\nnumber and variety, so that a perfect image is\\nmade upon the mind. If the perception is by\\nany of the other senses the same rule applies.\\n(2) Habitually train the mind to notice sharply\\nevery message brought in by the senses. (3)\\nFrequently affirm to self, I will be, I am keen,\\nsharp, quick and accurate in perception. I\\nwill see whatever is worth seeing. I will hear\\nand distinguish every word and tone. I will\\nnotice every message that comes from my senses\\nand have a definite concept of everything.\\nI have observed a number of children who in\\nearly life showed a very marked deficiency in Born Dullards,\\nperceptive power. Many of these little folks had\\ngood minds in other ways, but seemed incap-\\nable of objective learning. That is, they were\\nthoughtful, would talk intelligently and ask ques-\\ntions that no one could answer but when it came\\nto learning a thing from a book they were dul-\\nlards. A boy of this type will often lose his\\nhat or one of his playthings and call for his\\nmother to help him find it, when it is right\\nbefore his eyes. Teachers complain of such\\nchildren because they do not learn as other child-\\nren and will not give attention.\\nThe frequency of such cases led me some years\\nago to look for causes, with the result that I\\nhave talked with a number of mothers who had si w to\u00c2\u00b0Leam!\\nsuch children. In several instances I learned\\nthat the mother had spent much of her period\\nin meditating or reflecting, instead of in read-\\ning or observing with the result that her child", "height": "4240", "width": "2724", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0201.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "194\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nEffects of\\nCulture.\\nTommy and\\nHis Mother.\\nMemory\\nDefined.\\nwas endowed with a meditative, thoughtful turn\\nof mind; but was highly impractical, a poor ob-\\nserver, and learned with great difficulty.\\nIt has long been observed that children born\\nof studious parents learned much more read-\\nily than do those born of parents whose vo-\\ncations in life require but little activity of the\\nintellectual faculties. So clearly marked is this\\ndifference that any close observer of human na-\\nture experiences but little difficulty, on going into\\na school room, in selecting the children that come\\nfrom homes of culture.\\nThere is at least a suggestion in the brief dia-\\nlogue between Tommy Brown and his mother.\\nAs Tommy was dull in his studies and was being\\nseverely criticised by his mother for not keeping\\nup with his classes and learning as readily as\\ndid Willie Jones, to which Tommy replied, Yes,\\nI know I am always behind, but you must re-\\nmember, mother, that Willie Jones has very\\nclever parents.\\nMemory is the power of mind whereby each\\nprimary element, feeling, faculty and sentiment\\nretains its impression and experiences. Recol-\\nlection is the faculty of mind that calls forth\\nthe slumbering images from the several store-\\nrooms of memory and repeats them as conscious\\nthoughts, thereby reproducing former experi-\\nences, images, impulses, thoughts, facts and\\nknowledge.\\nThe power of recollection depends largely upon\\nthe clearness and defmiteness of perception, or,\\nas some one has said, The measure of attention\\nis the measure of memory. This is literally", "height": "4248", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0202.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 195\\ntrue of memory, but it is not wholly so of recol-\\nlection. The power to recall depends primarily\\nupon a specific center in the brain, and secon- The ^W ef\\ndarily upon the various powers of perception.\\nAs knowledge gained in any way, whether by\\nintuition, experience, perception, or reason in\\nthe schoolroom or out of it has value to man\\nonly in so far as he is able to recall it; his power\\nof recollection becomes the measure of his edu-\\ncation.\\nIn recent years a great number of systems\\nhave been invented for cultivating and strength-\\nening the memory. Most of them, however, are fj stesns\\nmore theoretical than practical. Many students Culture.\\nwho have paid extravagant prices to secure an\\ninfallible memory, have found themselves like\\nthe victim who, when asked about the success\\nof his system, said The system is a great\\nsuccess; by it a man can recall everything he\\nhas ever read or known, but for the life of me\\nI cannot remember the system.\\nThere are no short cuts to an infallible mem- __\\nory. Knowing how to employ the various fac- Requires Brain\\nulties of the mind is of great value and a proper Building,\\nsystem of memory training is certainly helpful,\\nbut the improvement of the memory requires\\nbrain building and the training of all the intel-\\nlectual powers to co-ordinate action.\\nTo strengthen the memory: (1) The blood\\nshould be pure and the vital functions strong,\\nso that the brain may be well supplied with build-\\ning material. (2) Concentrate the entire atten-\\ntion upon the subject in hand. Notice in de-\\ntail the specific property of things. In other", "height": "4248", "width": "2704", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0203.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "196 PRENATAL CULTURE\\nwords get a clear, definite and vivid picture of\\nthe experience, thing, truth, fact or idea to be\\nImproving the remembered. (3) Repeat the mental images\\nover and over, reproducing in detail every part\\nof the original concept, saying to yourself, I\\nwill not forget that. I will remember this and\\nthat particular thing. I will recall the entire\\nimage in all its former perfection.\\nThe student who gives attention to the train-\\ning of memory and recollection will soon find\\nthat he has a good memory of some things, but\\nSpecific no t of others, and that he needs much more train-\\nMemories Vary. t-\\ning in some lines than in others, .bor instance,\\nthe memory of faces and places may be excel-\\nlent, but the memory of names very poor. In\\nsuch a case a good way is to practice naming\\neverything as you see it. Call every person you\\nmeet by name. Place the names you would re-\\ncall upon the furniture and things about the\\nroom, and soon the sight of the thing will re-\\ncall the name. In like manner, by associating\\nwhatever is difficult to recall with something that j\\nis easily recalled the memory of the former will\\nbe strengthened.\\nIf prospective parents will make a practice of\\nmemory culture, for even a few months prior\\nto the inception of life, and the mother continues\\nthe training during the latter part of gestation,\\nthey will usually be repaid by seeing their child\\nwell endowed with this supreme faculty of mind.\\nA jolly, hopeful, optimistic turn of mind is\\nLaughter is one of the richest legacies ever bequeathed to\\nInvigorating. offspring; whily a gloomy, foreboding disposi-\\ntion is a sad misfortune. Modern psychology", "height": "4248", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0204.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARA TION. 197\\nexplains why a happy, trusting mood promotes\\nand strengthens, while a morose and discouraged\\nmental state retards and weakens every vital\\nfunction and mental power.\\nEvery one should cultivate a happy, trusting,\\nhopeful disposition. Even when there is much\\nto discourage one there is always a bright side. -\u00e2\u0084\u00a2^j g\\nA great deal of the care, worry, chafing and Gladness,\\nfretting of life is either entirely unnecessary or\\nis wholly the result of selfishness. We often\\nworry over imaginary evils that never mater-\\nialize, or because we cannot have just what we\\nwish, when really, if we only thought so, we\\nmight be fully as happy without it.\\nThe influence of parental worrying is too often\\nplainly written in the face and disposition of off-\\nspring. Many fretful, peevish, never-to-be sat-\\nisfied children simply reflect the maternal states\\nprior to their birth. In San Francisco I met a\\nlady who had two children that were the direct\\nopposites of each other. One was the dark cloud,\\nthe other the rising sun. Her first child was\\nborn when she and her husband were struggling\\nto get rich, yet much discouraged by reverses Worrying,\\nin business. During maternity she became very\\ngloomy, and worried much because of the pros-\\npect of this additional burden and expense. Be-\\nfore the beginning of the second child s life she\\nand her husband had decided that a quiet little\\nhome, a moderate income and more time for\\nenjoyment and soul culture were better than great\\nriches and its cares. Her second child was de-\\nsired by both parents, and the mother spent a\\nvery happy season, attending the better class of", "height": "4248", "width": "2696", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0205.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "198\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nThe Burden of\\nCare.\\nentertainments and enjoying life greatly. She\\nassured me that her younger child, then five years\\nold, had never given her as much trouble during\\nits entire life as the other one had each three\\nmonths of its existence.\\nNo amount of money, no condition of life,\\nwill justify prospective parents in living in a\\nworried or gloomy state of mind. If care and\\nanxiety must be borne during the maternal per-\\niod the father should bear them and thus relieve\\nhis wife of every possible burden. If this can-\\nnot be done in the home, it is better that she\\ngo away and visit among sensible relatives or\\nfriends who will appreciate her condition and\\nnot over burden her with company, but leave\\nher free to follow her own sweet will.\\nAn honest man is the noblest work of God.\\nDeception is the universal sin of the race. It\\nrobs youth of its innocence, love of its loyalty,\\nmarriage of its sanctity, friendship of its fidel-\\nity, business of its stability and religion of its\\nvirtue. The paramount need of the world to-\\nday is moral conviction: men and women who\\nare honest, who have the moral courage to stand\\nby what they know to be right, and who dare\\nto be true even in the face of opposition. The\\none thing needed in the solution of all the great\\nproblems that confront civilization is more hon-\\nest men.\\nTo bring a child into the world devoid of con-\\nInbon? 7 science is not only a crime against its nature and\\nagainst humanity, but a sin against God. To\\nhave interwoven into every fiber of one s being\\nthe love of right and truth is a blessing incom-\\nHonest Men\\nWanted*", "height": "4248", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0206.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 199\\nparable. To have the still small voice strong\\nand imperative in its demands means self con-\\ntrol, honor, virtue and nobility of character.\\nPity the parents who are endeavoring to direct\\nchildren into whose very souls have been inter-\\nwoven the threads of deception.\\nThe tendency toward deception is transmis-\\nsible. Lying, like gambling and thieving, runs\\nthrough families. I once studied a family in\\nwhich the mother was an inveterate prevaricator.\\nShe would tell whatever seemed most expedient x^St! amiy\\nand seemingly had no conscientious scruples in\\nso doing. The father was comparatively hon-\\nest. Of the seven children, one daughter close-\\nly resembled the father and was very conscien-\\ntious none of the other six could be relied upon.\\nAll persons of wide experience have observed\\nlike cases.\\nA mother, who was engaged in an agency busi-\\nness in which deception greatly multiplied sales,\\ncame to me much worried because her little girl a Mother s\\nborn under these circumstances, was so deceit- Experience,\\nful that she could place no confidence in her,\\nwhile her children born before she entered upon\\nthis commercial career were comparatively hon-\\nest.\\nIt behooves prospective parents to be honest.\\nHonest with each other, not simply in conduct,\\nbut in character. In addition to being honest\\nin thought, word and deed, for the benefit of\\ntheir own souls, and for the inheritance of their Conscience,\\noffspring as well, they should put the suggestion\\nof honesty into the subjective mind. I am\\nhonest. I do not practice deception. I will", "height": "4236", "width": "2716", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0207.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "200\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nA Dishonest\\nStsccess.\\nWoman s\\nGreatest Gift to\\nthe World.\\nKindness.\\nbe loyal under all circumstances. Justice shall\\nbe expressed in every act of mine. I am a\\ntrue man. I love the good, the true, the God-\\nlike. I am a child of a God of justice, and,\\nas his child, my life shall and does express the\\nwill of the Father.\\nIf the father s business or the mother s social\\nobligations are of such a character as to require\\ndeception, a change is desirable. A dishonest\\nsuccess, even though it accumulate millions, is\\na tremendous failure. If prospective parents can-\\nnot make a living without practicing deception,\\nthey had better change, even at tremendous sac-\\nrifice, than to continue thus and stamp dishon-\\nesty upon their children. Better be a beggar\\nand the father of an honest boy than a million-\\naire and the father of a criminal.\\nDuring gestation, particularly during the last\\ntwo months, the mother should repeat the fore-\\ngoing suggestions to her own soul and strive to\\nimpress them upon her child. If she is rigidly\\nhonest and will let her soul go forth in earnest\\nprayer to God that these principles may become\\nembodied in the little life, she will give to the\\nworld the richest legacy ever bestowed by woman\\nan honest man.\\nKindness is the most divine virtue of the hu-\\nman soul. Brotherly love, with kindness toward\\nall and malice toward none, is the cream of all\\nreligion, the opponent of all selfishness, the basis\\nof altruism, the elevating principle in civiliza-\\ntion. In proportion as men express this virtue\\nin their thought and conduct do they become like\\nthe man of Galilee. The measure of a man s", "height": "4268", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0208.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 201\\nlove for humanity not for his friends simply,\\nhis church, his party, his nation but for his\\nenemies and the people of every land, is the The Measure of\\nmeasure of his religion. Altruism as generally Religion*\\nconsidered today is but a higher form of ego-\\nism, but another mode of the struggle for ex-\\nistence in which a class co-operate in the strug- Altruism*\\ngle; but altruism in its broader sense includes\\nthe brotherly co-operation of all nations nay,\\nI may say all life, from insect to divinity.\\nTo cultivate the spirit of kindness three things\\nare essential 1 Avoid all harsh expressions,\\ncruelty, selfishness and severity. If it is neces-\\nsary to punish a disobedient child or animal, do\\nit in the spirit of kindness, but never under the\\ninfluence of anger or revenge. (2) Strive to\\nl)e good, tender and kind toward everything and To Cultivate\\neverybody. The farmer or stock raiser in being Kindness*\\nkind to the animals under his care develops his\\nown soul and may implant this supreme virtue\\nin the life of his child. (3) Repeatedly affirm\\nto the inner self, I am always kind. I will\\nnot cause another needless pain. I will try\\nto make some one happy today. If my com-\\npetitor wrongs me, I will do him a kindness in\\nreturn. I will not be cruel or severe to any\\none. I will gladden the home by my pres-\\nence. I will make the children rejoice at my Suggestions for\\ncoming. Wherever I go, there kindness and Soul Gf0Wt{l\\ngoodness shall be expressed. I will not be\\nselfish and greedy of power. I will rejoice\\nat my brother s prosperity, for we are all of one\\nfamily, and his gain is my gain; I will sympa-\\nthize with him and aid him in his hours of ad-", "height": "4244", "width": "2716", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0209.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "202\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nReverence and\\nFaith.\\nversity, for his loss is my loss. I will shed\\nthe light of kindness and take the balm of human\\nsympathy wherever I go, making glad the hearts\\nof men.\\nReverence for God, for old age, for superiors,\\nfor law, for things sacred and faith in the good,\\nthe pure, humanity and futurity, are indispen-\\nsable to the well-being of society, the advance-\\nment of humanity and the conduct of the indi-\\nvidual. Show me a man without reverence for\\ngray hairs, law and things sacred, without faith\\nin his fellow man or God, and I will show you\\na villain, if not a criminal.\\nThe absence of true reverence and the lack of\\nfaith are among the greatest problems, not only\\nof the Church, but of the State. If there is\\nno reverence for law, then the laws of the state\\nbecome impotent except as they are enforced\\nagainst the offender, but their enforcement is too\\nlate to prevent the evil conduct. In proportion\\nas the moral sentiments are developed in the race,\\nin proportion as men come to revere law and\\ndivinity and have faith in God and man, in that\\nsame degree does civilization mount upward and\\nthe life of the individual man become improved.\\nNot all truly great men have been religious in\\nthe generally accepted use of the term; but all\\ntruly great men have been reverential, express-\\ning sublime faith in man, in nature, in ultimate\\nBelieve in God. justice, and the final outworking of unerring law\\nto give the greatest good to the greatest num-\\nber. Religion is not a tradition, not a doctrine,\\nnot a book. It is the expression of God s love in\\nthe souls of men. It is not so much a question\\nReverence\\nEssential to\\nGovernment.\\nGreat Men", "height": "4264", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0210.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "MENTAL PREPARATION. 203\\nof believing, as one of living. Whoever lives Basis of\\nthe Godly life will come to know that God is. Confidcnce\\nWhoever becomes honest, pure, and upright in\\ncharacter will come to believe in himself; in pro-\\nportion as he does so, will he have faith in his\\nfellow man.\\nThe cultivation of reverence and faith requires\\ntheir daily, nay, hourly expression. Prospective\\nparents, even more than all others, should open.\\n1 1 r 111 Letting in the\\nthe windows of the soul heavenward that the Light.\\nlight from above may fall upon them. They\\nshould show due respect for whatever is worthy\\nand cultivate an abiding faith in each other, in\\nhumanity, in nature and in nature s God. They\\nshould let their souls go out in worship, prayer\\nand adoration to the Infinite Being. It is seri-\\nous business this, starting a soul voyaging toward\\neternity s shore!\\nThe Galilean prophet made faith the dynamic\\npower of the spirit, the illimitable force of the\\nT j. Faith a Dynamic\\nunseen. Its exercise on the part of prospective p 0W er.\\nparents will not only lift them above the many\\nlittle cares and worries incident to parentage, but\\nwill endow their child with this supreme psychic\\npower.\\nAmong the suggestions helpful to the cultiva-\\ntion of reverence and faith are these I believe\\nin God. He is ever-present. Divinity tfj^^\\nhere. I live and move in Him, from Him I Faith,\\ndraw my life. My soul is continually filled with\\nHis spirit. I am free from all the baser ap-\\npetites, for I am at one with God. I shall be,\\nI am holy, because He is holy my faith has made\\nme so. I have all faith in men, because they", "height": "4244", "width": "2696", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0211.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "204\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nGoodness in a\\nChild s Face.\\nChildren of\\nLight.\\nare God s children. Even as God has trusted\\nme, although I often betrayed Him, so will I\\ntrust my fellow men, even though they deceive\\nme, knowing that they will finally come to love\\nthe better way. I will, I do have faith in\\nGod s word and the teachings of Jesus Christ!\\nWhat an inspiration it is to look into the\\nface of a child and see goodness written there!\\nHow easy it is to guide a child who has a nat-\\nural reverence for its parents, for law and order\\nHow difficult to control one that has no respect\\nfor God or man!\\nI recall with pleasure many children who along\\nwith their romp and glee were always kind and\\nreverential, who lisped His name in prayer as\\nnaturally as they laughed in play. They were\\nborn with their faces toward Jerusalem, and\\nlong before a line of care had crossed the youth-\\nful brow the light of Golgotha s cross had illu-\\nmined the sparkling eye and kissed the rosy cheek\\nwith the fragrance of Divine love.", "height": "4228", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0212.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIV.\\nINITIAL IMPRESSIONS.\\nInitial Impressions. Or, the law whereby\\nexisting physical and mental states of parents;\\nparticularly the strength and activity of their\\nseveral vital functions and mental faculties at the\\ntime of conception, modify the heredity of off-\\nspring.\\nThe ultimate possibilities of every man are\\ndetermined largely by three moments, (i) The\\ninitial of life when the creative forces of father-\\nhood and motherhood unite to form a soul and Generation,\\nstart it voyaging toward Eternity s shore. (2) Birth and\\nJ J v Regeneration.\\nBirth; when the child is severed from the mater-\\nnal heart, breathes for the first time the breath\\nof life, receives the baptism of the stars, and\\nbegins the battle of individual existence. (3)\\nRegeneration; when a soul is quickened by the\\nHoly Spirit, awakened to the consciousness of its\\noneness with God, and takes up the development\\nof a spiritual, immortal ego.\\nThe importance of each of these periods can\\nscarcely be estimated. They are the all-deter-\\nmining moments of every life, infinite in their Decisive Periods\\npossibilities, pre-eminent for good or for evil. \u00c2\u00b0l L *fe\u00c2\u00bb\\nFrom time immemorial the astrologers have em-\\nphasized the all-determining power of the\\nmoment of birth; not that the stars necessarily", "height": "4244", "width": "2716", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0213.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "206\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nThe Supreme\\nMoment.\\nA Strange\\nInconsistency*\\nThe Formation\\nof a New Life.\\ncontrol the life, but that the new life here steps\\ninto the procession of nature and thereby becomes\\nfixed in the march of time. For centuries the\\nministry has taught the importance of regener-\\nation; Ye must be born again. Not that the\\nnew birth is all that is requisite for the develop-\\nment of the Christian character, but that since\\nlife must precede growth man must be spiritually\\nborn before he can develop the spiritual life. Let\\nus study the importance of the initial moment of\\nlife and learn something of its possibilities and\\nresponsibilities. Not that this is the all-determin-\\ning factor in heredity, but that since it is the\\ncreative moment, while all other influences are\\nsubsequent and therefore dependent upon this,\\nit may well be called the supreme moment.\\nIt is strange that the wise sages of the past\\nand the spiritual teachers of the present should\\nattach so much importance to the moment of birth\\nand regeneration, and so little to the supreme\\nmoment upon which all else depends. Stranger\\nstill that birth and regeneration are considered\\nDivinely sacred and are contemplated with rever-\\nence, while the creation of the new life is con-\\nsidered almost unmentionable, and is too often\\napproached with no thought of parental respons-\\nibility, no feeling of sacred trust, no sense of\\nholy consecration and no reverence for God s\\ncreative laws. If birth and regeneration are so\\nimportant to the natural growth, mundane exist-\\nence and eternal welfare of a soul, how much\\nmore so must be the moment of its beginning!\\nHow sacred should be this hour to prospective\\nparents! What a sense of reverence, tenderness", "height": "4248", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0214.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "INITIAL IMPRESSIONS. 207\\nand purity should animate their lives! How\\nchaste, honest, kind and earnest they should be\\nwhen they meet with God to form a soul\\nThe law of initial impressions is well estab-\\nlished. It has been understood and applied by\\nstock raisers for centuries. Experiments prove\\nthat the qualities most highly excited in animals fc tia Impfes-\\nprior to their union are most fully transmitted.\\nThe speed of the horse and the acquired charac-\\nters of the dog have been improved by the appli-\\ncations of this law. History and classic litera-\\nture contain many references that recognize its\\nimportance, like Shakespeare s Come on, ye\\ncowards; ye were got in fear. Ancient law for-\\nbade union while parents were intoxicated, be-\\ncause such unions resulted in the production of\\ndrunkards and monstrosities.\\nThe asylums for the feeble-minded contained\\nseveral hundred unfortunate ones that are the\\nproduct of such unions. Mrs. Stockham, M. D., i^^S^^\\nwell says, Many a drunkard owes his lifelong\\nappetite for alcohol to the fact that the inception\\nof his life could be traced to a night of dissipa-\\ntion on the part of his father. Fleming and\\nDemaux have shown that not only do drunkards\\ntransmit to their descendants tendency toward\\ninsanity and crime, but even habitually sober\\nparents who at the moment of conception are in\\na temporary state of drunkenness beget children\\nwho are epileptic or paralytic, idiotic or insane,\\nvery often micro-cephalic, or with remarkable\\nweakness of mind, which is transformed at the\\nfirst favorable occasion into insanity.\\nThe law of initial impressions, like the other", "height": "4240", "width": "2748", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0215.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "208\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nPower of Initial\\nImpressions*\\nEffects of Tran-\\nsient States*\\nAn Editor s\\nDaughter*\\nA White Sheep\\nin a Black Flock*\\nlaws of heredity, is traced most easily where\\nmorbid conditions are transmitted; but fortu-\\nnately it is quite as potential in the production of\\ndesirable qualities. Unusual excitement of the\\nsocial, intellectual or religious powers in parents\\njust prior to the inception of the new life fre-\\nquently produce in the child corresponding tend-\\nencies.\\nFowler tells of a mother who conceived after\\nshe and her husband had spent a most pleasant\\nday and evening in company with friends; the\\nchild became a charming young woman, highly\\nsociable, who made friends easily and was a\\ngreat favorite. A boy who was conceived just\\nafter the parents had attended the last of a\\ncourse of lectures that had proved a great intel-\\nlectual feast to them, was quite superior to his\\nbrothers intellectually. One of the most bril-\\nliant women of the South was born from thought-\\nful parents who took special pains to awaken the\\nintellectual and dramatic powers in their natures\\nprior to the inception of her life. An editor in\\nOakland, California, who had an exceptionally\\nbright and promising daughter, assured me that\\nher strongest talents were in line with those most\\nactive in her parents prior to conception. I have\\nknown of several children who were conceived\\nwhile the parents were under great religious or\\nspiritual excitement, that early manifested strong\\nreligious tendencies, while other children born\\nfrom the same parents, the inception of whose\\nlives occurred when the religious emotions were\\nunawakened or passive, manifested but little re-\\nligious feeling. Considered as isolated cases the", "height": "4248", "width": "2936", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0216.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "INITIAL IMPRESSIONS. 209\\nforegoing prove nothing, for they might all be\\nattributed to other causes, but when we remem-\\nber that there are thousands of such cases they\\nbecome significant.\\nProf. B. F. Pratt, M. D., of Ohio, who has I\\ngiven much attention to this subject, tells of a\\nboy the initial of whose life occurred while the\\nparents were under the magnetic influence of a\\nmost eloquent, inspiring address by James A.\\nGarfield. The boy at the time the observations\\nwere made strongly resembled the martyred\\npresident. He was far superior to his parents,\\nbrothers and sisters. His family were very com- A Q\\nmonplace people, probably somewhat below the Strange\\naverage, while the boy was bright, magnetic, stu- Influence\\ndious and in every way a superior, promising\\nyouth. It would seem that the spirit of Garfield,\\nwhich for the time had taken possession of the\\nparents, controlled the heredity of the child. His\\nvery life, appearance, mentality and ambitions\\nseem to have been controlled to a very marked\\ndegree by the magnetic orator.\\nSome have been inclined to discount the im-\\nportance of initial impressions because concep-\\ntion does not always (and perhaps rarely) takes\\nplace at the moment of coition. It frequently\\nhappens that the germ and sperm cells do not The Inception\\nunite for hours after coition, and according to\\nsome authorities the sperm cell may retain its\\nvitalizing power for three days or even longer.\\nThis being the case, it is argued that the transient\\nstates will have little, or nothing, to do with re-\\nsults.\\nCertainly this fact destroys the dream of the", "height": "4248", "width": "2724", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0217.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "2IO\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nA Dream\\nDestroyed.\\nVirility Deter-\\nmines Results,\\nVitality of\\nSpermatozoa.\\ntranscendentalists, who advocate that it is the\\nunion of soul with soul at the moment of coition\\nthat creates the new soul. Of course this bit of\\npoetic nonsense never had any foundation in fact,\\nfor conception may take place without the slight-\\nest feeling on the part of the mother, or even\\nwithout the knowledge that it has occurred.\\nThe fact that conception does not always take\\nplace at the moment of coition in no sense mili-\\ntates against the law in question. The body, mind\\nand soul of the parents are represented in the\\nsperm and germ cells, and as are the parents, so\\nwill be these life messengers. If the father is\\nstrong, vigorous, magnetic, affectionate and\\npure-minded at the time the sperm cells are being\\ngenerated and when they leave his organism,\\nthey receive the vivifying influence, vitality and\\ncharacter of the father. If he is weak, ex-\\nhausted, or depraved like conditions maintain in\\nthe life messenger. This is not a theory; it is an\\nestablished fact. It has been demonstrated by\\ncomparing results. Moreover, it may be proved\\nbeyond question by comparing the vitality of\\nspermatozoa. Experimenters tell us that the num-\\nber and strength of the spermatozoa vary accord-\\ning to the strength and vitality of the man. Where\\nthere is great vigor, the spermatozoa will live for\\nhours, or even days, and keep up a continual mo-\\ntion while, when the vitality of the man is low,\\nthey cease to manifest life after a few minutes.\\nAgain, it is well known that children conceived\\ndirectly after the close of the menstrual period\\nare as a rule more vigorous in both body and\\nmind than those whose conception was farther", "height": "4248", "width": "2936", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0218.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "INITIAL IMPRESSIONS. 2 1 1\\nremoved from this period; doubtless this is due\\nto the greater vigor of the mother at this time.\\nWith the foregoing facts in mind we are pre- Season Most\\npared to consider the conditions most favorable Birth,\\nfor the creation of a new life. First, and per-\\nhaps least in importance, is the question of the\\ntime or season most desirable. All nature indi-\\ncates that the spring time, all things considered,\\nis the best time for a child to be born. Particu-\\nlarly is this true in a climate where there is a\\ngreat variation of temperature between summer\\nand winter. If a child is born in the spring it\\nhas the advantage of the pure invigorating air\\nwhen its life is most susceptible. It can be taken AJ t\\nr Advantages of\\nout of doors without danger of injury, and in the Springtime,\\nmany ways have advantages that it could not\\nwere it born in the fall moreover, the bugbear of\\nbabyhood, teething, if the child is born in the\\nspring does not begin until the hot weather is\\nalmost over, and by the second summer the dan-\\nger in teething is past.\\nIt is highly important that the physical vigor\\nof both parents be at high tide at the time of the\\ninitial of the new life. Conception should never Physical Vigor\\ntake place when either parent is tired, exhausted n iS eDsa e#\\nor in any way indisposed. Even if it is neces-\\nsary to take a little vacation it will pay a thousand\\ntimes. Dr. Cowan s suggestion of a month s\\npreparation is commendable. The father can well\\nafford to relax the strain of business and the\\nmother her duties and give a few weeks time to\\nthe upbuilding of their vitality in order that their\\noffspring may have the advantage of a high de-\\ngree of physical vigor. Even a short vacation,", "height": "4236", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0219.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "212 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nRecreation. a trip to the country, a change of scenery, a re-\\nlaxation from all care and worry and a little\\nstrengthening of the vital forces prior to the be-\\ngetting of a new life would have saved thousands\\nof parents from many anxious moments and the\\nsad disappointment of having a weakly, puny\\nchild.\\nStrong, vigorous, chaste sexuality at the time\\nVirility Governs conce pti\u00c2\u00b0 n is of supreme importance; it is in-\\nTransmission. dispensable to good results. No number of other\\nconditions or factors can be so favorable as to\\njustify the creation of a new life when the virility\\nof either parent is low. Parents transmit their\\nphysical constitution, intellect and morals only\\nto the extent of the strength of the sex power at\\nthe time of inception.\\nContinency should be maintained for a month\\n_ T before the time of inception. This will tend to\\nxo Increase\\nMagnetic Power, increase the magnetic power and virility. More-\\nover since continence is absolutely imperative\\nduring gestation prospective parents may well\\nlearn the lesson of self control.\\nThe sexual vigor is usually strongest in women\\nat the close of the monthly period it is therefore\\nbest that the inception of a new life take place\\nest*ViabiIity. at tn s me s unfortunately true that a great\\nnumber of children are conceived when the\\nmother is at the lowest point of fecundity. This\\nis the inevitable result of the custom of prevent-\\ning conception by limiting coition to the sup-\\nposed inviable period. Thoughtful parents\\nshould avoid this mistake; they should never\\ntake chances and have their offspring the result\\nof an accident. They should live continent lives,", "height": "4248", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0220.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "INITIAL IMPRESSIONS. 2 1 3\\nuniting only for the purpose of producing a new\\nlife, and have this union at a time when their\\nvigor and viability are at high tide.\\nNext in importance, and closely related to the\\nfactor of sex, is that of love and confidence. Few\\nthings are more unfortunate than for a child to\\nbe conceived without mutual love and tender af-\\nfection between its parents at the hour of its in- Confidence^\\nception. If human nature was normal such a\\nthing would be exceptionally rare, for sexual con-\\ngress in a truly normal state never occurs except\\nas the climax of love; but in the perverted con-\\ndition in which many persons find themselves\\nthe sexual union may occur without the slightest\\nconjugal affection and even where hatred exists.\\nWhere the well being of offspring is involved\\nthere should always be not only a magnetic, ard-\\nent desire, but strong, pure, conjugal love. Love The Vivifying\\nis the awakener of all the powers; where it is Power Love,\\nstrong and ardent at this time, it marshals all the\\nother forces into action, so that a child of love,\\nother things being equal, is always superior to\\none begotten when the affections are passive.\\nThe union for the creation of a new life should\\noccur only after pure thoughts, tender affection, Perfect\\nmutual love and sacred associations have grad- Sympathy is\\nually brought the prospective parents into the\\nmost perfect soul sympathy, awakened all their\\nlatent forces, and wrought their lives into a per-\\nfect union.\\nSince the mental states of parents at the time of\\nconception affect the offspring, their minds\\nshould not only be active at this time but active\\nin the consideration of such facts and ideals as", "height": "4240", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0221.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "214 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nare calculated to produce favorable results. All\\n5? en j*! the intellectual faculties should be exercised by\\nConditions\\nDesirable. reading, by thinking, by observation, by pleas-\\nant conversation and the exchange of such ideas\\nas will tend to bring the two minds into perfect\\naccord. If special study for the purpose of pro-\\nducing certain mental traits has been pursued\\nduring the period of preparation, this should\\nform the subject of conversation.\\nFinally, before the inception of a new life pros-\\npective parents should enter the Silence and hold\\ncommunion with the living God until they have\\nnegated the carnal self and exalted the spiritual.\\nIf they have not known Him as a personal Sav-\\nation. paf iour, or an indwelling power, this is a good time\\nto ask His benediction and begin the unfoldment\\nof the higher nature. If they have never prayed\\nbefore, they should now. If ever two souls needed\\nthe baptism of the Holy Spirit it is in the per-\\nformance of this sacred function. If they would\\ncreate a child in God s image, His spirit must\\nTo Create a animate their natures at this time. Self indul-\\nChild in God s i u 1 j u a.\\nImage. gence and gross pleasure should have no part m\\nthis Divine drama. Only after the feelings have\\nbeen purified by prayer, the mind quickened by\\nnoble, inspiring thoughts and the consciousness\\nfilled with God s love, should parents unite to\\nform a soul.", "height": "4248", "width": "2904", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0222.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XV,\\nMATERNAL IMPRESSIONS.\\nMaternal Impressions Or, the law whereby\\nthe physical conditions and mental states of the\\nmother during gestation her impulses, emo-\\ntions, joys, sorrows, thoughts and sentiments\\nmake their impression upon the forming body, E\\nplastic brain and sensitive soul of her offspring. Heredity*\\nEvolutionary heredity is the transmission of\\nphysical or moral characteristics to the foetus dur-\\ning its development by some extraneous mental\\nor physical impressions acting upon the mother.\\nFoster s Medical Encyclopaedia.\\nPrenatal culture through maternal impressions\\nis considered by most authorities the most effect-\\nual means of transmitting acquired characters. Dr.\\nFordyce Barker says, The weight of authority\\nmust be conceded to be in favor of the idea that\\nmaternal impressions may affect the growth, form\\nand character of a forming child. Dr. Talcot, Authorities.\\nsurgeon of the Woman s Hospital, of New York,\\nin referring to this subject, remarks, I must say\\nthat I always had considerable skepticism as to\\nmaternal impressions, and it arose from my ignor-\\nance of the subject. If sudden fright will produce\\nmalformations, why will not fits of anger or de-\\npression also affect the prospective child?\\nRokitansky declares, The question whether men-", "height": "4220", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0223.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "2l6\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nNewton on Pre-\\nnatal Culture.\\nBayer on Mater-\\nnal Impressions*\\ntal emotions do influence the development of the\\nchild must be answered Yes\\nMr. A. E. Newton, author of Prenatal Cul-\\nture, says, The human embryo is formed and\\ndeveloped in all its parts, even to the minutest\\ndetail, by and through the action of the vital,\\nmental and spiritual forces of the mother, which\\nforces act in and through the corresponding por-\\ntions of her own organism. And while this process\\nmay go on unconsciously, or without the mother s\\nvoluntary participation or direction\\nyet she may consciously and purposely so direct\\nher activities as, with a good degree of certainty,\\nto accomplish specifically desired ends in deter-\\nmining the traits and qualities of her offspring.\\nIn other words, it would seem to be within the\\nmother s power, by the voluntary and intelligent\\ndirection of her own forces, in orderly systematic\\nmethods, to both mold the physical form to lines\\nof beauty and shape the mental, moral and spir-\\nitual features of her child to an extent to which\\nno limit can be assigned.\\nMr. C. T. Bayer, in his treatise on Maternal\\nImpressions, observes, The influence of the\\nmind of a prospective mother upon her child be-\\nfore its birth is of tremendous importance to its\\nactive existence as a member of society, from the\\nfact that it lies in that mother s power to shape\\nits mentality, that it may be a power for good or\\nfor evil. Upon all other questions per-\\ntaining to the welfare and improvement of hu-\\nmanity the search-light of science has been turned,\\nbut this most important of all subjects has been\\ncomparatively ignored, and young men and wo-", "height": "4232", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0224.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 217\\nmen have drifted into the joys and sorrows of\\nfatherhood and motherhood in most cases as\\nignorant of nature s great and all-important laws\\nof reproduction as the most ignorant savage. It\\nmight be said more ignorant than the Indian, as\\nthey hold the person of their squaws sacred while\\nin process of nourishing or building the body of\\nthe prospective child.\\nProf. O. S. Fowler, the veteran phrenologist,\\nwhose years of experience, study and personal\\nobservations on this subject exceed those of any\\nother author, in commenting upon the power of\\nthe mother to mold the mind and character of her va r\\nchild, says Begin to educate children at concep- Should Begin,\\ntion and continue during their entire carriage.\\nYet maternal study, of little account before the\\nsixth month after it, is most promotive of talents\\nwhich, next to goodness, are the fathers joy and\\nthe mothers pride. What pains are taken after\\nthey are born to render them prodigies of learn-\\ning by the best schools and teachers from their\\nthird year; whereas their mother s study three\\nmonths before their birth would improve their in-\\ntellects infinitely more. Professional facts, per-\\npetually recurring, strikingly illustrate the ma- Fowler s\\nternal ordinance, compel belief and overwhelm servatI0ns\\nwith its vast practical importance. Though sure\\nthat this doctrine is as true as astronomy, yet, in\\nrevisiting places, I am more and more surprised\\nto find how true it is experimentally. The chil-\\ndren of the same parents, born after their mothers\\nlearn and practice this doctrine are much finer\\nthan those born before, than either parent, and\\nthan they could have been but for this knowledge\\nand practice.", "height": "4240", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0225.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "218 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nHistory contains many very striking illustra-\\ntions of the power of maternal impressions to\\nMaternal Imprcs- mo i (j ^he character of the child. According to\\nsions and Genius*\\nLombroso, Cicero, Cuvier, Goethe, Cowper, Na-\\npoleon, Cromwell, Scott, Byron, Gray, Swift and\\nWellington are thought to have inherited their\\ngenius from their mothers. The genius of Na-\\npoleon I. seems to have been particularly the prod-\\nuct of prenatal influences. History tells us that\\nhis mother for some time prior to his birth shared\\nthe fortunes of war with her husband, on horse-\\nback most of the time, acquiring active and health-\\ninspiring habits. During this period she was in\\nconstant peril and danger, not only surrounded\\nwith, but intensely engaged in, all the pomp and\\ncircumstance of war; and in this way not only\\nbecame familiar with the horrors and anguish of\\nwar, but also became reconciled to it and in a\\nnatal\u00c2\u00b0 Training, measure enjoyed it. That Napoleon Bonaparte\\nmanifested a character quite unlike his ancestors\\nis well known to all, and it is not too much to say\\nthat his early love of power, and his tendency\\ntoward a military career, as well as the superior\\ngeneralship displayed later, were due largely to\\nthese prenatal influences.\\nCol. William F. Cody Buffalo Bill whose\\nunique career as pony express messenger, Govern-\\nment scout, Indian fighter, Buffalo hunter and\\nBuffalo Bill s Wild- West Showman is well known, strongly\\nHeredity. resembled his mother. He was born during the\\ntroublesome days of Missouri, and his mother was\\ncalled upon to emphasize those elements of daunt-\\nless courage and self control so strongly mani-\\nfested in her son. His early frontier life, the as-", "height": "4248", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0226.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 219\\nsassination of his father and the heroism ever\\nmanifest in his mother, all tended to develop these\\nqualities in the boy but from having made a very\\ncareful study of Col. Cody, I am very sure that\\nthe inborn traits most potential in his life were\\nlargely the product of maternal impressions.\\nRev. Geo. D. Herron, Professor of Applied\\nChristianity in Iowa College, an eminent thinker t\\nand advocate of Christian socialism, is reported inheritance.\\nas having said, I may have been converted before\\nI was born. During the year preceding my birth\\nmy mother lived in an atmosphere of prayer,\\nstudying good books and brooding over her Bible.\\nShe asked God to give her a child who should be\\nHis servant, and she besought God to keep me\\nupon the altar of a perfect sacrifice in the service\\nof His Christ and her Redeemer. She never again,\\nnor had she before, reached the spiritual height\\nupon which she walked with God during the year\\nof my birth. Nothing has ever been\\nable to separate her from the belief that in bring-\\ning me into the world she had fulfilled the pur-\\npose of her being, and she never doubted that I\\nwould be a messenger of God to my fellow men.\\nOf all this I knew nothing until after I had been\\npreaching the Gospel.\\nA careful study of the mentality of any family\\nwhere there are two or more children will demon-\\nstrate the potency of maternal impressions. The Variations\\ndifferences in the environment, habits, conditions Through\\nImpressions.\\nand mental states of a mother will be found clear-\\nly marked in her children. Hundreds of mothers\\nhave assured me that they could trace their exist-\\ning states in the life and disposition of their chil-", "height": "4248", "width": "2748", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0227.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "220\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nTestimony of\\nMothers*\\nPrenatal\\nEducation.\\nObjections\\nAnswered*\\ndren. In some families, it is true, the factor of\\nmaternal impressions is far less influential than\\nin others. As has been observed repeatedly, each\\nfactor in the formation of a soul is an unknown\\nand every-varying quantity; but no factor is\\nmore universally potential for good or evil, more\\nworthy of profound study, than the one under\\nconsideration. Dr. Drummond well remarks,\\nThe Christian, like the poet, is born, not made.\\nThe more I study the influence of maternal im-\\npressions upon the life, mentality and character\\nof men, the more I am led to believe that the edu-\\ncation and moral training that a child receives be-\\nfore it sees the light of day are the most influen-\\ntial, and, therefore, the most important part of\\nits education.\\nThe objections to the doctrine of maternal im-\\npressions I shall consider at some length in the\\nchapter on Abnormal Impressions. The prin-\\ncipal objection raised is that, since there is no\\nanatomical connection between the nervous sys-\\ntem of the mother and the embryo, it is impossible\\nfor her to influence it other than in the matter of\\nnutrition. Even if this were true it would not\\npreclude the influence of her mental states, for\\nthe blood is the life, and every scientist knows\\nthat the blood partakes of the transient conditions\\nof the mental states; anger, jealousy, joy, fear,\\nand all strong or unusual emotions perceptibly\\nchange the character of the blood and modify its\\nlife-giving power. This fact alone might account\\nfor most of the physical and mental influences\\nexerted by the mother over her forming child.\\nThe physical relation, however, is not the only", "height": "4248", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0228.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 221\\none sustained by mother and child. Modern\\npsychology has fully demonstrated that one life el f* lon\\nmay influence another independently of the ordi- Child*\\nnary means of physical communication. As we\\nshall see in the succeeding chapter, in the light of\\nthe new psychology it is easy to account for the\\ncomplete registering of all the mother s conditions\\nin her offspring.\\nThe order of prenatal training through\\nmaternal impressions is plainly indicated by the\\norder of the embryonic development. The phys-\\nical organism forms first, and the brain areas that Training,\\ncontrol the mentality later. The principal require-\\nments of the embryo in its early development are\\nnutrition and freedom; it will require these\\nthroughout the entire period of gestation also, but\\nif they are wanting during the first four or five\\nmonths arrested growth or physical deformity is\\napt to result. The mental conditions of the mother\\nare potential during the entire period of gesta-\\ntion, but they are especially so during the latter\\npart of the period. Therefore, if special stress is\\nto be placed upon the physical and mental training\\nat different periods, the physical should be first,\\nthe mental second and the moral last.\\nAs a general proposition, I would urge the pros-\\npective mother to continue throughout gestation Hygienic Living\\nthe physical, mental and moral training indicated Required,\\nin the preceding chapters. In addition, now that\\nshe has to eat and breathe for two, she should be\\ndoubly careful in the selection and preparation of\\nher food, and in breathing only pure air. Vigor-\\nous, pleasant exercise, long walks and drives with\\nagreeable company are most beneficial. The", "height": "4236", "width": "2740", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0229.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "222\\nPRENATAL CULTURE,\\nThe Corset\\nMust Go.\\nDr. Stockham.\\nChastity a\\nDemand of\\nMaternity.\\nHelen Gardener-\\nmorning sponge-bath, followed by the use of light\\nIndian clubs, and such exercise as will call the\\nabdominal muscles into play are to be recom-\\nmended.\\nThe corset should be abandoned it must be for\\nthe best results. Fowler says Tight lacing is\\nthe chief cause of infantile mortality. That it in-\\nflicts the very worst forms of physical ruin on\\nwoman and offspring is self-evident. No evil\\nequals that of curtailing this maternal supply of\\nbreath. If it were merely a female\\nfolly, or if its ravages were confined to its perpe-\\ntrators, it might be allowed to pass unrebuked;\\nbut it strikes a deadly blow at the very life of the\\nrace. No tongue can tell, no finite\\nmind conceive, the misery it has produced, nor the\\nnumber of deaths, directly or indirectly, of young\\nwomen, bearing mothers, and weakly infants it\\nhas occasioned.\\nMrs. Stockham, M. D., says, If woman had\\ncommon sense instead of fashion sense the corset\\nwould not exist. There are not words enough\\nin the English language to express my convictions\\nupon this subject.\\nChastity both in thought and conduct is an im-\\nperative demand of maternity. The frequent ex-\\ncitement of the sex nature in the mother during\\ngestation tends strongly to produce lasciviousness\\nin her child. Helen Gardener aptly says Many\\nparents have transmitted to their fallen daughters\\na tendency to commit acts which they whine about\\nas tarnishing their family honor. If they had tied\\nher hand and foot and thrown her into the river,", "height": "4268", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0230.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 223\\nthen expected her to save herself they would not\\nhave been more truly responsible/*\\nDr. Cowan, in commenting upon the subject of\\ncontinence during gestation, says, During the\\nfull period of gestative influence, as well as during P f owan on\\nr Continence,\\nthe period of nursing, sexual congress should not\\nbe had between husband and wife. This is the\\nlaw of nature, the law of God, and outside of\\nChristendom is never violated. Animals will not\\npermit it savages do not practice it, and in over\\nthree quarters of the world it is looked upon as\\ninfamous by our own species.\\nI have frequently met with the most bitter\\nopposition for advocating continence during ges-\\ntation. Strange to say this opposition has often\\ncome from most excellent men who were highly Defended 0fma\\nintelligent upon other subjects. Recently a very\\nbright lawyer, a Sunday School superintendent,\\ncriticised me severely for advocating such a thing,\\ndeclaring that such relations were perfectly nat-\\nural. How absurd! The conduct of all animal\\nlife is a testimony against it. There is no argu-\\nment in its favor save the argument of perverted\\ndesire.\\nUnchaste maternity is the principal cause of the\\nhereditary tendency toward sexual dissipation.\\nMost of the human race have been subjected tOD ep ^ity.\\nthis unnatural, debasing influence during their\\nprenatal development. Thousands of noble men\\nand women, whose lives are spotless, struggle\\nagainst these maternal impressions from early\\nyouth to the decline of life while millions who are\\nconsidered chaste, are so, only because the present", "height": "4244", "width": "2692", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0231.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "224\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nethics of matrimony allows the unrestricted ex-\\npression of their abnormal desires.\\nBreaking the law of chastity during the period\\nof gestation and lactation is one of the great\\ncauses of infant mortality. Many parents by the\\nabuse of the marital rights have robbed their off-\\nant Mortality. S p r f n g f physical strength, mental vigor, or moral\\npurity. Many who are anxiously caring for a\\npuny little weakling, who would gladly sacrifice\\nall and deny themselves every comfort to save its\\nlife, find, alas, that they began their self denial\\ntoo late! Others whose children are strong and\\nhealthy early manifest tendencies that betray\\ntheir unnatural prenatal training.\\nA mother s purity, or the lack of it, will deter-\\nmine the degree of innate chastity in her offspring.\\nPure, chaste love and the tender care of mothers\\nduring gestation and lactation would fill the world\\nwith rosy-cheeked, happy children and rob death\\nof one-half of its infant prey.\\nThe prospective mother should enjoy absolute\\nfreedom. She should be relieved from needless\\ncare and anxiety, and be allowed to assert the\\nqueenly rights of her own person, and follow the\\nmandates of her own instincts and choice. This\\nabsolute freedom is not only highly essential for\\nher comfort and welfare, but it is also of great im-\\nportance to her child. If the mother is a slave,\\nif she is compelled to subject her will to the will\\nof the husband, if she is made to feel that she\\nmust obey the dictates of another, rest assured\\nthat her child will be a slave, a born serf, lacking\\nin self reliance, independence, sense of freedom\\nThe World s\\nGreat Need*\\nMaternal\\nFreedom*\\nEnslaved\\nMotherhood*", "height": "4248", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0232.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 225\\nand the self respect and dignity that belongs to the\\nwell-born.\\nHistory proves that wherever woman has been The Principles\\nelevated and liberated she has transmitted the ele- Transmitted.\\nments of freedom and self respecting independ-\\nence to her offspring. Wherever she has been\\nenslaved and subjected to the will of another, she\\nhas given birth to slaves, to men who easily be-\\ncome the subjects of another s will. One of the\\ngreatest factors, if not the greatest, that marks\\nthe difference between the progress made under P?*** 048 Born\\nof Free Women*\\nthe Christian religion and under pagan religions\\nis the independence and personal liberty that\\nChristianity has brought to women. No republic\\ncan survive that enslaves womanhood, and no\\nmonarchy can maintain its power to rule over men\\nborn of free women.\\nThe general surroundings in and about the\\nhome of the prospective mother should be as beau-\\ntiful and agreeable as possible. Every mother in- i n fl oe nce of\\nterweaves the impressions made by her sur- Surroundings.\\nroundings into her child. If the home and its ap-\\npurtenances are simple, rough and crude, the child\\nwill partake more or less of these conditions. If\\nthe mother is surrounded by beauty, art, flowers\\nand music, these elements and their refining in-\\nfluences will become a part of the child s inherit-\\nance. The ancient Greeks believed so strongly\\nin the potency of prenatal environment, that they\\nnot only guarded mothers from whatever was\\ncoarse, vicious and cruel, but gave them the kind-\\nest care and surrounded them with beautiful\\nworks of art.\\nIt has long been observed that nearly all Ital-", "height": "4244", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0233.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "226 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nian beauties conform to one type. Also that there\\nis a striking resemblance between many of Italy s\\nfairest women and Raphael s masterpiece, The\\nMadonna. Copies of this great painting are\\nfound on the walls of almost every Italian home.\\nIt is thought that the continual worshiping of\\nMadtonna, s beautiful picture by prospective mothers has\\ndone much to shape the features and expressions\\nof thousands. Little did Raphael know when he\\nwrought so well that he was making a model to\\nbe reproduced in life. And how do we know but\\nthat in the inspiration that enabled Raphael to\\nproduce this beautiful painting God was express-\\ning one of His own ideals to men\\nThere are many instances where a mother has\\ngiven to her child a facial expression not unlike\\na much admired picture or loved friend. Frances\\nE. Willard is said to have resembled very strongly\\nin personal appearance a sweet young woman o\u00c2\u00a3\\nwhom Miss Willard s mother was very fond.\\nWhile in Boston recently I studied two sisters\\nwho manifested in a very marked degree the in-\\nfluence of the mother s environments. The elder\\ndaughter, born on a Western ranch, where her\\nparents lived in a sod house amid crude surround-\\nOpposite Tastes ings, with Indians for neighbors and no relaxation\\nin Sisters. from ceaseless toil she was strong, practical, mat-\\nter of fact, rather uncouth, with very little ar-\\ntistic or decorative ability. The younger, born\\ntwenty years later, when the family lived in a\\ncomfortable home, surrounded by beautiful\\ngrounds, flowers and works of art, is a natural\\nartist, refined, poetic, imaginative and graceful\\nin every motion. Some of this difference undoubt-", "height": "4248", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0234.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 227\\nedly was due to the postnatal training and early\\nenvironments of the two yet much was certainly\\ndue to prenatal influences.\\nThe fact that a mother can influence her off-\\nspring even in the slightest degree by prenatal\\ntraining should make her careful in the selection\\nof her company, the books she reads, the thoughts\\nshe entertains and the ideals she holds uppermost\\nin her soul.", "height": "4236", "width": "2700", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0235.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVI.\\nMATERNAL IMPRESSIONS CONTINUED.\\nI shall devote this chapter to specific prenatal\\ntraining by maternal impressions. I shall indi-\\ncate as nearly as possible the periods when the\\nseveral elements of the child s mind seem most\\neasily influenced. The methods of training out-\\nlined are intended merely as guides, not as arbi-\\ntrary rules. I am conscious that the suggestions\\noffered in the preceding chapters as well as those\\nto be given in the present are open to criticism,\\nhowever, I trust that they will prove helpful to\\nthose who desire to improve themselves or their\\noffspring.\\nThe brain is most easily molded during em-\\nbryonic development. Repeated thoughts, emo-\\nThe Formative tions, suggestions, or images will change its form\\nand structure even late in life, but the older the\\nbrain, other things being equal, the less susceptible\\nit is to impression and change. A child s brain\\nand character are more easily molded than are\\nPrenatal Impres- the adult s. The younger the child the greater\\nsionsMost its susceptibility. Prenatal impressions are more\\npotential than postnatal. When the brain areas\\nare forming it is possible for the mother by the\\nassiduous exercise of mental powers to greatly\\nmodify the hereditary tendencies and to improve\\nthe mentality of her child.", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0236.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 229\\nIn considering the potency of maternal impres-\\nsions, it is well to bear in mind that there are no\\nshort cuts in nature. Insignificant causes never No Short Cuts\\nin Nature.\\nproduce great results. The popular notion held\\nby many and even advocated by some writers, that\\njust a little training at a certain time during the\\nmaternal period will produce a genius, is without\\nfoundation in fact.\\nSpecial genius resulting from sudden psycho-\\nlogical impressions like birth marks and mon- Transient\\nstrosities is an abnormality and not a product of Oot\u00c2\u00abow*u\\nnatural growth and development. Moreover,\\ngifts and peculiarities so acquired are seldom per-\\nmanent, but are usually outgrown in early life.\\nThe fixed factors of heredity and the established\\ntypes of character are not readily overcome. This\\nis a wise provision of nature. If it were possi- fS j t S? c y\\n1 r Fixed Factors*\\nble, as some would have us believe, to completely\\nchange the disposition of a child by a little special\\ntraining at a certain time, the race would have\\nno stability, no unanimity of character.\\nThe prospective mother who would do well by\\nher child, should be patient, earnest, constant and Persistent Train-\\npersistent in her training. She should not expect e UIfe\\nthat a unit of training on her part is going to pro-\\nduce ten of genius in her child; but as oft re-\\npeated postnatal impressions do mold and form\\nthe character of the child, so all earnest, heart-\\nfelt emotions, thoughts and sentiments oft re-\\npeated to her forming babe will become a part of\\nits future life and character.\\nThe animal propensities from which spring the\\nlove of life, appetite, energy, secretiveness, the\\ninstinct of self preservation, and the tendency to", "height": "4244", "width": "2684", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0237.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "230\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nThe Animal\\nPropensities*\\nNo Rule Appli-\\ncable to Alt\\nAppetites and\\nLongings*\\nCourage and\\nEnergy.\\nacquire, seem susceptible to maternal impressions\\nduring the first six months of gestation. To be\\nsure they are susceptible throughout the entire\\nperiod and therefore should receive careful train-\\ning, but since they develop before the intellectual\\nfaculties and moral sentiments, it is possible to\\ninfluence them at an earlier period.\\nNo specific rule is applicable to all cases\\nfor the training of these or any other powers. In\\nsome the propensities need cultivating, in others\\nthey need to be restrained therefore the prenatal\\ntraining required in any given case is determined\\nby the disposition of the parents and the conditions\\nof the mother.\\nIn all cases the alimentative appetite should be\\nkept normal, only plain, non-stimulating foods be-\\ning used. This is especially important, if there\\nare reasons to fear an inherent appetite for nar-\\ncotics. If the mother has a special longing for any\\nparticular article of diet, it is best to gratify it\\nat once, as its gratification is not nearly so apt to\\nproduce an abnormal desire in the child, as is the\\ncontinual longing for it. This fact will be readily\\nunderstood by psychologists.\\nThe suggestions given in a former chapter,\\ntouching upon the cultivation and restraining of\\nenergy, of self control and the acquiring instinct,\\nare particularly applicable to this period. A\\nmother who is much overworked is apt to give\\nbirth to a child greatly deficient in energy and\\nforce of character. The same results might be\\nproduced by a life of idleness and indolence. If\\nshe has cause to fear that her child will be want-\\ning in courage and energy, she should exercise", "height": "4248", "width": "2888", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0238.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 231\\nthese qualities and assiduously cultivate her own\\nforce of character. She should affirm, I am vig-\\norous, I am free; I have no fear of anything\\nnor any one; I will overcome every opposition.\\nThese affirmations should be repeated not only in !y g2 ^t]! ons t0\\nthe Silence, but frequently to herself during the Courage,\\nday. She should silently say to her child, just as\\nshe would say to another person, You are\\nstrong, You are energetic, You are mamma s\\nbrave little man. If there are reasons to believe\\nthat the energies are liable to be too strong, an\\nopposite training should be given.\\nThe acquiring, or mine and thine instinct,\\nshould be carefully directed from the fourth to the A u\\n1 1 -rr r r m The Acquisitive\\neighth month. If it is deficient in the family, the Instinct.\\nmother should persistently cultivate it, both by\\npracticing economy and by entering into some\\nline of business that will call this propensity into\\nconstant action. I have observed that children\\nborn from business women, especially where the\\nmother has continued in business during the\\nperiod of gestation, are usually highly acquisitive\\nand early manifest a commercial spirit.\\nOwing to the tendency to abuse the acquiring\\npropensity, in our commercial age, the prospective H\\nmother should be particularly careful to be rigidly Imperative.\\nhonest in her business relations and in the cultiva-\\ntion of this propensity. The thought of getting\\nshould always be accompanied by the thought of\\ngetting honestly, and of using for a worthy pur-\\npose, otherwise there is great danger of producing\\nan abnormally selfish or even thieving tendency in\\nthe child. At P Michigan, I studied a six-\\nyear-old boy who was much inclined to steal. I", "height": "4224", "width": "2712", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0239.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "232 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nspoke to the mother of her boy s morbid tendency\\nand was told in a very frank but indifferent manner,\\nA Mother s that before the birth of the child the husband was\\nmaking money but was unwilling to share it with\\nhis wife. She would therefore sit up working at\\nnight until the husband was sound asleep and\\nthen take from his pockets as much change as she\\ndared without fear of discovery. In this way she\\npilfered over one hundred dollars without being\\ndetected. The boy, she said, was an exceptionally\\ncute thief; he would go into his father s store,\\nwatch for an opportunity to get into the show-\\ncase or money-drawer, quietly slip something into\\nhis pocket, then walk out looking as innocent as\\nif he had never thought of doing wrong.\\nAs the parents of this child are considered hon-\\nest, when he has to be sent to the reform school\\nWho is to Blame, or state s prison his crime will generally be at-\\ntributed to bad company or environments. Most\\npersons knowing the family will blame the boy,\\nbut God knows that the mother, through her own\\ndishonesty, made it easy for him to do wrong and\\ndifficult to do right.\\nThe social feelings seem most susceptible to\\nmaternal impressions during the fifth, sixth and\\nThe Social seventh months. This, therefore, is the time for\\nFeelings. ^he mother to exercise her social nature, if she\\nwould have her child well endowed with these\\nfeelings. She should cultivate a pure, sweet love,\\nand parental affection, and go sufficiently into\\nsociety to call all the social instincts into action.\\nIf these feelings are abnormally strong, an oppo-\\nsite course should be pursued.\\nMost prospective mothers are prone to avoid", "height": "4248", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0240.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS, 233\\nsociety and by living a secluded life exert an in-\\nfluence over the child that makes it extremely dif-\\nficult for it to be free and easy in company. Few ^ky Children\\nJ ar e Bashful.\\nthings are more destructive to the social life and\\nhappiness of a person than to have inborn\\ntendencies to shrink from society. Many suffer\\nall their lives from such maternal impressions.\\nEarly associations and opportunities largely de-\\ntermine one s ease in society and ability to enter-\\ntain, but if a child is born with a cold, retiring, or Self-Conscious-\\nsuper-sensitive nature, or if it has been made un- ness.\\nduly self-conscious by prenatal influences, no\\namount of training and social intercourse can en-\\ntirely eradicate these conditions.\\nThe perceptive faculties seem most susceptible\\nto training during the last four months of gesta-\\ntion. These faculties give the power to perceive, The Doors of\\nto learn, to know, and to recall what has once been\\nknown. They are the primary elements of the\\nobjective mind. They are the doors through\\nwhich the subjective mind receives its knowledge\\nof the physical world. If the mother desires to\\nimprove these faculties in her offspring she should\\nvigorously exercise them during the latter half\\nof her period. She should give special training\\nto whatever is weak in herself or whatever she\\nwould have especially strong in the intellect of\\nher child.\\nThe mother who reads and studies with an in-\\nterest will usually endow her child with an apti- Shaping the\\ntude and appreciation for study. Moreover the Tendencies,\\nnature of study pursued tends strongly to deter-\\nmine the bent of the child s mind. To illustrate\\na lady whose husband was a physician, became", "height": "4248", "width": "2704", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0241.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "234 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\ninterested in the study of chemistry during this\\nperiod. Her child early manifested a strong tend-\\nency in the same direction. A mother in Cali-\\nfornia gave much of her time to the study of\\npoetry and the writing of verse her child, now a\\nyoung lady, is passionately fond of poetry and a\\nvery clever versifier. At Salinas, California, a\\nphysician brought to me his eleven-year-old\\ndaughter who was a natural mathematician. The\\ndoctor assured me that it was a case of prenatal\\na hit At x. i influence. It seems that the mother s education\\nA Mathematical\\nChild, had been sadly neglected, she scarcely knowing\\nthe multiplication table. During the period of\\ngestation she kept a small store, where the making\\nof change, the keeping of accounts, etc., taxed her\\nuntrained faculties very much. The doctor said\\nhe would frequently hear his wife adding, multi-\\nplying, or subtracting in her sleep. The child\\nwithout any special application led her classes in\\nmathematics.\\nThe foregoing cases seem to indicate two very\\nimportant facts i that the class of reading or\\nMental Activity* study pursued by the mother materially modifies\\nthe mentality of the offspring and (2) that the\\nfaculties of mind which are exercised most poten-\\ntially affect the offspring. Upon the influence of\\ndifferent classes of reading, I shall have more to\\nsay later. In this connection, I desire to empha-\\nsize the fact that strong mental powers in the\\nmother do not insure a corresponding mentality\\nin the child unless she exercise these powers dur-\\ning this period. Again, even though certain facul-\\nties are comparatively weak in the mother, by her", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0242.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 235\\nthoroughly cultivating them they may become\\nvery strong in the offspring.\\nI have frequently observed that the children\\nborn from mothers of superior culture, whose Noteworthy\\nminds were for the time inactive, show less apti-\\ntude for study than children born from mothers of\\nless culture, but whose minds were kept thorough-\\nly active during this period.\\nAs previously indicated, the class of literature\\nread by the mother during this period tends to\\nmodify the natural bent, likes and dislikes of her\\noffspring. If the awakening of the intellectual\\nfaculties was the only object of reading, then What to Read*\\nwhatever created the most intense interest, and\\nexcited most thoroughly all of the intellectual\\nfaculties would certainly be best; but because of\\nthe aesthetic and ethical influence exerted by dif-\\nferent classes of reading, it becomes of great im-\\nportance that the mother selects and reads only\\nthat which she would have become a part of her\\nchild.\\nAll are agreed that the reading of trashy and\\nvicious literature is most demoralizing. Minds Bad Literature,\\nare made up largely of what is put into them. A\\nman is seldom better than the books he reads.\\nThousands completely disqualify themselves for\\nany place of responsibility by so thoroughly filling\\ntheir minds with trash that they are incapable of\\nconnected or concentrated thought. The reading\\nof the yellow backed novel has been the prin-\\ncipal factor in awakening and developing the\\ncriminal propensities in many now behind prison\\nbars.\\nA few years ago, an Oregon preacher entered", "height": "4248", "width": "2764", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0243.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "2^6\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nA Novel-Read-\\ning Preacher s\\nFate.\\nEpidemics of\\nCrime.\\nJuvenile\\nOffenders.\\nHeredity versus\\nEnvironment\\na bank in Portland at an early hour in the morn-\\ning, and with a masked face and revolvers in\\nhand, held up the teller. At the preliminary trial\\nthe wife said that for months her husband had de-\\nvoted a great part of his time to reading the exag-\\ngerated accounts of outlaws, bank robbers, etc.\\nSuch a mania had this become, that she frequently\\ncaught him reading a burglar story which had\\nbeen placed in the open Bible, in order to deceive\\nher. Of course the reverend gentleman was of un-\\nsound mind when he made his debut as a profes-\\nsional burglar; but his monomania was probably\\nthe result of the class of literature he had been\\nreading.\\nMany similar cases are on record. Criminalo-\\ngists tell us that any fiendish crime, the account\\nof which is widely circulated and generally dis-\\ncussed, is apt to be reproduced in the desire of\\nhundreds, in the conduct of many, and may even\\nbecome epidemic.\\nThe influence of the stories of crime is most\\nmarked among the young. Almost every police\\nrecord contains the account of several boys who\\nhave been arrested for arson or an attempted hold-\\nup, who, when questioned as to the cause of their\\nconduct, have expressed a desire to do and become\\nlike some notorious outlaw, of whom they had\\nread. Most of these boys had a hereditary tend-\\nency or fondness for such things, but the vicious\\nstory was undoubtedly the exciting cause. Here,\\nas in many other cases, it is difficult to discern\\nwhich is cause and which effect, or how much of\\nconduct springs from hereditary tendencies and\\nhow much from environment. That the reading", "height": "4248", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0244.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 237\\nof such trash does not excite a desire for crime\\nin thousands of well-born boys proves that a bad\\nheredity is in part the cause. On the other hand\\nthe fact that many who are unfortunately born,\\nbut who are not allowed to read this class of\\nstories, never manifest any special ambition for\\nheroic crime proves that the criminal stoiy may\\nalso be the actuating cause.\\nBad reading being so potent for evil in the lives\\nof men and women whose habits of life and whose\\nbrain centers are established, is far more powerful Y icious\\nr Impressions*\\nwhen impressed upon a soul in its formative pe-\\nriod. Every mother who reads trashy, vicious,\\nvulgar, or criminal literature commits a crime\\nagainst her child. What can be expected of chil-\\ndren when the mind of the mother was idle at this\\nformative period, or occupied by fiction of a ques-\\ntionable character?\\nThe prospective mother, who would do well\\nby her child, should select only the very best and\\nthen read sufficiently each day to keep the intel-\\nlectual faculties thoroughly active. This read-\\ning, of course, should be varied, embracing as far\\nas practicable, literature, art, science, commerce,\\nlaw, government, philanthropy, and religion. As\\nshe reads or studies, she should endeavor to im- n\\nr 1 1 1 1 r 1 i-ii\u00c2\u00ab Reading for\\npress her thoughts on the mind of her child, just Prenatal Culture.\\nas she would if reading to a friend. She should\\nhave some one with whom she can discuss\\nwhat she reads, who is in sympathy with her, as\\nthe husband must be, for the best interests of the gSdy! 0nShip\\nchild. It is well to remember that whatever creates\\nan intense interest is most potential. Simple pas-", "height": "4240", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0245.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "238 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nsive reading is better than idleness but it cannot\\nprove of any great value to the child.\\nDuring the latter period of gestation the moth-\\nUnstudious er s mind should be kept thoroughly active. Exer-\\nMothers. cise strengthens, idleness weakens. An inert mind\\nor faculty is not transmitted. Many children are\\npositively stupid as soon as you place a book in\\ntheir hands, because the mother s mind was idle\\nprior to the child s birth. Others who show no in-\\nSt d Child terest in study or ability to learn, yet are bright\\nand chatty, are the direct product of the light, gos-\\nsipy life of the mother. Parents frequently com-\\nplain to me that they just have to force their chil-\\ndren to go to school, that they cannot get them to\\nread and that they never keep their minds on a\\nbook for a minute. Often these conditions are\\ncaused, no doubt, by the child s being sent to play\\nand not taught to study, or the class of reading se-\\nlected is not interesting to the young mind; but\\nmany are so because of the unstudious life of the\\nmother during gestation.\\nDuring the sixth, seventh and eighth months\\nthe semi-intellectual, or mechanical, and esthetic\\nfaculties are most susceptible to impressions.\\nThese faculties are the principal elements of mind\\nThe Esthetic employed in music, art, construction, creative\\nfancy and imitation; they also play a part in in-\\nvention, science, logic, and philosophy. Special\\nrules for their cultivation were given in the chap-\\nter on Parental Preparation. If, however, the\\nmother desires to strengthen any one or several\\nof these powers in her offspring, this is the period\\nwhen specific training will be most potential. If\\nshe be too imaginative, fanciful, or poetic by", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0246.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 239\\nnature then by cultivating a purely mechanical,\\npractical, matter of fact way, she will generally\\nbe able to withhold the excessive esthetic tendency\\nfrom her offspring.\\nIn addition to the general training of all the\\nesthetic faculties, if the mother is anxious to over-\\ncome any weakness that she has reason to believe Oy e a fC0\\nmight be transmitted by one or both parents, this\\nis the time to build the brain and form the\\nmentality desired. For instance I knew a family\\nin which both father and mother were deficient in\\nmusical talent. The mother took music lessons\\nduring this period with each of her three children.\\nWith all her training she was barely able to play\\nsimple church music, yet her children learned\\nmusic readily, the youngest being very clever.\\nAgain, if there is any particular quality, talent,\\nor phase of genius, arising from these faculties\\nwhich the mother desires to increase, training at\\nthis period will tend to produce the desired results.\\nNearly all great musicians, painters, poets, artists,\\nwriters, inventors, orators, and men of letters, f\\nSpecial Genius*\\nwhose superior qualities were due to maternal\\nimpressions, received their prenatal training from\\nthe sixth to the eighth month. This is indeed the\\nseed time for mothers. Thoughts and truths now\\nimplanted produce an abundant harvest in the\\nmentality of offspring. But, since the law of\\neach after its kind is as true in mind as in\\ngarden or field, it is highly important that the\\npictures, images, songs, dreams, ambitions and\\naspirations occupying the mind are of a proper\\ncharacter.\\nWhat was said relative to baneful influences of", "height": "4240", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0247.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "240 PRENATAL CULTURE,\\nimproper literature, is equally true of obscene\\nPicture pictures, scenes of cruelty, severity, and slaughter.\\nImpressions. Many monstrosities have been produced by the\\nmother s having viewed some atrocious crime or\\nscene of horror.\\nSpace forbids my recounting many of the note-\\nworthy cases in history showing the direct in-\\nfluence of maternal impressions in producing\\nspecial gifts. A case of interest that has not been\\npublished came under my personal observation\\nsome years ago. A mother, whose husband was\\nin the employ of Thomas Edison, became very\\nmuch interested in electrical inventions. During\\nthe last three months of gestation most of her\\ntime was spent in studying electricity. Being of\\nan inventive turn of mind she tried to perfect\\na patent, and not only worked at it every conscious\\nhour, but would dream of it. Her boy, at the\\nage of 14 had perfected a number of clever inven-\\ntions. He had everything about the home oper-\\nated by electricity. The mother assured me that\\nthe child began constructing as soon as he could\\nsit alone.\\na mother would transmit her special talents,\\nshe must exercise them during gestation. Many\\nL mothers who were very clever in mechanics, music,\\nDormant rowers\\nnot Transmitted, drawing, painting, elocution, or literary construc-\\ntion, have been greatly disappointed to find that\\ntheir children possessed but a minimum of these\\ntalents. In some instances this is due to the\\nfather s influence or to other factors in heredity,\\nbut it is frequently owing to the inactive state of\\nthe faculty in the mother. A Mrs. S of\\nWashington, an accomplished musician, went into", "height": "4264", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0248.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 241\\nbusiness, her time being fully occupied in her new\\nvocation, but her music was wholly neglected. A\\nchild born after two years of business life man- usiaI aIent\\nifested less than half the musical talent of an elder\\nsister born while the mother was a music teacher.\\nA Mrs. Hammonds, of Ohio, a born mechanic,\\nwas very clever in drafting, planning, and the use\\nof tools, had one boy born while exercising these\\nqualities. He read the Scientific American and\\nthe mechanical journals as soon as he was old\\nenough to read. He learned things of a mechani-\\ncal nature very easily clock works were his play-\\nthings and building was his hobby. During the\\nperiod of gestation with another child Mrs.\\nHammonds was so situated as to afford no oppor-\\ntunity for the application of her mechanical pow- a Strange\\ners, her time being spent amid flowers, poetry and Contradiction.\\nmusic. Her child born under these conditions\\nwas passionately fond of flowers, was good in\\nmusic, but painfully awkward in mechanics. It\\nwas with extreme difficulty that she learned to\\nlace her shoes, sew on a button, and she never\\nwas able to work a buttonhole properly. Pos-\\nsibly, the father s being deficient in mechanical\\ningenuity was the cause of the child s inefficiency,\\nyet since the other transient states of the mother s\\nmind were so plainly manifested it would seem\\nthat the inactivity of the constructive faculties\\nwas the principal cause.\\nThe aspiring sentiments seem especially sus-\\nceptible to impressions during the last three\\nmonths of gestation. These sentiments form the The Aspiring\\nbasis of ambition, dignity, pride, love of approval, Scntlments\\nindividuality and stability of character. If any of", "height": "4232", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0249.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "242\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nOvercoming\\nSensitiveness.\\nMaternity is\\nDivine*\\nA Queenly\\nMission*\\nthese powers are too weak in the mother, they\\nshould be most diligently cultivated, or if too\\nstrong, restrained. This is the period for the\\nmother to mold the ambition, the self-respect,\\nthe dignity, the stability, and the aspirations of\\nher offspring.\\nIf the mother is very sensitive, she should go\\nout much, entertain her friends and strive to\\novercome this weakness. Many children are ready\\nto cry at the approach of a stranger. Many\\ngrown people are so sensitive and self-conscious\\nthat they cannot do justice to themselves in pub-\\nlic. It is criminal to so endow a child. There\\nare many whose super-sensitiveness is simply\\npainful. This hereditary sensitiveness is largely\\ndue to the practice so common among prospective\\nmothers of keeping themselves secluded from\\nsociety, afraid to be seen and ashamed to have\\nany one notice their condition.\\nMaternity is normal maternity is divine She\\nwho is engaged in this sacred function has just\\ncause to be proud. She is worthy of the homage,\\nrespect, and admiration of all men and women.\\nShe should walk the streets, go shopping, attend\\nthe theater, the lectures, or the church, not with\\na sense of timidity, but with a conscious pride.\\nShe should hold up her head and, instead of try-\\ning to conceal her condition, go about without\\nthe slightest embarrassment. Even if criticism\\nshall come, as a result of present social ethics, let\\nevery prospective mother go anywhere and every-\\nwhere that will cultivate her self-reliance, her\\nintellect, or ennoble her sentiments, ever conscious\\nof her queenly mission.", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0250.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 243\\nThe faculties of reason, intuition, agreeable-\\nness, mirth, and the principal elements of the\\nimagination are seemingly susceptible to impres-\\nsion only during the last three months of gesta-\\ntion. The suggestions given in the chapter on\\nParental Preparation will serve as a guide to\\nthe prospective mother. If she desires to\\nstrengthen these powers in her offspring, or to\\n1 ill 1 1 i- Reason, Intuition\\ngive her child a strongly original or imaginative and imagination.\\nturn of mind, she should study science, logic and\\nphilosophy and thereby exercise the faculties in\\nquestion. Making inquiry into the cause of\\nthings, reasoning carefully, thinking, meditating,\\nall tend to strengthen the reasoning faculties. By\\nthe mother striving to interest the child in what-\\never she is studying, just as she would if it were\\nan inquisitive little urchin pulling at her apron\\nand asking Why, she will more effectually con-\\ncentrate her forces upon the forming brain.\\nIt is highly important that the faculties of\\nmirthfulness and agreeableness be cultivated at\\nthis time. 1 Because these are two very essen-\\ntial traits in character sadly wanting in most lives.\\n(2) Because the average mother, for various\\nImoortance of\\nreasons, is likely to be downcast, discouraged, or Mirthfulness.\\ngloomy during gestation. The faculty of mirth,\\nwit or humor seems to exert a healthful influence\\nover the entire mind. It is like a refreshing\\nbreeze at mid-day, when one is sweltering under a\\nburning sun. It is like the music of the babbling \u00c2\u00a3i G\\n11 111 1 1 1 1 Medicine,\\nbrook that gladdens our hearts with its laughing\\nmelody as we climb the steeps of life. Laughter,\\nwit and humor promote all the vital functions,\\naid digestion, quicken the circulation, increase", "height": "4244", "width": "2772", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0251.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "244 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nrespiration, promote the activity of the liver, and\\nin every way doeth good like a medicine.\\nSmiles versus An agreeable, polite, cordial manner is one of\\nFrowns* ^iq best weapons with which to fight the battles\\nof life. Who is there so low in the scale of human\\nsympathy, so dead to the influence of a smile,\\nthat he does not prefer to associate with one who\\nis always agreeable and pleasant? Few things\\nare more destructive to health and happiness\\nthan the habit of complaining, fault finding, look-\\ning sour and saying disagreeable things. Every\\nsmile that flashes across the face becomes a part\\nof the inner soul and tends to light it up with\\njoy; while frowns and scowls soon make one\\nsordid and melancholy.\\nThe prospective mother should ever cultivate a\\nhappy, sunny, agreeable manner; she should re-\\nRejoice and Be member that her condition is perfectly normal\\nlad and therefore there is no cause for anxiety. If\\nshe lives in accordance with nature s laws, she\\nhas nothing to fear and may well rejoice and be\\nglad that she is as she is. She should go much\\nin the society of jolly, happy, fun-loving people,\\nread the better class of humor, attend pleasing\\nentertainments, indulge in the recital of ludicrous\\nincidents, turn her mirthful impulses loose and\\nget as big a laugh out of every occasion as is\\npossible. She should take the sunny side of every\\nJ oy# subject; make it a rule to smile and to be as\\nagreeable as possible; striving in all ways to be\\nhappy and to make others happy. If she will\\ncast aside all care and cultivate this mirthful,\\nagreeable, sunny spirit, endeavoring at all times\\nto thrill the little one s soul with joy and glad-", "height": "4248", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0252.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 245\\nness some day, she will see all her pleasant smiles\\nreflected in a happy face her mirth will have be-\\ncome a rippling river of laughter in a dimpled-\\ncheeked child of joy.\\nRepeated experiments, in hundreds of well\\nauthenticated cases, indicate that the moral nature Influencing the\\nof the foetus is most susceptible to maternal im- m nts#\\npressions during the last two and a half months.\\nTherefore the rules given in the previous chapter\\nfor the cultivation of the moral sentiments should\\nbe most fully applied at this time.\\nIt is an established fact that the earnest, per-\\nsistent exercise of the moral and religious senti- R c Hgi 0US T en\\nments by the prospective mother tends to give encies may be\\nto her offspring a conscientious, reverential spirit, ransimt e\\nso that a religious life is in a sense natural to it.\\nThe great significance of this fact cannot be fully\\ncomprehended. What marvelous results might\\nbe achieved for the cause of Christianity for the\\nsalvation of men, and for the upbuilding of the\\nwhole human race were this law appreciated and\\npractically applied\\nThe Bible contains many striking illustrations\\nof the influence of a mother s mind. Samuel was\\nordained from his mother s womb. Mary, the Ordained from\\nmother of Christ, was in the upper hill country of Birth*\\nJudah s balmy clime, full of heavenly joy and\\nspiritual exultation. My soul doth magnify the\\nLord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my\\nSavior. It is strange that the ministry has\\nplaced so little emphasis upon the many passages\\nof Scripture bearing upon this all-important sub-\\nject. With their opportunity to instruct, had they\\nmade this law clear to their parishioners, thou-", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0253.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "246\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nBorn Preachers,\\nDedicated to\\nGod s Service.\\nsands of children might have been born with\\nstrongly religious tendencies.\\nIt has long been observed that the most devout,\\nnatural preachers strongly resemble their mothers.\\nMartin Luther is said to have received his de-\\nvotional spirit from maternal impressions. Sev-\\neral years ago, at a Chautauqua assembly, I heard\\none of America s great preachers say, Next to\\nmy God, I owe my success in the ministry to my\\nconsecrated mother, who, before I saw the light of\\nday, ordained me to God s service.\\nMany now engaged in the ministry have thus\\nbeen dedicated to the cause of Christianity by\\nthe prayers of devoted, spiritual mothers. Some\\nyears ago while traveling in the West a dear old\\nlady, with tears of joy flowing down her cheeks,\\ntold me of her boy preacher. It seems that she\\nand her husband had been nominal church mem-\\nbers for years, during which time four children\\nhad blessed their home. Before the birth of her\\nyoungest son she attended a series of revival meet-\\nings and became thoroughly awakened in her\\nspiritual life. She said: I never was so happy\\nHer Boy Would in all my life. It just seemed that the Holy\\nGhost had taken possession of me and I felt like\\nshouting and praising the Lord all the time. My\\nboy, born three weeks after the meetings closed,\\nnever was like his brothers; we always had to\\ndrive them to Sunday-school and Church, but\\nwe could not keep Sam away. He began to\\npreach when he was seven years old, was licensed\\nas an exhorter at seventeen, and I praise the Lord\\nhe is preaching yet!\\nSeveral pages might be filled with the recital", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0254.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 247\\nof cases similar to the foregoing, the validity of\\nwhich is unquestionable. The objections fre-\\nquently urged against such cases are 1 that the\\nsons of all devout mothers do not manifest these\\nreligious tendencies, and (2) that preachers boys^ 1 8 50115\\n1 rrw are Superior,\\nare generally worse than other people s. This\\nlatter proposition is not true. It is true that many\\nministers boys go astray, but careful comparison\\nof the sons of ministers with the sons of business\\nand professional men will show that the former\\nare, as a class, much above the average in intellect\\nand moral tendencies.\\nIn considering the first objection it is only\\nnecessary to bear in mind that maternal impres-\\nsions are only one factor operative in the forma-\\ntion of a soul, and therefore even the most devout,\\nearnest Christian mother may not be able to over-\\ncome irreligious tendencies in her offspring aris- Opposing\\ning from other factors. She can modify them Factors\\nand in most cases, if earnest in spirit and wholly\\nconsecrated, she can greatly improve and control\\nthe moral and religious tendencies of her child.\\nDoubtless the seeming exceptions to the relig-\\nious life of parents affecting in any very marked\\ndegree the moral tone of offspring is due to the\\nsad fact, that many Christians and church mem-\\nbers are but nominally so. They are contented\\nwith being good, honest people, going to church, christians,\\npaying the preacher, looking a little after the\\nsick, and living in accordance with the Discipline.\\nAll this, of course, is right and proper, but it is\\nlargely mechanical and exoteric. It springs mainly\\nfrom the sense of duty, or from less worthy im-\\npulses, and does not necessarily prove that the", "height": "4236", "width": "2800", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0255.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "248 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nChrist-life is animating and actuating their souls.\\nSuch a life may be conducive to morality in off-\\nspring, but it will not endow them with strong\\nreligious tendencies.\\nMany church members do not know what\\nChristianity is. They may have an intellectual\\nChristianity concept of it, but to know what Christianity is,\\nDefined. r TT _\\none must possess it. He must feel the life of God\\nin his soul as the all- pervading, all-controlling\\npower of his being. Christianity is not conduct,\\nalthough it should control conduct; it is a life, a\\nvital force, conceived in man by the Holy Spirit.\\nParents who are truly Christians, whose lives\\nare bubbling over with the spirit of devotion, and\\nLove Will Beget whose hearts are full of Divine love, will, must,\\ntransmit this spirit to their offspring.\\nMany who have been converted, and therefore\\nknow something of the realities of the higher life,\\nallow their religious sentiments to lapse into a\\nPassive Senti- negative, passive state, having, as they say, made\\nments are not their peace with God, and ordered their lives\\nwith the teachings of the church, they settle down\\ninstead of settling up. They fall into a matter\\nof fact, stereotyped way of living that requires\\nvery little activity of the moral sentiments. Such\\nThe Most Active persons, if judged by their conduct and church\\nowers Control, testimony, must be classed with the devout and\\nreligious, but the passive state of their sentiments\\nmakes it impossible for them to transmit active,\\npronounced moral qualities to their offspring.\\nAgain, if they are actively engaged in business\\nWorldly or pursuits that daily exercise other faculties and\\nChildren. propensities, the offspring will partake most\\nlargely of these active qualities and may thus be", "height": "4248", "width": "2852", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0256.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS. 249\\ndecidedly worldly, even though born of good,\\nreligious parents.\\nTo strengthen the moral and religious senti-\\nments of a child the prospective mother should Spiritual Growth\\n.Requires\\nearnestly exercise these powers. She should have Solitude.\\nat least one hour a day of undisturbed solitude.\\nThis hour should be devoted to shaping the ideals,\\nmolding the character, and strengthening the spir-\\nitual nature of her child. In the Silence she\\nshould have a definite purpose in view of just\\nwhat qualities she desires to emphasize. She\\nshould put herself in the most restful, calm, peace-\\nful state possible; allowing the objective mind to\\nbecome perfectly passive. While taking long, erin 2 tIle\\ndeep breaths, she should strive to inbreathe the\\nHoly Spirit. Let it be the one longing, earnest\\nprayer, to be silently willed, over and over for\\nfive or ten minutes, that she be filled with the\\nHoly Spirit. When conscious of the presence of\\nthe Spirit, as she will soon become after a few s c\\ntimes of earnest effort, she should affirm her one- munion.\\nness with God and willingness to obey His will.\\nShe should endeavor to feel the tender passion\\nand loving kindness displayed on Golgotha s\\ncross. As these holy emotions animate her soul,\\nshe should impress them by silent suggestion upon\\nher child. When she has purified her own mind,\\nby prayer and supplication, and her soul has be-\\ncome full of holy inspirations, she should silently,\\nbut earnestly and firmly, say to her child, You\\nare honest. You are pure. You are holy. to Strengthen\\nYou will be my noble man. You must not, ft e J^? gio ,s\\nyou will not, you can not do wrong. You are\\nkind and loving. You will always be good and", "height": "4244", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0257.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "250 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nthoughtful. Your life belongs to God and His\\nservice. You are, you will be, a blessing to\\nus all.", "height": "4176", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0258.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVII.\\nABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS.\\nAbnormal Impressions Or, the law where-\\nby an unusual, or abnormal psychical disturbance\\nsuch as sudden shock, fright, grief, anxiety,\\ngreat excitement, intense longing, religious fer-\\nvor, extreme joy, mental or hypnotic suggestion\\nduring gestation may in very susceptible moth-\\ners produce physical or mental abnormalities in\\nthe offspring.\\nIn this chapter I desire to consider briefly i\\nthe phenomena of birth-marks and abnormal im-\\npressions; (2) their causes and prevention, and\\n(3) the limitation of such impressions as a perma-\\nnent element in character. I shall also offer some\\nsuggestions in the line of experimental psychol-\\nogy, for the improvement of offspring and the\\nmore rapid evolution of the race.\\nThe fact that abnormal impressions result in\\nphysical or mental deformities is very generally\\nadmitted. Dr. Dabney, who has made an ex-\\ntensive study of this subject, reports some 97\\nwell authenticated cases Prof. O. S. Fowler gives Birth Marks.\\n2J cases, while Mr. C. J. Bayer, in his work on\\nMaternal Impressions, devotes several chapters\\nto this subject. The medical records of the coun-\\ntry contain the accounts of hundreds of abnormali-\\nties resulting from maternal impressions. Thus", "height": "4240", "width": "2812", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0259.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "252\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nPhysical\\nEvidences.\\nBirth Marks a\\nFact.\\nDr. Fearn s\\nOpinions*\\nthe law as above stated seems beyond contradic-\\ntion.\\nNotwithstanding the unanimous testimony of\\nall who have made personal observations, and the\\npresence of thousands of physical and mental de-\\nformities arising from abnormal impressions,\\nthere are still those high in authority who deny\\nthat birth-marks are the product of maternal im-\\npressions; also that it is possible for the mother\\nto in any way influence her offspring during em-\\nbryonic development.\\nThat birth-marks are rare is fortunately true.\\nThat they are seldom produced, except by ex-\\ntremely susceptible mothers, is equally true, but\\nthat the mother s mentality does affect the off-\\nspring and may occasionally produce deformities,\\nis a fact that cannot be contradicted by any num-\\nber of theorists.\\nThe physical theory of heredity and evolution\\ndoes not admit of sudden changes and altera-\\ntions in the anatomy from purely psychic causes.\\nThose who are still bound to this theory are loath\\nto accept even the most unquestionable evidence.\\nFor instance, Dr. Fearn, in commenting upon a\\ncase in which a mother was said to have been\\ngreatly shocked by witnessing the removal of one\\nof the bones (metacarpal) from her husband s\\nhand, and afterward giving birth to a child with\\nthe corresponding bone missing, says If this\\nreport is true, our ideas of the formation and\\ndissolution of parts of the skeleton must be mate-\\nrially changed. We must believe either that the\\nmetacarpal bones are formed just before birth,\\nafter all the rest of the skeleton, or else that bones", "height": "4248", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0260.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS, 253\\nonce formed may be absorbed under the influence\\nof nervous shock or hysteria. Either view is non-\\nsense.\\nDr. David Starr Jordan, in Foot Notes to\\nEvolution, on page 134, says: In the currents T\\nliterature of hysterical ethics we find all sorts of Views.\\nexhortations to mothers to do this and not do\\nthat, to cherish this and avoid that, on account\\nof its supposed effects upon the coming progeny.\\nLong lists of cases have been reported illustrating\\nthe law of prenatal influences. Most of these\\nrecords serve only to induce skepticism. Many\\nof these are mere coincidences, some are unveri-\\nfiable, some grossly impossible, and some read\\nlike the certificates of patent medicine. There\\nis an evident desire to make a case rather\\nthan to tell the truth. The whole matter\\nis much in need of serious study, and\\nthe entire record of alleged facts must be\\nset aside to make an honest beginning. Dr.\\nWeissmann ridicules it all and believes that all ^eks^^\\nforms of mother s marks, prenatal influences\\nand the like, are relics of mediaeval superstition.\\nOther authorities of equal rank, as Henry Fair-\\nfield and Osborn, believe that these supposed in-Osbomand\\nfluences exist and are occasionally made evident. aif\\nDoubtless most of the current stories are products\\nof self-deception or plain lying. Probably the\\nperiod of gestation is too short for peculiar\\nnervous states to produce far-reaching changes\\nin hereditary endowments. On the other hand, Ridicule versus\\ndoubt and ridicule are not argument, and there gtimcnt#\\nmay be some reality in influences in which the\\nworld has so long believed but these phenomena,", "height": "4244", "width": "2804", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0261.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "254\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nOne Scientist s\\nOpinion*\\nAcademic\\nNonsense*\\nThe True\\nScientist*\\nif existing, belong to the realm of abnormal\\nnerve action, or of altered nutrition; not to\\nheredity.\\nA distinguished scientist, who occupies the\\nchair of Heredity in one of America s greatest\\nUniversities, recently delivered a lecture in Chi-\\ncago on The Physical Basis of Heredity. At\\nthe close of his lecture he invited questions, and\\nwas asked for an explanation of maternal im-\\npressions. The learned gentleman replied in sub-\\nstance that he did not believe it possible for a\\nmother in any way to affect the mentality of her\\nchild by her own mental states during gestation,\\nthere being no relation between them, save the\\nrelation of nutrition. The interrogator, not quite\\nsatisfied, then asked for an explanation of birth-\\nmarks, to which he replied Oh, I do not believe\\nin such things. I think them purely a matter of\\nwitchcraft and superstition.\\nWitchcraft and superstition How long will\\nintelligent men and women, with eyes to see and\\nminds to think, be dominated by such academic\\nnonsense, empiricism and learned stupidity! In\\nthe entire audience that listened to the discussion\\nthere was probably not an intelligent man or\\nwoman who was not in possession of facts which\\nwould contradict the professor and teach him a\\nlesson that his books and theories had failed to\\nteach.\\nIf a man is a true scientist, an honest truth-\\nseeker, he loves truth better than all else. He will\\nabandon his most cherished hypothesis in the pres-\\nence of facts that flatly contradict it. If the mate-\\nrialistic theory of heredity will not admit of birth-", "height": "4240", "width": "2852", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0262.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS. 255\\nmarks and maternal impressions, in the presence\\nof thousands of well authenticated cases, an hon-\\nest man should admit the facts and reform his\\ncreed.\\nPerhaps about one person in two thousand has\\nsome physical or mental defect that is the result\\nof an abnormal maternal impression. This being Abnormal\\ntrue, the great stress placed upon birth-marks by Impressions.\\ncertain writers, urging mothers what to do and\\nwhat not to do, is, to say the least, an exaggera-\\ntion of this comparatively unimportant phase of-\\nheredity. On the other hand, since they do occur,\\nas often as indicated, it is hardly consistent for\\nscientific men to flatly deny or to ridicule the\\nwhole subject.\\nIf I merely desired to prove that abnormal im-\\npressions do produce birth-marks, I might fill\\nseveral chapters with the recital of well authenti-\\ncated cases; but since it is my purpose to study\\ntheir cause and prevention and establish a basis\\nfor experimental psychology, I shall simply give\\na few cases that have come under my personal\\nobservation.\\nA Mrs. G was greatly frightened by a\\nlarge savage dog springing at her as she started\\nto enter a dark barn. In throwing her hands\\ndown to resist the animal, she struck her limb.\\nHer babe, born some months thereafter, had the Frightened by\\nform of the vicious animal s face on the thigh, a Dog\\nat the point where the mother s hand struck. The\\nform of the dog s face is slightly raised and is\\ncovered with scattering canine hair, presenting\\nthe same general appearance as the vicious ani-\\nmal.", "height": "4240", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0263.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "256\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nA Bean Mark*\\nGoes on\\nTip-toe,\\nFrightened by\\na Drunkard*\\nA Clownish\\nChild.\\nThe same mother, marked a son by an abnormal\\nlonging for beans. Seeing a huckster passing,\\nshe tried in vain to procure some of the beans.\\nReturning to the house, she stepped to the mirror\\nand adjusted her collar, touching her throat as she\\ndid so. Her boy, born a few months later, has\\ntwo very perfect brown bean marks on his throat.\\nA lady in Chicago, to avoid disturbing her hus-\\nband (who was employed nights and slept during\\nthe day), went about her work all day on tiptoe.\\nHer baby, carried under these conditions, al-\\nthough a strong and healthy child, did not walk\\nuntil nearly two years old he would not put his\\nfoot flat down, but persisted in going on his tip\\ntoes.\\nWhile lecturing at W Oregon, I was\\ncalled to see a child who was unable to walk or\\nstand unless supported. It would roll on the floor\\nand talk incoherently and in every way behave\\nlike one thoroughly intoxicated. Neither of the\\nparents nor the grand parents were addicted to\\nthe use of liquor. The mother received a severe\\nfright by seeing a drunken man wallow in a gut-\\nter some three months before the birth of her\\nchild.\\nAt D Oregon, I examined a little boy who\\nwas decidedly clownish. The mother, a lady of\\nextremely susceptible temperament, attended a\\ncircus during the seventh month of gestation and\\nwas very much amused by the ridiculous perform-\\nances of a clown, whose actions her child imitated\\nfrom his earliest infancy. The little fellow,\\nwhether in school or out, at home or at church,\\ngreatly to the annoyance of his mother, was in-", "height": "4248", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0264.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS. 257\\ncessantly twisting his body, making comic faces\\nand continually trying to make people laugh.\\nI was acquainted with an irreligious family\\nwhere there was one child who constituted a white\\nsheep in a black flock. The mother during gesta- A Desirable\\ntion was induced to attend a revival meeting and\\nwas thrown into a fervor of religious excitement.\\nHer child, born some six weeks later, was quite\\nunlike his elder brothers and sisters, showing a\\nmarked interest in sacred songs and in religious\\nservice.\\nA short time previous to the birth of a neigh-\\nbor s child the evangelist, Bittler, was holding\\nmeetings in St. Paul s Church, of Lincoln, Neb.\\nThe revival hymn, The Lily of the Valley, was\\nmuch used, so that the family were repeatedly Tk^r L jl y oi\\nsinging it at home. This simple hymn became\\nthe magic charm to the baby s soul. From his\\nearliest infancy, even during the first month be-\\nfore he was old enough to recognize words or\\nsongs, or to distinguish one person from another,\\nthe singing of this hymn would quiet him at once\\nand put him to sleep like a hypnotic suggestion.\\nI had at one time under advisement a lad whose\\nuse of profanity was intolerable, even the saloon\\nmen made complaint to his parents. His swear-\\ning was not acquired, but natural. He swore rfclUf\\nfrom the time he could lisp. His mother told me p f0 fanity.\\nthat prior to his birth, while she had always been\\nan earnest Christian woman, she had an insatiable\\ndesire to swear; that the most fiendish oaths\\nseemed to bubble up for expression. She had no\\nidea of the cause of this condition in herself, but\\nthe effects upon the child were painfully apparent.", "height": "4248", "width": "2768", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0265.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "2 5 8\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nThe Material-\\nist s Dilemma*\\nPsychic Power\\nUndeniable.\\nMaternal\\nImpressions\\nExplained*\\nThe phenomena of maternal impressions, both\\nnormal and abnormal, are inexplicable on a purely\\nphysical basis. Were there no other relations be-\\ntween mother and child than the anatomical, no\\nsuch results as those just recited could possibly be\\nproduced. Scientific men know this, and there-\\nfore those who are bound to the materialistic\\ncreed ridicule the whole subject. Their theory\\nwill not admit of birth-marks mental abnormali-\\nties they attribute to other causes than maternal\\nimpressions, and so in order to be consistent with\\ntheir creed, they explain away mental deformities\\nand deny the fact of birth-marks.\\nIt can safely be said that but very few up-to-date\\nstudents hold to the physical theory of heredity.\\nMan is now known to be more than a physical\\nmachine. Psychical power is an undeniable fact.\\nIt has been demonstrated beyond the possibility\\nof successful contradiction that one life may,\\nunder proper conditions, influence another inde-\\npendent of physical communication. Telepathy\\nand clairvoyance are established phenomena,\\nwhile hypnotic suggestion and the control of a\\npatient, either through the senses or by silent\\nwilling, form a part of the daily practice of many\\nphysicians. These practical manifestations of the\\npower of the psychic nature over the physical\\nseemingly solve the problem of maternal impres-\\nsions and birth-marks.\\nThe phenomena of normal and abnormal im-\\npressions are no mystery to the up-to-date psy-\\nchologist. They are fully explained by the fol-\\nlowing facts I Man is a soul of which the\\nbody is the physical expression; (2) the soul is", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0266.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS. 259\\nsupreme, and thought-forms long persisted in,\\noften repeated, or greatly intensified, take definite\\nform in matter; (3) the established physical or-\\nganism represents the in-dwelling life, but is sub-\\nject to change as the life changes, and therefore Jr e SouI\\nthe physical organism is constantly being formed, Development.\\nreformed, and may be deformed by the normal\\nor abnormal manifestation of the in-dwelling life\\n(4) the mother and child are in constant rapport\\nwith each other 5 when any two natures are\\nthus psychologically connected, the suggestions, Between Mother\\nthoughts, feelings, emotions and sensations in and Child,\\none are fully registered in the other; (6) the\\nchild s physical and mental organism is forming\\nduring the embryonic development, and therefore\\nis susceptible to impression, so that both the nor-\\nmal and abnormal states of the mother modify\\nits life.\\nExperiments in suggestive therapeutics and\\nmental control indicate that the potency of a ^he Law of\\nsuggestion is largely determined by three general Suggestion.\\nconditions: (1) The strength and defmiteness\\nwith which the suggestion is given; (2) the sus-\\nceptibility of the subject, and (3) the number of\\nrepetitions.\\nThe power to lodge a suggestion in the mind\\nof another varies greatly; some persons are able\\nto do so readily, others never succeed even with Lodgmg a\\nr ,1 Suggestion.\\nyears of practice; much seems to depend upon\\nthe dynamic power of the mind and the clearness\\nof the thought. The latter seems particularly\\nessential. A thought to produce any marked\\neffect upon another mind must be clear, definite\\nand sharp.", "height": "4248", "width": "2688", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0267.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "260\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nSusceptibility to\\nImpressions,\\nPrenatal\\nIndividuality.\\nPeriods of\\nGreatest\\nSusceptibility*\\nOnly Repeated\\nSuggestions\\nEffectual.\\nThe susceptibility of persons to telepathic sug-\\ngestions is as variable as life itself. Some are\\nall but imperturbable, so fixed and established in\\ncharacter, or so completely controlled from within\\nthat all outside influences seem lost upon them.\\nOthers seem to have no definite character form;\\nthey correspond perfectly to their environments\\nand are easily controlled by suggestions.\\nEven during embryonic development there\\nseems to be a vast difference in the strength and\\npersistency of the individuality. In some, the\\nfixed hereditary traits of the parents are so pro-\\nnounced in the embryo that the little one seem-\\ningly refuses to respond to any transient states in\\nthe mother s mind, no matter how strong or ab-\\nnormal; it seems to develop after a fixed plan\\nand will not respond to maternal impressions.\\nOthers seemingly respond to every maternal im-\\npression and are, therefore, molded in character\\nby the mother s transient states. Again the de-\\ngree of susceptibility is greatest just at the\\ntime when a function or faculty is forming there-\\nfore, a mental emotion in the mother, that at one\\ntime might prove highly potential in forming, or\\ndeforming the nature, at another might not affect\\nit in the least.\\nIt is doubtful if abnormalities, or any marked\\nchange, is ever brought about by a single sug-\\ngestion from an abnormal emotion. The first\\nimpression made upon mother and child may be\\nthe result of a single instantaneous fright or\\nshock, but it is the continued repetition of the\\nimage in the objective and subjective mind of\\nthe mother that causes it to take definite form", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0268.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS. 261\\nin the mind or body of the child. Were it not\\nrepeated, or were it counteracted by an opposing\\nimpression or suggestion, its effect would be\\nlargely or entirely overcome.\\nTo prevent abnormalities I would suggest 1\\nIgnore all thought of the possibility of producing\\nthem. They rarely occur, except where the mother AbnomiaSties*\\nand foetus are both very susceptible and are sel-\\ndom of such a character as to be a great mis-\\nfortune. (2) The susceptible mother should cul-\\ntivate a calm, self-possessed, constant, independ-\\nent nature, refusing to respond to any outside Self-control\\ninfluence or condition, except those tending to EssentiaI\\nproduce favorable results. By practice almost\\nany one can so control her nature that no other\\nperson or ordinary external condition can influ-\\nence her. This may require much training on\\nthe part of some, but it is a condition that should\\nbe attained by all.\\nEvery soul should strive for absolute freedom.\\nIt should be subject to no one, but have the power\\nto choose what it will or will not accept. To The Soul Should\\ngain this freedom one should cultivate individual- fce#\\nity and learn to make definite decisions. Repeat-\\nedly affirm, I have absolute self-control. I\\ncan say yes or no to every emotion, desire or feel-\\ning and compel its obedience to my will. I am\\nfree from every undesirable influence. Nothing\\nshall or can disturb my mental harmony. (3) Yaithia\\nShe should place implicit faith in nature and na- Nature s God.\\nture s God that all will be well. Perfect trust in\\nthe Infinite Life as expressed in all nature, and\\nthe complete abandonment of all thought of weak-\\nness, or evil results, are the best preventatives of", "height": "4224", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0269.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "262\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nOpposing Evil\\nInfluences.\\nPrenatal\\nSuggestions*\\nabnormalities. (4) Where the mother has sus-\\ntained any severe shock, fright, or grief, so that\\nthere is a possibility of bad results, she should\\nignore the fact as much as possible and proceed\\nto counteract it by affirmations and suggestions\\nof a directly opposite character. She should treat\\nher forming child just as she would if the babe\\nwere in her arms.\\nFor instance, if a mother is holding her child\\nand something occurs, suddenly frightening both\\nmother and child, the mother quickly regains her\\nself-control and at once begins to pacify the little\\none by assuring it that nothing can harm it, that\\nthere is no danger and that she will protect it.\\nNow, while the child is not old enough to under-\\nstand a single word, her mental suggestions\\nquickly allay its fears. If a child can be thus\\ncontrolled by suggestions before it is old enough\\nto know one word from another, why will not the\\nsame treatment produce the same effect during\\nits prenatal period? Experiments indicate that\\nit will. The self-possessed mother can counteract\\na bad impression and with rare exceptions pre-\\nvent it from affecting the child.\\nThe power of a suggestion, or an opposing sug-\\ngestion to counteract any undesirable influence,\\nor impression, is almost unlimited. By proper\\nLmpressions may sou i building a mother can gain such perfect self-\\ncontrol and so prefix her character as to enable\\nher to resist all undesirable influences and largely\\ndetermine the impressions made upon her form-\\ning child.\\nThe fact that sudden impressions do occasion-\\nally produce most wonderful results, and that it", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0270.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS, 263\\nis possible for a mother to put herself where she\\nmay be subjected to conditions favorable to de-\\nsirable impressions, has led some to look upon\\nthis as an unlimited means of endowing offspring\\nwith the elements of genius. The proposition is\\nthat since a susceptible mother may, at certain\\ntimes, receive such impressions from listening to\\nan eloquent oration or grand musical recital, and\\nproduce a marked effect upon her developing q^? to\\nchild and endow it with oratorical or musical\\ntalent, why not select the occasion and make the\\nimpression Why not expose the susceptible soul\\nto the magnetic powers of eloquence or the vibra-\\ntions of music, as one would a sensitive plate to\\nthe vibrations of light, and catch the image of\\neloquence and song? Why spend years in getting\\nready in physical and mental preparation and\\nmonths in prenatal culture, when the desired re-\\nsults may be produced at once?\\nThe answers to these propositions are 1\\nSudden impressions are rarely potential and sel-\\ndom of a desirable character. A mother can s io ns Seldom\\nnot sit for an impression as she would for a photo- Effectual*\\ngraph if she attempts to force it, her own mental\\naggression will make the desired impression im-\\npossible. (2) As previously indicated, mental\\nand physical peculiarities resulting from sudden\\nimpressions are not produced in a moment, but\\nare the result of repeated suggestions; therefore,\\nthe more frequently the mother is impressed, and Repeated\\nthe more vivid the impression, the greater will \u00c2\u00a3^{^4^\\nbe the effect upon her child. This brings us back\\nto prenatal culture, and emphasizes the impor-\\ntance of persistent training. (3) Even where", "height": "4240", "width": "2708", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0271.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "264\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nAbnormalties\\nOutgrown,\\nfavorable results have been produced by sudden\\nimpressions, observation proves that the talents\\nthus acquired are usually partly, or entirely out-\\ngrown in early life, and are seldom transmitted\\nto succeeding generations.\\nTo illustrate the last proposition A mother\\nwas terribly frightened by a drunken husband\\ntrying to kill her. The child born three months\\nlater, up to the age of ten, was subject to the\\nmost frightful dreams, would scream out in his\\nsleep and almost go into spasms; was extremely\\ntimid and lived in constant fear of some one\\ntrying to kill him. At twenty he had quite out-\\ngrown the impression and had become normal.\\nMrs. S of Seattle, during the sixth month of\\ngestation, attended a splendid musical entertain-\\nment, and was, as she expressed it, completely\\ninfatuated and carried away by the most excellent\\nrecital. Her daughter in early life displayed\\nall but a mania for music, learned easily and gave\\ngreat promise, but at the age of 14 the abnormal\\npassion for music began to decline, and later ex-\\nperience demonstrated that her actual talent for\\nmusic was but a trifle better than that of her\\nparents or elder sister.\\nMany similar illustrations might be given, but\\nthese are sufficient to explain the proposition. It\\nNature Main- a j so j n( jj ca tes the ever manifest tendency of na-\\nture to maintain the normal. The fixed factors\\nof heredity do not readily yield to acquired char-\\nacters; were it otherwise, acquired abnormalities\\nwould destroy all established types.\\nAdvocates of the new psychology assure us\\nthat we are soon to have a revolution in our", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0272.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS. 265\\nmethods of education, brain building and soul\\ndevelopment. It has been demonstrated that one\\nperson can so lodge a suggestion in the mind of Experimental\\nanother as to greatly accentuate or stimulate any\\ngiven power. This seemingly affords an almost\\nunlimited means of cultivating the mind and\\nmolding the character of the young. Some of the\\nmore sanguine advocates of the suggestive\\nmethod assure us that any element of mind can\\nbe greatly strengthened by a few treatments.\\nWith this proposition, however, I am not fully\\nagreed. The normal increase in the power of the N orma j Growth\\nobjective or conscious mind cannot exceed the Requires Time.\\nbrain development and brain areas and nerve\\ntracks are not built up by a few mental or hypnotic\\nsuggestions.\\nIt is true, that persons under psychological\\ntreatment do frequently manifest extraordinary\\nmental power, but all such manifestations are\\nabnormal, the result of stimulation, and are usu- R\\nally followed by more or less reaction. Mr. Wm. Hypnotic Con-\\nA. Barnes, a specialist of Boston, tells of the**\\ncase of a child who was so poor in mathematics\\nthat he generally had nine problems out of ten\\nwrong. After the second treatment of a few\\nminutes, the boy improved so he was able to get\\nnine out of ten right.\\nIf this statement is true, it merely proves the Mental Stimu-\\npossibility of hypnotic stimulation. Mr. Barnes lation,\\ndoes not tell us that his subject continued to be\\nan expert mathematician, for he knows very well\\nthat the extraordinary power was abnormal and\\nwould therefore largely disappear when the mind\\nreturned to its normal state.", "height": "4240", "width": "2700", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0273.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "266\\nPRENATAL CULTURE.\\nSilent Suggestion.\\nControl During\\nSleep,\\nHypnotism\\nPractically\\nApplied*\\nDangers in\\nHypnotism*\\nThe point of special interest to us in this im-\\nmediate connection is, that it is possible for one\\nperson to stimulate the brain areas in another\\nperson through silent suggestion. This fact is\\nnow very generally admitted and widely practiced\\nby psychologists. It is also known that successful\\nmental treatment can be given while the patient\\nis either in a hypnotic or natural sleep.\\nExperimenters tell us that persons having a\\nvery active temperament are more amenable to\\ncontrol during sleep than when awake, and that\\nsuggestions lodged in the mind of a sleeping sub-\\nject remain and become influential or controlling\\nfactors in future conduct.\\nThis last proposition has been repeatedly dem-\\nonstrated. I saw Prof. Tyndall, at Los Angeles,\\nhypnotize a young man and lodge in his mind the\\nsuggestion that a certain sum of money had been\\nplaced in one of the banks to his credit, and that\\nthe following morning he would go to the bank\\nat 9 o clock and demand the deposit. The fol-\\nlowing morning at the appointed time the in-\\ncredulous crowd was surprised to see the young\\nman making straight for the bank with the full\\nassurance in his face that a handsome sum of\\nmoney awaited him. At Detroit a physician re-\\ncently controlled an erring girl by hypnotic sug-\\ngestion so that she abandoned her life of shame\\nand returned to her home a reformed woman.\\nAn amateur hypnotist, at Albany, N. Y., lodged\\na suggestion in the mind of a pupil to the effect\\nthat she could not recall her name. The young\\nlady after a few vain efforts became frightened,\\nran to her mother, who spoke her name, but still", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0274.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "ABNORMAL IMPRESSIONS. 267\\nshe could not remember it. The amateur tried in\\nvain to dislodge his suggestion several successful\\nhypnotists were brought, but none could remove\\nit. The young lady grieved so over the loss of\\nher name that she became demented and is now\\nin an insane asylum. Other illustrations might\\nbe given, but these are sufficient to indicate the\\npotency of a suggestion for good or evil.\\nThe foetus is said to be amenable to mental\\nsuggestion and hypnotic control. Practical hyp- ^Py\\nnotists affirm that the character of a child can be\\ngreatly modified by hypnotic suggestions lodged\\nin the mother s mind during the last half of the\\nperiod of gestation. A perfectly reliable gentle-\\nman, a hypnotist, told me that he was able to\\ncontrol his unborn child as easily as he could the\\nother members of his family. He was first led Father s\\nto make the experiment because of the infant s Experiment,\\nextreme activity greatly disturbing the mother,\\nwho was in delicate health. He found that by\\nplacing his hand over the child and silently will-\\ning it to be quiet, or as he said, talking to it, it\\nwould soon stop its restlessness and seemingly go\\nto sleep. He gave it certain suggestions in the\\nline of the artistic and love of the beautiful, which\\nproved to be very strong natural traits in the\\nchild s character.\\nOther reliable cases have come to my notice\\nindicating clearly that a child is amenable to Resemblance to\\ncontrol and subject to suggestions by persons tIie Unrelated,\\nother than its mother for some time prior to its\\nbirth. The fact of many children strongly re-\\nsembling some pronounced character with whom\\nthe mother has associated during gestation doubt-", "height": "4240", "width": "2776", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0275.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "268 PRENATAL CULTURE.\\nless has its explanation in the susceptibility of the\\nfoetus to suggestion.\\nThe susceptibility of the foetus to a sugges-\\ntion is demonstrated by every change that has\\never been wrought by maternal impressions. If\\nthe psychologist can stimulate the mental power\\nwi^i^h^i an ky repeated treatment gradually develop the\\nareas of his subject s brain, why cannot a mother,\\nby the intelligent application of this same law,\\nstimulate and control the forming brain of her\\noffspring and thereby modify its character at\\nwill? If brain areas can be affected by repeated\\nsuggestions in the matured subject, how much\\nmore potential must be a suggestion on a brain\\nthat is just forming? To my mind this is the\\nmost promising field for experimental psychology.\\nIt seemingly affords an unlimited means for im-\\nproving offspring.\\nAs God in His infinite wisdom saw fit to use\\nScience? PC woman to bear His son and give Him to the\\nworld to save men, so science will yet employ a\\nconsecrated motherhood to give to the race the\\nelements of genius, the principles of virtue, and\\nthe basis of a noble character.", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0276.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "Paet III.\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nCHAPTER XVIII.\\nHEREDITY, INSANITY AND IMBECILITY.\\nIn Parts I and II we have studied the science\\nof heredity and the operation of its laws in the\\nproduction of the normal man. In this and suc-\\nceeding chapters we shall consider heredity in its\\nrelation to the abnormal man. We shall notice\\nespecially the prenatal influences of the several\\ngreat social evils, such as intemperance, commer-\\ncialism, etc., and the part they play in heredity.\\nThe rapid increase in the dependent and delin-\\nquent classes in both Europe and America pre-\\nsents one of the most formidable problems of\\nthe twentieth century. Despite the combined in- Increase of\\nfluences of law, education and religion, the feeble- egenera\\nminded, the insane and the criminal classes are\\ngaining in civilized countries at an almost in-\\ncredible rate.\\nIn France crime nas more than trebled in the\\nlast quarter of a century; the same may be said em urope\\nof Italy, while Russia is not far behind. The\\nincrease in crime in Germany is a little less than", "height": "4244", "width": "2692", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0277.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "270\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nCrime in the\\nUnited States.\\nA Grave\\nProblem.\\nEducation and\\nCrime*\\nin the other countries named, while England has\\nthe lowest rate of increase of any civilized coun-\\ntry, Sweden coming next.\\nIn the United States, according to Mr. Round,\\nU. S. Statistician, in 1850 the number of crim-\\ninals to each one million of the population was\\n290; in i860, it was 607; in 1870, 853; in 1880,\\n1,169; m 1890, 1,315. Thus it will be seen that\\ncrime in this country more than quadrupled in\\nthe forty years prior to 1890, or increased over\\n480 per cent, while the increase from 1890 to\\n1900 has been fully as fast as in any previous\\ndecade.\\nStatistics of the feeble-minded and insane are\\nas appalling as those of crime. Legislators, edu-\\ncators and reformers may well pause at the\\nthreshold of the twentieth century long enough\\nto ask themselves the questions: Whence and\\nwhither are we drifting? Why are these things\\nso? How shall we stop the increase of the ab-\\nnormal man? How shall we stay the rising tide\\nof insanity, vice and crime that threatens to sub-\\nmerge our Christian civilization? How shall we\\ninstill the elements of health and principles of\\nvirtue, honor and charity into the physical, men-\\ntal and moral nature of the man of today and\\nthe generation of tomorrow\\nPostnatal education and religion unaided by\\nproper prenatal influences will not solve these\\ngreat problems. In Spain the proportion of\\nilliteracy to the population is 65 per cent, but the\\nremaining 35 per cent commit one-half of the\\ncrimes of the country.\\nWarden A. A. Brush, of Sing Sing, New York,", "height": "4248", "width": "2872", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0278.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "INSANITY AND IMBECILITY, 271\\nin his report before the National Prison Associa-\\ntion, said One thousand two hundred and\\nforty-eight of our inmates had a common-school\\neducation, 13 had an academic education, 6 a Religious\\ncollegiate education, leaving only 120 uneducated Training.\\nout of 1,383 now in Sing Sing. Of the\\n865 received during the last fiscal year, 766 had\\nattended Sunday-schools when boys, 862 were\\nbrought up at home, and 3 by strangers. Of the\\n1,368 convicts in the Auburn State Prison, New\\nYork, 1,182 were liberally educated.\\nStatistics from the Inebriate House of Fort\\nHamilton show that out of 600 inmates only 59 p^on Reports.\\nwere uneducated, 88 had received a rudimentary\\ntraining, 341 enjoyed a common school educa-\\ntion, while 112 were college bred thus 453, or\\nthree-quarters, were liberally educated. In Eng-\\nland about 10 per cent of the convicts are illiter-\\nate, one-sixth are college bred, and 50 per cent\\nhave a common school education.\\nFrom the foregoing statistics and they are\\nmuch in accord with my own observations and Percentage of\\nthe reports from other prisons and reformatories tetac Y*\\nit will be seen that the percentage of illiteracy\\namong criminals is only a trifle below that of the\\nnormal population. The same may be said in\\nregard to religious training, all of which tends Heredity and\\nto show that the intellectual and ethical training Postnatal\\nthat comes to the average man is not sufficient to\\nprevent his lapse into crime in his present en-\\nvironments if dominated by a bad inheritance.\\nIn making this statement I do not wish to be\\nunderstood as questioning the advantages of edu-\\ncation, ethical training or religious influences; I", "height": "4236", "width": "2676", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0279.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "2J2\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nA Tangled\\nSkein,\\nNumber of\\nIdiotic and\\nEpileptic.\\nsimply desire to emphasize the fact that these\\nforces, as applied, have proved insufficient to\\ncounteract evil inborn tendencies.\\nIn considering the influence of the great social\\nevils upon the heredity of offspring I shall pur-\\nposely avoid the needless recital of statistics, giv-\\ning only such as are necessary to indicate the\\npotency of bad prenatal conditions in the produc-\\ntion of the dependent and delinquent classes. It\\nis difficult to estimate the actual or relative influ-\\nence of any special one of the great social evils.\\nThey are all so interwoven and interdependent\\nthat no one can be separated from the others and\\nstudied as an isolated factor moreover, each is a\\ncause and in turn becomes an effect; therefore,\\nthe best we can do is to attribute to each only\\nsuch influences as are warranted by a conserva-\\ntive estimate of results.\\nIn this chapter we shall notice the relation of\\nheredity to imbecility and insanity, and more par-\\nticularly the effects of narcotics and poisonous\\ndrugs used by mothers during gestation. It is\\nestimated that there are at present no less than\\n150,000 feeble-minded persons in the United\\nStates (over 100,000 of these are under school\\nage) also about the same number of epileptics,\\nor 30cr,ooo in all. Comparative statistics indicate\\nthat these unfortunate classes are rapidly on the\\nincrease in proportion to the population. Only\\n10 per cent of these dependents are found in the\\nstate institutions; the rest are cared for at home\\nor in private hospitals, and are usually given as\\nlittle publicity as possible. Many parents are", "height": "4244", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0280.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "INSANITY AND IMBECILITY, 273\\naware of the cause of the abnormality and are not\\nparticularly anxious to advertise it.\\nMorbid heredity seems to be responsible for\\nabout 38 per cent of these dependents. Estimat-\\ning that there are 300,000 epileptic and feeble-\\nminded persons in our population of 69,000,000,\\nthere would be one such person to every 230 of\\nthe entire population; while statistics indicate\\nthat where feeble-mindedness exists in families\\nas a hereditary condition, 46 per cent of the off- S ef cf ^^T^\\nspring are affected. Therefore, 10,000 persons ncS s.\\nmade up of families taken from the normal popu-\\nlation produce only 44 feeble-minded offspring;\\nwhile in a population of 10,000 made up of fami-\\nlies in which one or both parents are feeble-\\nminded, we should expect to find 4,600 defective\\noffspring.\\nMr. Ernest Bicknell, Secretary of the Indiana\\nBoard of State Charities, in his article on Feeble-\\nMindedness as an Inheritance, read before the\\nNational Conference of Charities in 98, said\\nWe have made a careful study of the histories\\nof 248 families. The whole number of persons\\ncomposing these 248 families was 887. Of the\\n395 males, 222, or 69 per cent, were feeble-\\nminded. Of the 887 persons therefore, 562, or statistics of the\\n63.2 per cent, were mentally defective. In 10 1 Feeble-Minded.\\nof the 248 families under consideration have been\\nfound a history of feeble-mindedeness in two gen-\\nerations; 12 families, with 77 members, had\\nfeeble-mindedness in three generations while two\\nfamilies showed 4, and one 5 generations of this\\ndefect. Of the 447 persons in the 101 families\\nin which mental deficiency was known to have", "height": "4240", "width": "2660", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0281.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "274 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\ndescended from parents to children, 359, or 80\\nper cent, were found to be feeble-minded. In\\nthe remaining 147 families, in which feeble-mind-\\nedness has been found in but one generation, there\\nwere 440 persons, of whom 203, or 46.1 per cent,\\nwere feeble-minded. Thus it will be seen that\\nwhere feeble-mindedness descends from parents\\nto children for more than one generation 80 per\\ncent of the offspring are affected; while in the\\ncase of feeble-mindedness descending through but\\none generation 46.1 per cent are affected.\\nAccording to the figures of Mr. Bicknell, mor-\\nbid heredity is responsible for 63 per cent of the\\nMorbid Heredity, feeble-minded. This estimate, however, is based\\nupon the study of families in which feeble-mind-\\nedness is known to exist as a hereditary taint, and\\ntherefore must not be taken as a basis of reckon-\\ning for the whole population. Out of 10,000\\nfeeble-minded persons not over 3,800, or about\\n38 per cent, are born from feeble-minded parents\\nthe other 62 per cent are the product of other\\ncauses.\\nMy own observations and the careful compari-\\nson of the most reliable statistics obtainable indi-\\nt4 cate that about QS per cent of the feeble-minded\\nCauses of Feeble-\\nMindedness. and the epileptic subjects of the country are the\\nproduct of hereditary taint, hereditary alcohol-\\nism or prenatal influences. The principal pre-\\nnatal influences are severe frights, worry, grief,\\nnarcotics and the use of abortive drugs. Of these\\nseveral causes the last named is by far the great-\\nest.\\nOnly about 2.5 per cent of the epileptics and\\nfeeble-minded are the product of fright, grief,", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0282.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "INSANITY AND IMBECILITY. 275\\netc., while fully 22.5 per cent are caused by the\\nuse of alcohol, opium, morphine, laudanum, and\\nother narcotics. Wherever wreck and ruin are Narcotics and\\nreeble-\\nbeing wrought, King Alcohol does his full share. Mindedness.\\nJust what part of this 22.5 per cent is caused by\\nthe use of narcotics by prospective mothers has\\nnot been very accurately determined, but perhaps\\nfully one-third. A much larger number of fath-gSS**\\ners use liquor than mothers, but its use by the\\nmother during embryonic development seems\\nespecially productive of these abnormal condi-\\ntions. Doubtless fully 50 per cent of the feeble-\\nmindedness that has descended as a hereditary\\ntaint, and was therefore included as a hereditary\\ncause, was primarily the result of alcoholism.\\nThe greatest immediate cause of epilepsy and\\nfeeble-mindedness, particularly the former, is the Abortive Drugs\\nuse of poisonous drugs for the prevention of con- an Epilepsy,\\nception and in the production of abortion. It is\\nestimated that no less than 32 per cent of the\\n300,000 epileptic and idiotic persons in the United\\nStates have been so caused. This means that\\n96,000 of these unfortunates have been produced^^^^^J^\\nby willful violation of nature s laws. What an\\nappalling crime to be perpetrated in the midst of\\nculture and religious influences! What an abuse\\nof the science of medicine! What a legacy for\\nsucceeding generations\\nThe 96,000 epileptic and feeble-minded chil-\\ndren that are the direct product of this fiendish\\npractice represent but a very small fraction of Crime.\\nits evil effects. Hundreds of thousands have been\\nstillborn from this cause, or born weaklings, only\\nto eke out a miserable existence or fill a prema-", "height": "4248", "width": "2664", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0283.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "2j6\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nThe Final\\nRemedy*\\nInsanity*\\nIncrease of\\nInsanity.\\nture grave. If the cities of the dead could speak,\\nif crying infants could tell of their prenatal strug-\\ngles against poisons, what a revelation they would\\nmake If the shamefully common practice of this\\nheinous crime were made public it would shock\\nthe sensibilities of the most calloused and awaken\\npity in the heart of the most hardened criminal\\nWhen the state will prohibit the marriage of\\nthe idiotic and feeble-minded, when prospective\\nparents will abstain from the use of narcotics;\\nwhen physicians will stop prescribing poisonous\\ndrugs to ladies during gestation; when people\\ncease preventing conception and attempting to\\nproduce abortion by the use of drugs then, and\\nnot until then, will it be possible to stop the pro-\\nduction of the epileptic and idiotic classes.\\nInsanity had its origin among the nobility. In\\nancient times it was rarely known among the\\ncommon people while among the royal families it\\nwas, as it is today, frequent. As a hereditary\\ntaint it is the most ineradicable. Many writers\\nhold that when the insane taint becomes estab-\\nlished in the blood it is transmitted from genera-\\ntion to generation until the family becomes utterly\\ndegenerate or extinct.\\nWithin the last quarter of a century insanity,\\nlike epilepsy and feeble-mindedness, has increased\\nat an alarming rate. It has more than trebled\\nin most of the European countries and almost\\nquadrupled in the United States. Statistics indi-\\ncate that there were about 41,000 insane persons\\nin the States in 1880. This would mean about\\none to every 1,200 of the population; while in\\n1900 there are over 150,000, or one to about every\\n460.", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0284.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "INSANITY AND IMBECILITY. 277\\nOf the many causes of insanity, alcoholism is\\nperhaps the greatest, while morbid heredity ranks\\nnext. Insanity is largely the result of degen- P cf Causes of\\neracy. Most persons who become mentally de-\\nranged are the offspring of neurotic, drunken,\\ninsane, feeble-minded, scrofulitic or consumptive\\nparents. According to the statistics furnished\\nby the Eleventh Federal Census in 10,000 persons\\nfrom the normal population there are 20 insane,\\n8 blind and 6 deaf while in a population of insanity.\\n10,000 composed of families in which there is a\\ntrace of insanity there are 300 insane persons, 80\\nblind and 170 deaf. From this it will be seen\\nthat while in the entire population the insane\\nrepresent only two-tenths of 1 per cent; in a popu-\\nlation composed of families where there is a trace\\nof insanity, 3 per cent are insane.\\nAccording to Lombroso, insanity is often com-\\npletely transmitted, and even appears with greater\\nintensity in succeeding generations. Cases of\\nhereditary insanity in children and grand-children LombfOSO\\nin which the form of insanity is the same as in\\ntheir ancestors are very numerous. All the de-\\nscendants of a Hamburg nobleman, whom history\\nregisters as a great soldier, were struck with in-\\nsanity at the age of 40. At the Connecticut Asy-\\nlum 1 1 members of the same family have arrived\\nin succession.\\nCriminal insanity is one of the most common\\nof morbid conditions. In New York State one-\\nsixth of all the murderers are found to be insane Criminal\\nin England one-third. According to statistics,\\ninsanity in England is 28 times more prevalent\\namong the prison population than in the general", "height": "4244", "width": "2700", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0285.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "2?8\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nDf Guy s\\nConclusions,\\nAlcohol and\\nInsanity*\\ncommunity. Dr. Wm. A. Guy, F. R. S., says:\\nThe ratio of the insane to the sane criminals is\\nthirty-four times as great as the ratio of lunatics\\nto the whole population; or, if we take half the\\npopulation to represent the adults, which supply\\nthe convict prisons, we shall have the criminal\\nlunatic in excess in the high proportion of 17\\nto 1.\\nProbably 70 per cent of all the insanity of the\\nearth has been caused directly or indirectly by the\\nuse of narcotics. Most of what is now called\\nhereditary insanity had its origin in alcoholism\\nin preceding generations. Again, much of the\\ninsanity that must be attributed directly to anxi-\\nety, worry, mental overstrain and precocity, etc.,\\nis indirectly caused by the use of alcohol. Finally,\\nthousands who cannot be classed among the hered-\\nitary insane receive their insane tendencies\\nthrough prenatal influences. Habitual alcohol-\\nism in the parents, even where it does not pro-\\nduce any greater abnormality in them than occa-\\nsional intoxication, frequently results in the pro-\\nduction of idiotic, neurotic or insane offspring.", "height": "4248", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0286.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIX.\\nHEREDITY, HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE.\\nIn this chapter I desire to show the relation\\nbad heredity and prenatal influences bear to\\ncrime; to point out some of the causes of the\\nrapid increase of high crime in America; and to\\nemphasize the fact that moral and even religious\\nparents, who practice criminal abortion, often\\nproduce offspring that manifest pronounced hom-\\nicidal or suicidal tendencies.\\nOf the rapid increase in crime I have already\\nmade mention in a former chapter. According\\nto the most reliable statistics obtainable, there The Increase of\\nwas in 1850 in the United States one criminal Crime,\\namong every 3,400 persons, while in 1900 there\\nwas one criminal for every 560 persons. Sander-\\nson Christison, M. D., in his recent publication,\\nCrime and Criminals, says Crimes are now\\nnearly five times as numerous as forty years ago.\\nThe reports of the state prisons show one-third\\nmore convictions for high crime in proportion to\\nthe population than there were twenty years ago.\\nAccording to the report of the Board of City\\nMagistrates of New York City of 1897, the popu-\\nlation of the city had increased 33 1-3 per cent YorikGt N W\\nin the last ten years, while crime had increased\\nover 50 per cent. Nine magistrates tried 1 12,160\\ncases and held 73,537 defendants.", "height": "4232", "width": "2700", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0287.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "280\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nCrime in the\\nUnited States*\\nFrequency of\\nSuicide*\\nForeign\\nCriminals*\\nComparative statistics indicate that the United\\nStates has the highest murder rate of any civil-\\nized country; its criminal records show 43,902\\nhomicides between 1890 and 1896 of these 10,500\\nwere committed in 1895; this indicates an aver-\\nage in 1895 \u00c2\u00b0f 75 P er month or over 28 per day.\\nIn 1890 there were 4,390 cases of homicide, while\\nin 1895 there were 10,500; an increase of 6,933,\\nor a little over 160 per cent.\\nSuicide has just about kept pace with homicide,\\nincreasing from something like 3,300 cases in\\n1890, to 7,190 in 1895 this means that an aver-\\nage of over 22 persons per day committed sui-\\ncide in the United States in 1895. Fortunately\\nthere has been a slight decline in high crime dur-\\ning the last five years, yet it is an appalling fact\\nthat the United States begins the twentieth cen-\\ntury with a suicide every seventy minutes and a\\nmurder every hour.\\nIn comparing the criminal records of the Unit-\\ned States with those of other countries, the for-\\neign criminal must always be taken into account.\\nThousands of convicts from the old world make\\ntheir way to free America, hoping thereby to\\nescape justice. It is estimated that our 15 per\\ncent of foreign born population commit 51 per\\ncent of our crime. Since the introduction of the\\nparole system in Europe, it is said that 80 per\\ncent of the prisoners so released ship to foreign\\nports; of whom 55 per cent come to the United\\nStates. Again, the saloon business being largely\\nin the hands of foreigners, the saloon becomes\\nthe habitual resort of the foreign criminal where\\nhis vicious tendencies are greatly augmented.", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0288.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 281\\nMost authorities consider chronic alcoholism as\\nthe chief cause of crime; others, however, place\\nheredity first. Judge J. C. Parker, who has\\ndoubtless sent more men to the gallows than any-\\nother judge in America, says Three-fourths\\nof the homicides committed are attributable di- Alcohol versus\\nrectly, or indirectly, to the use of liquor. Many Here *ity.\\npages of like quotations might easily be compiled\\nfrom other eminent authorities. Such state-\\nments, however, are in a sense misleading, for of\\na large per cent of the cases attributable directly\\nto alcoholism, bad heredity was the primary cause.\\nMr. Strahan, who has given much attention\\nto the study of suicide and insanity, says We\\nknow, as a fact, that there is no abnormal con-\\nstitutional state more commonly transmitted from\\nparent to child than this tendency to self destruc- Hereditary\\ntion, and the major part of the annual increase Suicidal\\nof suicide, as well as other degenerate conditions,\\nis due directly to propagation. In support of\\nthis assertion I would call attention to the fact\\nthat while the general death rate of England\\nand Wales has fallen 16.4 per cent during the\\npast quarter of a century, a rise in some cases\\nof over 100 per cent has taken place in the\\ndeath rates from hereditary and degenerate dis-\\neases.\\nAmong many cases given by Mr. Strahan to\\nsubstantiate this proposition he tells of an under- Oxford Student*\\ngraduate of Oxford who shot himself while in\\nhis room. A fellow student who was with him\\nup to 12 o clock on the night of which he killed\\nhimself saw nothing strange in his manner. In\\na letter addressed to his father he said The", "height": "4244", "width": "2668", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0289.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "282\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nA Family\\nMania*\\nreason of my committing this act may perhaps\\nseem incomprehensible, but I suppose it is chiefly\\nthat my morbid desire for death from my child-\\nhood has grown too strong for me. It may be\\nmadness, but I fear not.\\nGriesinger, one of the greatest of German\\nalienists, says Experience has shown that the\\ninclination to suicide, which often comes on in\\nall members of a family at the same age, com-\\nmunicates itself by hereditary descent. Bur-\\nrows, among many cases, gives the following:\\nA man hanged himself. He left four sons. Of\\nthese one hanged himself, one cut his throat, one\\ndrowned himself and one died a natural death.\\nTwo of these sons had families; of one family\\ntwo became insane and another made several at-\\ntempts to take his life. Of the other, two mem-\\nbers drowned themselves, though never suspect-\\ned of insanity.\\nEsquirol tells of a family in which the grand-\\nmother, mother, daughter and grandson all com-\\nmitted suicide. McCulloch in studying the fam-\\nily of Ben Ishmael, discovered and identified\\n1,750 descendants living in Kentucky in 1790,\\nwho had been criminals and paupers, among\\nwhom were 121 prostitutes. In six generations\\n75 per cent of the cases treated in the city hos-\\npitals of Indianapolis were of this man s off-\\nspring.\\nProf. Pelman, of Bonn University, has discov-\\nered and identified 709 descendants of Frau Ada\\nFrauAdaJurke. Jurke, a notorious drunkard who was born in\\n1740 and died in 1800. Of these 7 had been\\nconvicted of murder, 76 of other crimes, 144 were\\nThe Ishmael\\nFamily.\\nAscendents of", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0290.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 283\\nprofessional beggars, 61 lived on charity and 181\\nwere prostitutes. This family has cost the Ger-\\nman government over $1,200,000.\\nMr. Dugdale, who was a member of the exec-\\nutive committee of the Prison Association of\\nNew York, and a most painstaking student of the\\ncause of criminals, found in a study of 223 con-\\nvicts that 23.03 per cent came from neurotic\\nstock, 75.63 per cent were habitual criminals,\\n17.16 per cent came from criminal families, 22.31 criminal 1\\nper cent from pauper stock, 42.49 per cent from Heredity.\\nintemperate families, and that 39.05 per cent were\\nhabitual drunkards. In the crimes committed\\nupon persons (murder, rape, etc.), 40.47 per cent\\nwere of neurotic stock, 59.52 per cent were ha-\\nbitual criminals, 19.04 per cent were from crim-\\ninal families, 38.08 per cent were from intemper-\\nate families, and 40.47 per cent were habitual\\ndrunkards. Of the habitual criminals 14.20\\nper cent came from neurotic stock, 18.75\\nper cent from criminal parents, 45.45 per cent\\nfrom intemperate families, while 42.61 per cent\\nwere habitual drunkards.\\nDr. Daniel R. Brower in a recent lecture in\\nChicago, said There are two classes of crim-\\ninals, the habitual or hereditary criminal, and p cent of\\nthe occasional. Of the entire criminal class 80 Hereditary\\nper cent are habitual malefactors. j n Criminals.\\nGermany one man had 804 descendants, nearly\\nall of whom were criminals, many of them mur-\\nderers, thieves and pickpockets.\\nIn considering the causes of a criminal it is\\nimpossible to determine the relative influence of\\nthe several factors that have entered into his com-", "height": "4248", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0291.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "284 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nposition and directed his conduct. Bad heredity,\\nbad whiskey and bad environment vie with one\\nThe Principal another for the trophy of crime. Seldom does\\nCauses ot Crime. 1\\na man become a habitual criminal without the\\nconjoined influence of the three. In thousands\\nof cases in which liquor or evil associates is the\\nimmediate cause, bad heredity is primary.\\nCriminal tendencies in a man are quickly awak-\\nened and greatly augmented by evil associations\\nand the use of narcotics. Even where the crim-\\ninal instincts are very strong by inheritance, if\\nThe Well-born a man lives a temperate life and is removed from\\nCrime? ommi all bad associations, neither he nor his most in-\\ntimate friends may ever suspect his criminal tend-\\nencies; but let him begin drinking and associate\\nwith vicious characters and his inborn criminal\\ninstincts will soon be expressed in conduct. If\\nhe commit crime, the natural inference is (since\\nhe has always been a law abiding citizen up to\\nthe time he began drinking) that liquor was the\\nsupreme cause while, in reality, it was only the\\nstimulator of his latent criminal tendencies.\\nThe more I study the criminal and I have\\nlooked up the family record and prenatal influ-\\nences of many the more I am inclined to the\\nopinion that the well-born person rarely, if ever,\\nlapses into high crime.\\nOccasionally well-born persons under the in-\\nThe Occasional fluence of liquor, excitement, or hypnotic sug-\\nCriminaL 1\\ngestion commit crime, but they quickly repent,\\nare horrified at the thought of their mistake and\\nsome would prefer death to repeating it, thereby\\nshowing that they are vastly different from the\\nhereditary or habitual criminal who delights in", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0292.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 285\\ncrime, rejoices at the thought of repeating it, and\\nexpresses no feeling of remorse.\\nHereditary criminals form a class peculiar to\\nthemselves. They are much influenced by en-\\nvironments, and are greatly brutalized by the use J^ c Hereditary\\nof liquor; but crime is as natural to them as\\nthe most desirable gifts are to other men.\\nDr. Thompson, in speaking of this class, says:\\nThe habitual criminals are without moral sense.\\nThey are true moral imbeciles, in the presence\\nof temptation; they have no self-control against\\ncriminal acts. Out of five hundred murderers\\nthat I have known, only three of them ever ex-\\nperienced any remorse. Lombroso says:\\nMany criminals have told me that there were\\ntimes when they could not restrain themselves.\\nAn insatiable longing or inborn desire to steal,\\nor to torture something is not uncommon among\\nnatural born criminals. That this is not the re-\\nsult of alcoholism or bad environments is proved\\nby the fact that it is often strongest in the young q\u00c2\u00a7^^J e\\nchild that has not been exposed to any of these\\ncauses. The reform schools now contain several\\nthousand such children; hundreds of them were\\nborn on a farm, or in places where they were far\\nremoved from any exciting cause.\\nThe number of persons born with homicidal\\nor suicidal tendencies is increasing much more\\nrapidly than is the normal population this is no Increase of\\ndoubt in part due to the increased consumption Criminals,\\nof alcohol and the unrestricted multiplication of\\ncriminal families; but it is more largely due to\\nbad prenatal influences. The morbid conditions\\ncf the prospective mothers, gloomy forebodings,", "height": "4236", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0293.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "286 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nintense anger, attempted abortion or the crim-\\ninal desire to destroy the unwelcome child, in\\nshort vicious maternal impressions, are the chief\\ncauses of children being born with homicidal and\\nsuicidal tendencies.\\nFully 40 per cent of our hereditary criminals\\nare born from parents in whom there was neither\\nBad Maternal chronic alcoholism nor previous morbid hered-\\npressions. j n Qne o strongest points urged\\nagainst the doctrine of heredity, by those unac-\\nquainted with its laws, is that many of the most\\nvicious children are born of good, moral parents.\\nThe law of maternal impressions explains why\\nthis is so. There are thousands of cases in which\\nthe mother wished she were dead, or attempted\\nthe destruction of the unwelcome child with the\\nresult that the child early manifested homicidal\\nor suicidal tendencies.\\nA well known historical case is that of Car-\\ndon, the criminal, whose mother was irascible\\nwhen pregnant with him and attempted to abort.\\nHis criminal tendencies, resulting from this pre-\\nnatal influence, were transmitted to the next\\ngeneration; his two sons were criminals, one of\\ngreat ability being condemned to death for pois-\\noning, the other giving his life over to gaming,\\ndrinking, thieving, etc.\\nAnother well known case is that of a Chicago\\nfamily. Two children born while the parents\\nwere living in harmony were normal, well be-\\nto Crimed B m avec an( grew up to be respectable men. After\\ntheir birth a family quarrel turned the mother s\\nlove into hate so that she bitterly protested\\nagainst maternity. When it was forced upon her", "height": "4248", "width": "2876", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0294.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 287\\nshe almost raved with anger, threatened the hus-\\nband s life, drove him from the house with a\\nbutcher knife, and did her best to destroy the\\nunwelcome child, but was unsuccessful.\\nFour years later she bore another child under\\nsimilar conditions. Both of these children were\\nvicious and criminally inclined from birth. The\\nfirst died at the end of a rope in the hands of a\\nmob on Haymarket Square, Chicago, for mur-\\nder, the other was sentenced to state s prison for\\nlife.\\nAnyone who doubts the possibility of a moth-\\ner s criminal attempts to destroy the foetus af-\\nfecting the character of the child, needs but to tions Produce\\ninvestigate to be convinced. To be sure, atavism, Criminals,\\nor an unfavorable combination, may produce a\\nmorbid tendency in offspring even where there\\nare no bad maternal impressions, but criminal\\ntendencies arising from these sources where both\\nparents are normal, moral and temperate are com-\\nparatively rare. I have had under my personal\\nobservation a great number of children born from\\ngood parents who were melancholy or vicious\\nfrom birth. In every instance a true history of f Vicious SOfy\\nthe period of gestation has revealed a morbid Children,\\ncondition of the mother s mind and indicated that\\nthe child s vicious tendencies were largely, or\\nwholly, due to bad maternal impressions. A few\\nof these cases, every one of which I know to\\nbe substantially as here given, will serve to em-\\nphasize the facts in question and to indicate the\\npotency of morbid impressions.\\nMrs. Young, of A Ind., was very much dis-\\nturbed during gestation, cried most of the time,", "height": "4248", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0295.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "288\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nSuicidal Tend-\\nencies in a\\nChild.\\nA Would-Be\\nParricide*\\ncontinually wished that she were dead and out\\nof the way and used various drugs to destroy\\nthe embryo. Her daughter, born under these con-\\nditions cried and whined incessantly when a child,\\nwas seldom happy and would frequently say, I\\nwish I were dead Even when in her teens, no\\nmatter how kind or courteous her young friends\\nwere to her, she always felt that she was not\\nwelcome. At the age of twenty she told me that\\nthe impulse to commit suicide at certain times be-\\ncame almost irrisistible that she had a constant\\ndesire to die and could not help feeling that her\\npresence was an imposition even upon her best\\nfriends. She assured me that but for her relig-\\nious training and the fear of doing wrong she\\nwould have taken her own life.\\nAt F Ohio, the principal of one of the pub-\\nlic schools brought me a boy who was so utterly\\nbad and viciously cruel that he had to be ex-\\npelled from the public school. The little fel-\\nlow, not yet ten years old, had been twice taken\\ninto custody by the police for his cruelty to\\nyounger children. On one occasion he had\\nplanned to kill a younger playmate but was\\nstopped by a passerby. The young lad had a spe-\\ncial dislike for his father and repeatedly affirmed,\\nI will kill the old man just as soon as I am old\\nenough. The mother very injudiciously re-\\nferred to his dislike for his father during the\\nexamination and remarked that she guessed he\\ndidn t mean it; the boy looked up with an ex-\\npression of hatred on his face and said, I do to,\\nand I will show you some day. Then relax-\\ning the expression, he broke into a low, guttural,", "height": "4264", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0296.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 289\\ncruel, heartless laugh peculiar to the moral im-\\nbecile or born criminal.\\nThe mother informed me that she had been a\\nsociety woman up to the time of her marriage.\\nHer husband being a traveling salesman, she was\\naccustomed to go much into society during his\\nabsence. Maternity was undesired. When it Undesired\\nwas forced upon her she felt she was being robbed Maternity.\\nof her former social freedom and turned bitterly\\nagainst her husband for the supposed imposition.\\nShe repeatedly attempted to destroy the unwel-\\ncome child. She said she despised it and at times\\nfelt so angry at its father that she could have\\nkilled him. As there was neither chronic alco-\\nholism nor morbid heredity in either parent, this\\nwould-be parricide was undoubtedly the product\\nof maternal impressions.\\nA most excellent young married couple, both of\\nwhom were from good families, were greatly put\\nout when they found they were to be parents.\\nThe young wife was so vexed that she did her\\nbest to destroy the foetus. She railed at her\\nhusband and frequently entertained morose, mur- a Mother Made\\nderous desires during gestation with the result Criminal.\\nthat her little boy manifested a disposition quite\\nunlike the character natural to both parents. He\\nhad an ungovernable temper, would turn almost\\nblack in the face with anger and swear at his\\nparents, threatening to cut them to pieces. When\\nangry at his playmates he would mumble over\\nthe most cruel oaths, grit his teeth and declare\\nhe would kill them. He came near killing two\\nchildren before he was seven years old and at\\neight deliberately planned to murder his little", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0297.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "290 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nsister, struck her on the head with a hatchet,\\nfracturing the skull and stunning her so that she\\nwas unconscious for two hours.\\nWhile I was lecturing in Portland, Ore., a very\\ninoffensive, delicate, modest little lady, with a\\nkind, sympathetic face, called at my study with\\nher eight-year-old boy requesting a careful de-\\nscription and some advice in regard to his man-\\nagement. The lad resembled his mother very\\nExtreme Cruelty mU ch, mentally and temperamentally, except that\\nhe had an extremely cruel, revengeful nature.\\nAt the end of my description the mother said, I\\nhave never been able to understand him. He de-\\nlights in torturing everything. We just can t\\nkeep a cat about the place and I dare not let\\nhim play with other children. He is so cruel\\nthat he has become the terror of the neighbor-\\nhood.\\nWhen the lady left the study, I remarked to\\nmy wife, That is a bad boy, he was an unwel-\\ncome child and that innocent little mother has\\nattempted his destruction before he saw the light\\nA Mother s of day. Bad maternal impressions have given\\nConfession* deeded homicidal tendencies. A week\\nlater I gave a lecture to ladies in one of the\\nchurches in the residence portion of the city.\\nThe mother of the unfortunate child was pres-\\nent. In the course of the lecture cases similar\\nto her own were cited. As the audience was pass-\\ning out the little lady approached my wife and\\nbegan weeping. In order to avoid the crowd my\\nwife took her into the parlors of the church\\nwhere, amid burning tears and choking sobs, the\\nheartbroken mother told the oft-repeated story of", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0298.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 291\\na husband s cruelty and unwillingness for her to\\nbear children how she had destroyed six unwel-\\ncome children and had repeatedly attempted the\\ndestruction of this one but failed, only to realize\\nwhen too late that she was not only a murderess,\\nbut also the mother of a child with homicidal\\ntendencies implanted in his nature by her own un-\\nnatural desires.\\nNo tongue can describe nor pen portray the\\nanguish of that poor soul awakened to the real-\\nization of her crime. Hundreds must some day\\nsuffer from a like awakening. Were it not for\\nthe awful results and the frequency of such crimes Awakening,\\nit would perhaps be kinder to leave them ignor-\\nant of their criminal responsibility, but when\\nthousands are being unfortunately born under\\nthese morbid conditions and tens of thousands\\nof innocent babes are being murdered, it is nec-\\nessary to reveal the fact and to uncover the sin.\\nSeveral pages could be filled with the citation\\nof personal observations like the foregoing, while\\na volume might easily be compiled from the ob- wf^ortionT 11\\nservations of others and the testimony gathered\\nfrom physicians, but these will suffice. When\\nwe consider the frequency of abortion and at-\\ntemped abortion, it is easy to understand why\\nso many are born with criminal tendencies.\\nThe number of prenatal murders in Europe\\nand America is something appalling. As a crime\\nit far exceeds all others, and, what is worse, it has\\nincreased more rapidly during the last 25 years\\nthan any other class of crime. If we can trust\\nthe testimony of the best physicians of the coun-\\ntry, the practice of destroying the unwelcome life", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0299.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "292 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nis well nigh universal. Statistics of abortion,\\nwhich probably do not include over one-half of\\nthe actual number of cases, indicate that fully\\none-third as many children are murdered before\\nbirth as are born.\\nA recent report of the special committee on\\ncriminal abortion in Michigan contains this state-\\nment To so great an extent is abortion prac-\\nInfantcide, ticed by American Protestant women that by a\\ncalculation of one of the committee based upon\\ncorrespondence with nearly one hundred physi-\\ncians, there comes to the knowledge of the phy-\\nsicians 17 abortions to every 100 pregnancies.\\nTo these the committee believe may be added as\\nmany more that never come to the physician s\\nknowledge, making 38 per cent, or one-third of\\nall cases ending in miscarriage. The number of\\nwomen that die from its immediate effects are\\nnot less than 6,000 per year.\\nDr. W. A. Chandler, a physician of over thirty\\nyears practice, says he believes that more than\\nPrenatal one-half of the human race die before birth and\\nMortality* three-fourths of these are abortions by intent.\\nOther physicians of wide experience have offered\\nsimilar estimates, while many declare that not\\nmore than one conception in three is allowed to\\ncome to a natural birth.\\nReckoning from the most conservative opin-\\nT t tTt ions there is one intentional abortion for every\\nNumber of Pre- J\\nnatal Murders, two natural births, and estimating that there are\\n1,500,000 natural births per annum, this would\\nindicate that there are 500,000 prenatal murders\\nin the United States every year, or 1,393 P er day.\\nMany hold that the destruction of the embryo", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0300.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE, 293\\nprior to quickening is not murder. This is ab-\\nsurd. If murder is the destruction of human life, A j 01,tion\\nthen whoever destroys a human being from the\\nhour of its beginning is guilty of this crime.\\nMrs. Stockham in Tokology, well says:\\nWhen the female germ and male sperm unite,\\nthen is the inception of a new life; all that goes\\nto make up a human being body, mind and spir-\\nit, must be contained in embryo within this min- D*. Stockham on\\nute organism. Life must be present from Abortion.\\nvery moment of conception. If there was not\\nlife there could be no conception. At what other\\nperiod of a human being s existence, either pre-\\nnatal or postnatal, could the union of soul and\\nbody take place? Is it not plain that the violent\\nor forcible deprivation of existence of this em-\\nbryo, the removal of it from the citadel of life,\\nis its premature death, and hence the act can\\nbe denominated by no milder term than murder,\\nand whoever performs the act, or is accessory to\\nit, in the sight of God and human law is guilty\\nof the crime of all crimes.\\nIs it any wonder that the Gospel of Jesus\\nChrist fails to spiritualize a man or a woman _ 4\\nCrime Inevitable*\\nwhose conscience is calloused with this crime?\\nIs it any wonder that the still small voice\\nloses its persuasive power in a soul that has been\\ndeadened by murder? Is it any wonder that\\nchildren born of parents who have habitually mur-\\ndered their offspring should early manifest crim-\\ninal tendencies? Is it any wonder that homi-\\ncide and suicide are rapidly on the increase when\\nthousands of parents are guilty of this crime?", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0301.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "294 THE ABNORMAL MAN,\\nIs it not a wonder that a righteous God does\\nnot smite the earth in indignation?\\nEngland may well be proud of having largely\\nput a stop to infanticide in India. Missionaries\\nChrisf from the United States have done much to re-\\nduce child murder in China; but beneath the\\nfolds of the Royal Jack and the proud colors\\nof Old Glory, there exists a crime that would\\nput the pagan mother to shame.\\nIf the children who have been murdered during\\nthe last twenty-five years and hurled into eternity\\nThe Infant Host, without an opportunity for development on the\\nearth plane, could be reincarnated, they would\\nform an army larger numerically than all the\\nstanding armies of the world, including Eng-\\nland s mighty hosts in South Africa and the\\nAmericans in the Philippines.\\nIf there is a power that shapes the destiny of\\nThe Judgement na tio n s what must be the decree of heaven when\\nDay of Nations, the high crimes of Christendom are reckoned?\\nIf there is a judgment day fixed by the resident\\nforces of nature or by the sovereign will of\\nnature s God, what must be the fate of intel-\\nligent men and women living in the full light of\\nChristian civilization, yet habitually practicing\\nthis crime?\\nIf criminals must pay the penalty in a future\\nA 4i _ t\u00c2\u00ab. i. i j life for the deeds of this one, what a hell must\\nAt tne l nresnolo t\\nof Eternity. await those whose hands are red with innocent\\nblood! If man is a conscious being beyond the\\ngrave; if loved ones recognize their own; then\\nheaven pity the thousands of parents who at the\\nthreshold of eternity must face the condemning\\neyes of the little ones whom God intrusted to", "height": "4268", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0302.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE. 295\\ntheir care, but whom they have murdered?\\nWhat a nightmare of horror must sweep over\\nthem! What anguish of soul, what burning of\\nconscience, what indescribable pain, what unut-\\nterable grief must attend that hour", "height": "4228", "width": "2792", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0303.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XX.\\nHEREDITY AND COMMERCIALISM.\\nMammon\\nWorship.\\nThe Power of\\nWealth.\\nIn this chapter we shall study the relation of\\ncommercialism to heredity, more especially the\\nprenatal influences exerted by the present mania\\nfor wealth. We shall consider the abuses of\\nAvealth and the misery, vice and crime resulting\\ntherefrom only in so far as these conditions tend\\nto produce a morbid heredity.\\nMammon worship is the mania, the sin and\\nthe crime of the age. Upon the golden altar of\\nthis god of the nations we sacrifice comfort,\\nfidelity, virtue, culture, honor, liberty and charac-\\nter. In our blindness we have failed to see the\\nfar-reaching effects upon posterity of this mad\\nrush for wealth.\\nAmericans have been called a nation of shop-\\nkeepers, money-makers, gold worshipers and com-\\nmercial sharpers. Deny this as we may, money\\nhas an extraordinary power over us. Wealth\\nbuys friends, favors and position; it governs\\nsociety, municipalities, political parties, and\\nlargely controls national and international rela-\\ntions. Wealth makes an acceptable apology to\\nthe public for a man s stupidity, ignorance, vice\\nand even his crime. Men of the most disreputable\\ncharacter, if kid gloved and bolstered with bonds,\\nare frequently admitted into the best society", "height": "4268", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0304.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM. 297\\nand placed in high official positions, while men\\nof culture, refinement, virtue and moral worth\\noften struggle in vain for recognition.\\nThe super-normal power exhibited by wealth in\\nevery department of life makes poverty a disgrace Poverty a\\nand the fear of poverty and its consequences the\\nnightmare, the constant terror of millions. The\\nmad struggle, not for the necessities and com-\\nforts of life, but for riches and its pomp, power\\nand privileges, produces a constant strain upon\\nall. It robs home of its quiet joy, honest toil of its\\ncontentment, commerce of legitimate business,\\npublic trust of fidelity, patient study of its reward,\\nmoral worth of its just recognition, and places a\\nbounty upon commercial shrewdness, political\\ntrickery, professional quackery and religious bun-\\ncombe.\\nThe instinct to acquire is natural. To lay up\\nproperty and prepare for old age, future want and\\nthose depending upon one; is not only the right,\\nbut the duty of all. If any provide not for his J^\u00c2\u00ab Right to\\nown, he is worse than an infidel. To convert\\nthe crude materials of nature into such things as\\nminister to the health, happiness and progress of\\nhumanity, or to increase the wealth of the world\\nby the honest accumulation of a large fortune, is\\ncertainly commendable. For a number of men\\nto combine their wealth and energy in order to\\ndevelop and conduct a business that is too extens-\\nive to be successfully operated by one, is per-\\nfectly legitimate; but none of these necessitate\\nthe overwork, rush, greed, and criminal abuses\\nof wealth that characterize modern commercial-\\nism.", "height": "4248", "width": "2784", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0305.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "298 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nCommercialism exalts the few and enslaves the\\nmasses. Of the immediate results of this all are\\nWealtL painfully aware. The wretchedness, misery, and\\nstruggles of the poor; the indolence, dissipation\\nand equally unfortunate conditions of the ex-\\ntremely rich, have been the inspiration of many\\nwriters. Deception, robbery, forgery, the break-\\ning of public trusts, the defrauding of the unsus-\\npecting, the buying of courts and legislators, the\\nwrecking of legitimate business by monopoly, and\\nthe sacrifice of national honor in the interests of\\nSucceeding Gen avar icious capitalists, have been fully discussed\\nin the press and on the platform; yet the larger\\npart of the baneful results arising from the super-\\nnormal power conferred upon wealth is expressed\\nin the heredity of succeeding generations.\\nPoverty and overwork are both unnecessary.\\nCareful calculations indicate that four hours a day\\nof well directed labor by every able bodied man\\nSaving is an d woman would provide the entire pupulation\\nUnnecessarv*\\nwith all the necessities and most of the luxuries\\nnow enjoyed by the well-to-do classes. Four\\nhours a day of labor is not more exercise than\\nshould be taken for the development and main-\\ntenance of physical strength and mental vigor.\\nUnder present conditions the masses are com-\\npelled to slave to a point of exhaustion and eke\\nout a miserable existence, while the few live in\\nExcessive Toil luxury, ease and dissipation, on the wealth thus\\nInjwes Offspring. p roduced the resu i t being that neither are in\\ncondition to give a good inheritance to offspring.\\nEven among the independent classes, where\\nneither poverty nor circumstances necessitate\\noverwork, the mania to get rich induces many to", "height": "4272", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0306.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM. 299\\nexhaust themselves completely, physically or men-\\ntally, so that they parent children who are sadly\\nwanting in physical strength and mental vigor.\\nMany children are bom tired! The over-\\nworked energies of the parents, their tired con-\\ndition at the time of the initial of life, and in the\\nmother during gestation have robbed them of all\\nphysical vigor. A farmer carefully protects his\\nbrood animals, feeds them well and sees that they TfrecL m\\nare not overworked his wife, however, is allowed\\nto slave from daylight until late at night with one\\nchild at the breast and another developing beneath\\nher heart. His colts take the premium at the fair\\nhis children are weaklings, dullards, or loafers.\\nPoorly fed, overworked mothers give birth to\\nmost of that constitutionally tired, indifferent,\\nworthless class called tramps.\\nOverwork depletes the brain as well as the body.\\nMost children born from exhausted parents are\\npoorly endowed mentally and morally. When\\nthe energies of parents are largely directed to the Overwork De-\\nmuscles their offspring are usually more muscular P lctes t Brain.\\nthan intellectual or moral. I have observed that\\nbusiness and professional men, who in their eager-\\nness to accumulate, greatly overtax their nervous\\nsystem, frequently parent comparatively inferior\\nchildren. Seldom does an overworked profes-\\nsional or public man parent a child with a men-\\ntality that is the equal of the father s.\\nAgain, the constant effort to accumulate aug-\\nt Commercialism,\\nments the propensities to an abnormal degree and Begets Selfish-\\ncorrespondingly weakens the other powers. It ness\\ncreates inordinate selfishness, robs the intellectual\\nand esthetic faculties, leaves the social nature", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0307.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "300 THE ABNORMAL MAN,\\ncold and indifferent, the ambitions narrow and\\nselfish and the moral sentiments passive or weak.\\nChildren born of parents whose whole lives have\\nbeen devoted to accumulating wealth who have\\nsacrificed all their finer feelings, comfort, culture\\nand religious development in order to make a\\nfortune cannot be otherwise than selfish and\\ncommonplace.\\nThe significance of the foregoing proposition\\nwill be appreciated only by those who have made\\ned ouant fr^* a stuc ty m n d- The mental power of every\\nindividual is a limited quantity, some having\\nmuch more than others. Doubtless the quantity\\nmay be increased by use and diminished by dis-\\nuse but this does not alter the fact that mind is a\\nlimited quantity. What the world calls a genius\\nWhat Constitutes is, in most instances, one in whom the mind power\\na Genius. j s larg-ely expressed in some special talent: if it\\nhappens to be in the direction of reverence and\\nspirituality, he becomes a religious enthusiast; if\\nthrough the reasoning or poetic sentiments, he is a\\nphilosopher or a poet if in the scientific or inven-\\ntive faculties, he is an inventor if in the acquisi-\\ntive instincts, he becomes a great financier if his\\nmind power is mainly expressed through the\\nanimal propensities, he becomes a great criminal.\\nThe difference, therefore, between the born crim-\\ninal and the born inventor is that their super-\\nnormal powers lie in different directions.\\nNow, the concentration of mental force in the\\nThe Future direction of money making is rapidly developing\\nAmerican. fi nanc j a i instinct in the American people. This\\nmeans that the genius of the coming citizen, the\\nstrongest characteristic of the future American,", "height": "4272", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0308.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM, 301\\nis to be the tendency to acquire in other words,\\negoism and selfishness.\\nIt is needless to comment on what must be the\\ndoom of a republic wherein the highest ambition\\nis the making of money. Wealth has its uses in Rule\\nindividual and national life. Perhaps no nation\\ncan become great without great wealth but if the\\naccumulation of wealth is made the end, if the\\npublic mind has no higher ambition or loftier pur-\\npose than this, then shall gold rule to ruin. If art,\\nliterature, science and religion are all to be sacri-\\nficed in order that the young American may be-\\ncome a great financier, then shall the greatest\\nrepublic in history sink below the horizon of civil-\\nization.\\nChildren born from honest parents are often\\ndishonest. Where parents devote their entire time\\nto making money so that the acquisitive instinct\\nis constantly exercised, their children are often so\\nselfish as to make it difficult for them to be honest.\\nSome years ago an evangelist and missionary\\nbrought me his two children for study, declaring Dishonesty. S\\nthey were positively unlike and that he could not\\nunderstand how it was possible for brothers to\\ndiffer so widely. The elder one was a very bright\\nboy, studious, thoughtful, kind and unselfish the\\nyounger had a fair intellect, was very energetic,\\nbut so abnormally selfish that he was almost un-\\nmanageable. He wanted everything his own\\nway, would never willingly divide with others and\\nwas given to pilfering. The first child was born\\nsoon after the father and mother left college; he\\nwas a student, as they had been. For three years\\nprior to the birth of the second child the parents", "height": "4248", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0309.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "302\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nDishonest\\nChildren from\\nHonest Parents.\\nBusiness Decep-\\ntion Produces\\nCriminals.\\nThe Offspring\\nof Thieves.\\nhad been engaged in raising money tor mission-\\nary purposes, receiving a per cent for their serv-\\nices. They had lived penuriously and devoted\\nall their energies to making money. Their ab-\\nnormally selfish child was a very fair reproduc-\\ntion of their lives. I have met many similar cases\\nwhere the effects of the family life were plainly\\nvisible in the offspring. Any reader who will\\ntake the pains to study the prenatal conditions of\\na number of children and compare these with their\\ndispositions will be able to observe similar results.\\nIf honest parents by concentrating their forces\\nlargely in the line of money making may so\\naccentuate this propensity as to endow their off-\\nspring with a tendency to steal, what must be the\\nresult where this condition exists together with\\ndishonesty? Misrepresentation in the name of\\nbusiness has become well nigh universal. Decep-\\ntion is practiced in almost every branch of trade\\nHabitual deception on the part of business men\\nmust influence their offspring.\\nA very interesting and significant fact, well\\nknown to detectives and the police, is that the\\nkind of deception or theft practiced by parents is\\nusually practiced by their offspring. In many\\ninstances this is due to postnatal training, but not\\nin all. Even when children born of dishonest\\nparents are placed in good families in early in-\\nfancy they frequently develop the characteristics\\nof their parents. Shoplifters beget shoplifters;\\nburglars beget burglars; petty thieves, petty\\nthieves; and counterfeiters, counterfeiters.\\nA good illustration of this is seen in the John-\\nson family of counterfeiters. The grandfather", "height": "4248", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0310.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM. 303\\nwas a great counterfeiter. The members of the\\nnext generation were well known to the police\\nand were considered experts, while in the third Family of\\nCounterfeiters*\\ngeneration the criminal skill reached such a high\\ndegree in seven brothers and sisters that they were\\nconsidered the most expert counterfeiters in\\nAmerica.\\nThrough the law of heredity and prenatal cul-\\nture the speculative and gambling instinct is being\\ndeveloped to an alarming degree. Ten times Increase of the\\nmore money changes hands today in games of intact\\nchance, in proportion to the population and wealth\\nof the country, than did a quarter of a century\\nago. Honest, steady increase no longer satisfies the\\naverage man. Many prefer to risk their all in\\nwild speculation, or to enter some illegitimate\\nbusiness that offers exceptional profits rather than\\nsettle down to honest trade.\\nThis gambling instinct is seen not only among\\nthe great financiers of the world, who manipulate\\nthe boards of trade and stock exchanges; in the\\nprofessional gambler and swindler, but also\\namong artisans, shopkeepers and common labor-\\ners. Thousands of hard earned dollars pass from Common^to all\\nthe horny hands of labor to the soft hand of the Classes,\\nprofessional in our pool rooms and gaming houses\\nevery night. It is estimated that there are 250,-\\n000,000 poker chips in use in this country, nearly\\nall of which represent coin in games of chance,\\nand yet this is but one of thousands of devices for\\ngratifying the gambling instinct.\\nThousands of children are born with morbid\\ncommercial inclinations. Their first manifesta-", "height": "4248", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0311.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "304 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nHon of the acquisitive instinct is expressed in a\\ngame of chance or some deceptive scheme.\\nI recently studied a bright boy whose father\\nwas a gambler and false financier. The boy was a\\nTendency great success as a money-maker. While in school\\nToward Gamb-\\nling Inborn, he would make from $i to $3 a week by trading,\\nplaying marbles and games of chance. He was\\nalways planning some scheme to get rich quickly,\\nand it is safe to say that nine out of ten of them\\nwere based on deception. Like most gamblers,\\nhe never saved more than a living his mania was\\ngambling; he cared little for the spoils after he\\ngot them. This seems to be characteristic of most\\ngamblers. They are like the hunter in the chase,\\nofGamblersT ea g er an 3 wild with enthusiasm until the game\\nis captured, but caring nothing for it afterward.\\nIf gambling continues to increase it must of neces-\\nsity undermine legitimate business by destroying\\nthe normal manifestation of the acquisitive\\ninstinct.\\nClass distinction is another evil resulting from\\ncommercialism. We boast of our Democratic\\nprinciples, and on the Fourth of July loudly affirm\\nFwirt^of July that all men are born free and equal, and then\\nproceed to observe class distinction everywhere.\\nThis is noticeable not only between the rich and\\nthe poor, but among all classes. Clerks and type-\\nwriters feel themselves above common laborers\\nand domestics, teachers and professionals form\\nanother class. Most people of wealth consider it\\nClass Distinction, beneath them to associate with the poor. The\\nresult of all this is a mutual antagonism between\\nthe two extremes. Out of this unnatural condi-\\ntion perverted, vicious, and even criminal tenden-", "height": "4268", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0312.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM, 305\\ncies are developed in one generation and transmit-\\nted to the next.\\nNihilism and anarchy are inevitable results of\\nclass hatred. Children born of parents of the\\nmiddle and lower classes frequently have an\\ninnate antipathy for the wealthy and those in\\nauthority. This inborn aversion is easily fanned Nihilism and\\ninto hatred by the political agitator and often Anarchy,\\nresults in anarchy or crime.\\nIf the Government is to stop the rapid increase\\nof this dangerous class it will be necessary to\\nrespect a man for his manhood regardless of his\\nbank account, stop irritating for political pur-\\nposes the antagonism between capital and labor,\\nand cultivate a more kindly spirit between the\\nmasses and the classes.\\nMany criminal anarchists have received pre-\\nnatal impressions which strongly inclined them\\nto commit crime. Ling, who cast the first dyna-\\nmite bomb in the Haymarket Square riot, in\\nChicago, inherited his hatred for the nobility\\nfrom his mother. She was a housekeeper in the Ling the\\nhome of an English landlord and is said to have Anarchist.\\nsuffered many impositions during gestation.\\nShe not only despised her oppressor, but in her\\nmoments of anger threatened his life. Ling, like\\nIshmael, was born with a deep feeling of revenge\\ninterwoven in every fiber of his nature.\\nA striking illustration of the evil effects of\\nclass hatred as a prenatal influence is seen in the\\natrocious crimes committed by colored men in the\\nSouth during the last quarter of a century. It is\\na significant fact that most of these colored crim-\\ninals were born during the agitation preceding", "height": "4248", "width": "2784", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0313.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "306\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nThe Colored\\nCriminal*\\nThe Product of\\nSlavery.\\nMoney ani\\nMatrimony,\\nthe Civil War, during the war, or directly there-\\nafter, while the parents were filled with the desire\\nfor revenge.\\nThe negro is not naturally vicious. Unlike\\nthe North American Indian who was cruel by\\nnature the native African was comparatively\\ninoffensive and non-destructive. The early his-\\ntory of the African slave reveals very little crim-\\ninal tendency, but under the abuses of slavery the\\nrevengeful spirit was gradually developed. Most\\nof the slaves of the South belonged to noble men\\nand women of heart and brain, who treated them\\nwell; and among those so treated crime against\\nperson was very rare. Some, however, were sub-\\njected to the most inhuman cruelty; virtue was\\noutraged, families were broken up, and prospect-\\nive mothers were compelled to stand by and see\\ntheir loved ones sold or brutally ill-treated. The\\nrevengeful feeling thus generated in the parental\\nmind and the maternal impressions thus made\\ngave to the forming children the instincts of the\\ncriminal.\\nCommercialism degrades matrimony. Through\\nits seductive influence thousands marry persons to\\nwhom they are most illy adapted persons whom\\nthey never would marry but for their money.\\nNot only do many marry from mercenary mo-\\ntives but the social position of each is so largely\\ndetermined by one s bank account that young peo-\\nple are thus limited almost entirely to their par-\\nticular class.\\nA young lady of wealth may be drawn through\\nher affections and judgment to a young man who\\nhas nothing to offer but manhood, culture,", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0314.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM. 307\\nhonesty and ambition. Their union would per-\\nhaps be a most favorable one but commercialism\\nhas so distorted public sentiment that if she mar- Character\\nr 1 a Secondary\\nries this poor man she is severely criticised for her Consideration.\\nchoice, whereas, if she marries a man of wealth,\\nshe is said to have married well and receives the\\ncongratulations of her friends. The question of\\ncompatibility, the personal habits and the moral\\ncharacter of the man are secondary considera-\\ntions.\\nCommercial unions are seldom happy ones.\\nThousands behind gilded walls are silently tread-\\ning the wine-press of their own misery, vainly\\nwishing to recall the halcyon days of youth in\\nwhich to consummate a lovematch. Children born Unions? 7\\nfrom such parents are seldom as well endowed\\nphysically, mentally or morally as their parents;\\nmoreover, the social inharmony that usually ob-\\ntains, or the desire for other associations, fre-\\nquently produces most undesirable tendencies in\\noffspring.\\nCommercialism tends to concentrate capital.\\nThe evil effects of this on posterity are so varied\\nand far-reaching that they are difficult to esti- Commercial\\nmate. The greatest obstacle in the way of prog-\\nress in every country is that most of the popula-\\ntion is born from the lower, overworked, poorly\\nfed, illiterate classes.\\nThe concentration of capital has a tendency to\\ndrive the dependent classes to the cities where\\nchildren are born under more unfavorable con- Where Crimin-\\nditions than would be possible in the country.\\nThe overcrowded centers of our large cities are\\nthe incubators of the vicious and criminal classes.", "height": "4248", "width": "2764", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0315.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "3 o8\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nPoverty and\\nCrime*\\nEnvironment\\nand Crime*\\nCommercialism\\nand Vice.\\nFully twice as many criminals are born in the\\ncities in proportion to the population as in the\\ncountry.\\nIt is true that bad environments and vicious\\npostnatal training have much to do in producing\\nthe dependent and criminal classes. In some in-\\nstances they are doubtless the principal factors;\\nyet a careful comparison of the physical develop-\\nment and psychology of ioo children born in the\\nbetter districts of a city with ioo born in the\\npoorer districts will readily show that the former\\nhave by inheritance a great advantage over the\\nlatter.\\nMr. Ferri, before the Congress of Criminal\\nAnthropology in Paris, said Out of ioo persons\\nliving in the same misery and abandonment, 60\\ncommit no crime; of the other 40, 5 commit sui-\\ncide, 5 become insane, 5 are beggars and 25 com-\\nmit crime therefore, social environment is not the\\nexclusive cause of crime.\\nCommercialism is fast becoming one of the\\nprincipal causes of prostitution and its correlated\\nevils. The miserable pittance paid salesgirls, fac-\\ntory hands and women who toil in the sweat-\\nshops drives thousands into a life of shame. The\\nsalaries paid in many instances will not house,\\nfeed and clothe the toiler; therefore, she is abso-\\nlutely forced to sell herself, steal, starve, beg or\\ncommit suicide. Anna Besant aptly said, Our\\ngreat employers build homes for fallen women\\nwhile they are manufacturing them in their fac-\\ntories.\\nI recall a scene in a room where four young\\nwomen toiled day and night making vests at a", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0316.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "COMMERCIALISM. 309\\nprice that enabled them to earn $1.25 a week\\neach. It was an inside room, up next to a hot\\ntin roof. The furniture consisted of three chairs,\\na sewing machine, a table, a cot, and an oil stove. cene t i |t\\nIn this little room they cooked, labored and\\nexisted. Day and night three worked while one\\nslept, each taking her turn of 12 hours in work-\\ning buttonholes and finishing, 6 hours at the\\nmachine, and 6 on the cot to rest, with barely\\ntime enough off to prepare and despatch the\\nscanty meal.\\nA young woman in Chicago who worked on\\nmole skin pantaloons said that with full work she\\ncould earn $2 a week, out of which she had to\\nexpend 37c for thread and candle. On an aver-\\nage, on account of shortness of work, she could a Straggle for\\nnot make more than 75c a week. She lived this Existence,\\nway for three years before she fell. Women\\nwho have such courage of conviction as to be true\\nto their conscience under conditions like these are\\nworthy of an eternity amid the company of\\nangels. Is it any wonder that thousands despair\\nand sell themselves in order to live?\\nWhen we remember that in the United States\\nalone there are over 200,000 girls employed in the\\nshops, factories and department stores, it is easy\\nto see why so many are driven to a life of shame.\\nWhen we realize that hundreds of these girls bear a s Wives and\\nillegitimate children who are the product of star- Mothers,\\nvation and vice and that thousands who have\\nbeen totally disqualified for the duties of wife\\nand mother marry men as wretched and degraded\\nas themselves, we can readily understand how\\ncommercialism is directly causing tens of thou-\\nsands to be unfortunately born.", "height": "4248", "width": "2760", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0317.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXI.\\nHEREDITY AND INTEMPERANCE.\\nKing Alcohol is the worst enemy of the race.\\nHe begets more unfortunate offspring and pro-\\nduces more poverty, pauperism, imbecility, in-\\nsanity, vice and crime than any other monster.\\nKing Alcohol, e s e ^ther of the dependent and delinquent\\nclasses. The liquor traffic is the greatest factor\\noperative today in consolidating capital the most\\npotential force in robbing, oppressing and en-\\nslaving labor; the most seductive power brought\\nto bear upon legislation the most subtle corruptor\\nof municipalities; the vilest opponent of public\\nand private morals; the principal cause and per-\\npetrator of prostitution the boldest desecrator of\\nthe Christian Sabbath, and the sworn enemy of\\nthe church.\\nAt first these statements seem extravagant, but\\ncareful investigation and unprejudiced considera-\\nMore Cruel tion of the facts will convince anyone of their\\nthan War* truth. Alcoholism when studied from a com-\\nmercial, sociological, pathological and ethical\\npoint of view is found to be the greatest force\\nnow operative in degrading and destroying the\\nrace. It exceeds the cruelties of war, famine and\\npestilence.\\nIn attempting to discuss in a single chapter a\\nfew of the more important phases of alcoholism", "height": "4248", "width": "2852", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0318.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 3 1 1\\nand its relation to heredity I shall necessarily have\\nto generalize the facts and give only such statis-\\ntics as are necessary to indicate the relation of\\nintemperance to poverty, pauperism, insanity and\\ncrime. The comparative statistics here given,\\nbearing upon the financial and labor side of the\\nquestion are in the main taken from the Bureau\\nof Statistics of 1893. Therefore, those indicating\\nthe running expenses of the government and the\\nexpenses of the war and navy are much lower\\nthan these have been since the war with Spain Reckoning,\\nand the expansion of the army and navy. The\\nother statistics, however, are relatively, substan-\\ntially correct for 1900; for while there has been\\na rapid increase in the various expenditures used\\nin comparison, the increase in the consumption of\\nliquor has more than kept pace. Therefore, were\\nit possible to revise these figures and show the\\nrelative expense and evils arising from the liquor\\ntraffic at the present time, the facts would be even\\nworse than here indicated.\\nLiquor and poverty go hand in hand. The\\nstatistics of all civilized countries show the con- q^ q^^ f\\nsumption of liquor to be the most expensive and Hard Times,\\nharmful luxury of the people. The continued\\ncry of hard times is due, in the main, to the use\\nof narcotics. Over one-third of the net earnings\\nof the entre civilized world is spent for fermented\\nwines, alcoholic liquors, beer and tobacco.\\nThe following figures indicate the cost of the\\nliquor traffic in the United States and what it A\\n1 T Annual Cost of\\nmeans in comparison with other expenses. If we Narcotics.\\nwere to add to this opium, morphine, cigarettes\\nand tobacco, we would have to more than double", "height": "4244", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0319.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "312 THE ABNORMAL MAN,\\nthe figures that indicate the expense of narcotics.\\nAccording to the statistics of 1893 ne liquor\\ntraffic alone cost the United States nearly three\\nbillion dollars over and above the revenues\\nderived therefrom:\\nAnnual drink bill of the United\\nStates $1,352,016,020\\nValue of materials used in man-\\nufacturing liquors 150,000,000\\nLoss on labor by drunkenness 640,000,000\\nValue of labor employed by the\\ntraffic 500,000,000\\nUqLor Traffic Cost of crime caused by liquor. 310,580,000\\nCost of sickness caused indirectly\\nby drunkenness 125,500,000\\nSupport of paupers caused by\\ndrink 10,120,000\\nSupport of those insane from\\ndrink 4,800,000\\nTotal annual cost of the traffic. $3,073,016,020\\nTotal government revenue on all\\nliquors 136,525,860\\nState and municipal revenue,\\nlicense, etc 45,548,983\\nTotal revenues, duties and\\nRevenues licenses collected $182,074,843\\nollected.\\nTotal annual loss above all\\nrevenues $2,890,841,177", "height": "4268", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0320.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 313\\nThe above figures are based upon the most\\nconservative estimates; those referring to crime,\\ninsanity, pauperism, and sickness being 25 per\\ncent lower than the reports given by many of the\\nmost authentic statisticians. The annual drink\\nbill simply represents the legitimate licensed sale\\nof liquors on which government duty has been\\ncollected and does not therefore include moon- Estimate,\\nshine whisky, the barrels of chemical com-\\npounds that are sold for whisky, or the illicit\\nsales; neither do the above figures include many\\nof the great expenses caused by drunkenness, such\\nas fires, railroad accidents, explosions, damages\\nby mobs, strikes and lockouts, one-half of the\\npolice service of the country, etc., etc.\\nTaking this estimated annual cost of the liquor\\ntraffic of $2,890,841,177 as a basis of compari-\\nson, which, it must be noted, is extremely con-\\nservative (perhaps not less than 25 per cent below\\nthe actual cost), I will place it in comparison with\\nother great money questions, that the reader may\\nbe better prepared to appreciate its meaning and\\nrealize how far the liquor question exceeds all\\nother financial questions\\nAnnual cost of the liquor traffic. $2,890,851,177 Liquor versus\\nWar and navy expenses 82,547,427 5^ vernment\\nAppropriation for Spanish-\\nAmerican war 50,000,000\\nIndemnity paid to Spain 20,000,000\\nDemonetized silver and silver\\ncurrency 575,948,822\\nNational aggregate debt (in 93) 961,946,492\\nTariff duties collected I 98 373,453", "height": "4248", "width": "2768", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0321.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "3H\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nA Startling\\nComparison*\\nThe Greatest\\nCommercial\\nProblem*\\nTotal government running ex-\\npenses 459,374,887\\nPensions 159,357,558\\nLosses by fire in the United\\nStates 158,521,000\\nNet earnings of all railroads in\\nthe United States 358,638,520\\nFrom the above it will be readily seen that the\\nannual cost of the liquor traffic to the United\\nStates is over fifty-seven times as much as the\\namount appropriated by our government to begin\\nthe war with Spain, and over one hundred and\\nforty-four times as much as the indemnity paid\\nSpain for the Philippine Islands; five times the\\namount of the demonetized silver currency three\\ntimes as much as the nation s aggregate debt;\\nfifteen times as much as the tariff; six times as\\nmuch as the total government running expenses\\neighteen times as much as is paid in pensions;\\nthirty-five times as large as the war and navy\\nexpenses; eighteen times as large as the loss by\\nfire and eight times as much as the net earnings\\nof all the railroads of the country.\\nAdd together the amount of the appropriation\\nfor the Spanish-American war, the indemnity\\npaid to Spain, the demonetized silver currency,\\nthe United States debt, the tariff revenues col-\\nlected, the total government running expenses,\\nthe pensions paid and the war and navy expenses\\nfor 1893 and we have in round numbers $2,497,-\\n548,339, which is $393,292,538 less than the an-\\nnual cost of the liquor traffic. Let those who\\nhave been complaining about war taxes, pensions", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0322.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE, 315\\nand railroad monopolies, yet voting for the con-\\ntinuation of the liquor traffic, put the foregoing\\nfacts together!\\nThe hereditary and prenatal influence of the\\npoverty and suffering caused by the liquor traffic\\nis beyond estimation. The only way for us to\\nform even the slightest concept, is to look at a,\\nsingle family and see the poverty and its influence\\nupon parents and children. A thousand little Poverty and\\ncomforts that might be enjoyed are denied; in-Hwdfcv*\\nstead of the pleasant home there is the rented flat,\\ntenement house or tumble-down shack. Instead\\nof good schools and a well stocked home library\\nfor the children, there is the workshop or the\\nsweater. Instead of the social advantages of\\nthe temperate and well-to-do, there are the cruel\\nrestrictions of poverty and the bad associations\\nthat it too often brings. Instead of the mother s\\nbeing light hearted and cheerful, she is too often\\ndowncast and discouraged. Instead of being well\\nnourished and full of physical vigor, she is usually\\noverworked, exhausted and incapable of the\\nproper performance of the maternal function.\\nThe inevitable result of all this is that children\\nare unfortunately born and equally as unfortu-\\nnately brought up. Both the prenatal and post-\\nnatal effects are bad. Poverty robs offspring of the Inebriate.\\nwhat might have been a good inheritance, and\\nprevents the proper development of even the poor\\ninheritance it has received. Now, if we enlarge\\nthis thought to make it include thousands, nay,\\nmillions of families, we get some idea of the evils\\nAvrought simply through the poverty that is pro-\\nduced by the needless use of narcotics.", "height": "4248", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0323.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "316 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nIn the chapter on Commercialism we have seen\\nIntemperance that the greater part of the population is born in\\nthe homes of the poor. It is also true that the\\nuse of narcotics, particularly alcoholic drinks, is\\nproportionately more prevalent among the poorer\\nclasses than among the well-to-do; therefore, a\\nvery large per cent of the population is directly or\\nindirectly subjected to the hereditary influence of\\nThe Poor Man s narcotics. The saloon too often becomes the\\npoor man s savings bank, where he deposits his\\nhard earnings to the credit of the liquor\\nmonopoly.\\nThe labor power of the United States is esti-\\nmated to be worth $8,000,000,000 per annum;\\nthe loss on labor caused by drink is variously\\nestimated at from 8 to 18 per cent; at 10 per cent\\nthis would mean $800,000,000 add to this $500,-\\n000,000, the estimated value of the labor power\\nof the one million men employed by the liquor\\ntraffic (whose labor is entirely non-productive of\\nDrink and the that which benefits or enriches the human race),\\nLabor Problem. and we haye a total direct 1qss Qn labor of $^300,-\\n000,000, or over 16 per cent of the entire labor\\npower of the country. This fact, taken in con-\\nnection with the one previously given, that over\\none-third of the net earnings of the world are\\nspent for narcotics, will enable the reader to\\naccount for much of the poverty and pauperism\\namong the laboring classes, as well as to form\\nsome idea of the -financial relation of intemper-\\nnce to heredity.\\nI have already referred to the relation of in-\\ntemperance to epilepsy, idiocy, insanity and crime,\\nand while authorities differ much in the per cent", "height": "4248", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0324.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 317\\nof each attributable directly or indirectly to the\\nuse of narcotics, yet the most conservative place Intemperance\\nalcoholism as the principal cause. According to\\nthe Dictionary des Sciences Medicales. The\\nproportion of crime caused by habits of intemper-\\nance in England is 43 per cent, Belgium 80 per\\ncent, Sweden 31 per cent, Germany 44 per cent,\\nand Denmark 74 per cent. In the United States\\nit is variously estimated at from 50 to 80 per\\ncent.\\nThe hereditary influence of the criminal\\ntendency acquired by the use of liquor in parents\\nis plainly marked in the offspring. Dugdale Prison Statistics,\\nfound that 38 per cent of the inmates of the New\\nYork Reformatory were children of drunken\\nparents. In a list of 26 criminal habitual drunk-\\nards 14 had parents who were habitual drunk-\\nards; 5 of these 14 were of pauper stock, 6 of a\\ncriminal family and 3 were insane or nervously\\ndisordered. Out of these 26 habitual drunkards\\n4 had occasional drunkards for fathers, the habits\\nof 6 others were unknown; but it is noteworthy\\nthat not one had parents who were temperate. Parents of\\nCarefully drawn statistics of the 4,000 criminals Criminals.\\nwho passed through Elmira, New York, showed\\nthat drunkenness clearly existed in the parents in\\n38.7 per cent, and probably in 11.1 per cent more.\\nMarro found on an average that 41 per cent of\\nthe criminals he examined had a drunken parent,\\nas against 16 per cent for normal persons.\\nNo fact is better established than that the off-\\nspring of inebriates are more prone to the use of\\nnarcotics than are the children of the temperate.\\nDarwin says It is remarkable that all the evils", "height": "4248", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0325.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "3i8\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nInebriety\\nTransmitted*\\nRace\\nDegeneracy*\\ncoming from alcoholism can pass from father to\\nson, even to the third generation, and they become\\nworse if the use of alcohol is continued, until\\nthey result in sterility.\\nIt is true that the descendants of alcoholics do\\nnot always show an abnormal desire for liquor\\nas the principal hereditary effect; not infrequently\\nthe bad heredity is expressed in epilepsy, idiocy,\\nand criminality. Moral quotes a case in which\\na father was alcoholic, the mother insane, and of\\ntheir five children one committed suicide, two\\nbecame convicts, one daughter was mad and the\\nother a semi-imbecile. Dr. Fletcher Beech records\\nthat out of 430 cases of inebriety 31.6 per cent\\nbore idiotic offspring.\\nGrenier, of Paris, says Alcohol is one of the\\nmost active agents in the degeneracy of the races.\\nThe indelible effects produced by heredity are not\\nto be remedied. Alcoholic descendants are often\\ninferior beings, a notable proportion coming\\nunder the categories of idiots, imbeciles, and the\\ndebilitated. The morbid influence of parents is\\nmaximum when conception has taken place at\\nthe time of drunkenness of one or both parties.\\nThose with hereditary alcoholism show a tend-\\nency to excess; half of them become alcoholics;\\na large number of cases of neurosis have their\\nprincipal cause in alcoholic antecedents. The\\nlarger part of the sons of alcoholics have convul-\\nsions in early infancy. Epilepsy is almost char-\\nacteristic of the alcoholism of parents when it is\\nnot a reproduction in them or when it is not an\\nindex of a nervous disposition of the whole\\nfamily. The alcoholic delirium is more frequent", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0326.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE, 319\\nin the descendants of alcoholics than in their\\nparents, which indicates their intellectual degen-\\neration.\\nIt is difficult to determine the exact proportion\\nof defective offspring from inebriate parents as\\ncompared with the normal population. Careful\\nestimates, based upon the most reliable statistics\\nobtainable in Europe and America, indicate that\\n82.5 per cent of the children born of inebriate offering from\\nparents die before the age of two, are defective Alcoholics,\\nfrom birth, are epileptic, feeble-minded, develop\\ninto habitual alcoholics, prostitutes, become\\ncriminals or go insane; while of the offspring of\\nthe normal population (which of course includes\\nthe abnormal) about 48.2 per cent are so affected.\\nLimited observations made among families where\\nalcoholic liquors or other narcotics have not been\\nused for two or more generations indicate that\\nless than 21 per cent of the offspring are defective\\nor can be classed with any of those mentioned.\\nIn other words, in 10,000 persons born from\\nintemperate and inebriate families we should ex-\\npect to find 8,250 defective offspring; in 10,000\\npersons born from the normal population we\\nshould expect to find 4,820 defective off spring Temperate ver-\\nwhile in 10,000 born from strictly temperate f am- sus Intemperate\\nilies, only 2,100. Thus it will be seen that 60 arcn ge\\nper cent more of the offspring of inebriate or\\nintemperate parents die in infancy, are epileptic,\\nfeeble-minded, or inherit alcoholic, insane or crim-\\ninal tendencies, than the offspring born from tem-\\nperate parents.\\nDemme studied ten families of drinkers and\\nten families of temperate persons. The direct", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0327.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "320\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nDemme s\\nObservations.\\nAlcohol and\\nProstitution*\\nParentage of\\nErring Girls*\\nposterity of the ten families of drinkers included\\n57 children. Of these, 25 died in the first weeks\\nand months of their lives six were idiots in five\\na striking backwardness of their growth in size\\nwas observed; five were affected with epilepsy,\\nand five with inborn diseases. Thus, of the 57\\nchildren of drinkers only 10, or 17.5 per cent,\\nhad normal constitutions and healthful growth.\\nThe ten sober families had 61 children, of which\\nfive died in the first weeks; four were affected\\nwith curable diseases of the nervous system, and\\nonly two had inborn defects. Of the remaining\\nfifty 81.9 per cent were normal in their constitu-\\ntions and development.\\nKing Alcohol is the father of prostitution.\\nDrunkenness is as sure to produce lasciviousness\\nas fire is to produce heat. When a young man\\nbegins drinking, no matter how pure his life, he\\nwill soon become unchaste. Very few who use\\nnarcotics to any extent are normal in their sexual\\ninstincts. Even men who are not morally de-\\nlinquent are rarely able to live oure lives if ad-\\ndicted to the use of liquor.\\nWhere fathers are brutalized by liquor the per-\\nverted tendencies are often fully transmitted. In\\nlooking up the family history of 2,000 erring\\ngirls it was found that 1,464 had drunken fathers,\\nand 1,140 drunke-n mothers. Among the scarlet\\nwomen of America 70 per cent are born from\\nparents who use narcotics; over 60 per cent of\\nthem attribute their fall to drink and the ball\\nroom.\\nProstitution is often hereditary. It may run\\nthrough many generations even where there is", "height": "4264", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0328.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 321\\nno unusual exciting cause. Ada Juke, or Mar-\\ngaret, the Mother of Criminals, was a notorious\\nharlot. Her descendants traced through five gen-\\nerations include 162 women who grew to ma-\\nturity: 74 of these were harlots. Dr. Praskovia P\u00c2\u00ab*ti*\u00c2\u00abtion\\nn* -1 r- -r^ Hereditary.\\n1 arnovskaia examined at St. Petersburg 50 pros-\\ntitutes and found that 84 per cent showed various\\nsigns of hereditary physical degeneration 82 per\\ncent had parents who were habitual drunkards;\\n18 per cent were the last survivors of a large\\nfamily.\\nMost authorities are agreed that a larger pro-\\nportion of prostitutes are hereditarily abnormal\\nthan are criminals. It is estimated that 47 per\\ncent of the female descendants of harlots who\\ngrow to maturity become prostitutes. The Juke\\nfamily, traced through six generations, shows Family,\\n52.4 per cent; while in the normal population of\\nthe entire country there is less than 2.4 per cent.\\nIn other words, in 10,000 women born from the\\nnormal population we should expect to find 24\\nprostitutes, while in 10,000 women born from\\nharlots we should expect to find 4,800 prosti-\\ntutes. Now, when we consider that the normal\\npopulation includes the abnormal, the potency of\\nthe hereditary tendencies become even more ap-\\nparent than these figures indicate.\\nSome are inclined to the opinion that prostitu-\\ntion is largely or wholly due to postnatal influ-\\nT The Children of\\nences. In many instances this is true, but not Scarlet Women.\\nin all. Many children born of scarlet women have\\nbeen placed in early infancy in good Christian\\nhomes, loved, cared for, and brought up under\\nfavorable social and religious influences; yet but", "height": "4248", "width": "2752", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0329.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "3 22\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nEvidence of\\nTransmitted\\nInebriety.\\nfew of these can be exposed with safety to the\\nordinary temptations of youth.\\nIt requires no argument or compilation of\\nstatistics to prove to the intelligent reader that\\nthe tendencies toward intemperance and abnormal\\nappetites for narcotics are frequently transmitted\\nfrom parent to child. Every community has its\\nown unanswerable argument. Thousands of men\\nand women are conscious of an inborn abnormal\\ndesire for opium, morphine, liquor or tobacco.\\nMany who never drank a glass of liquor in their\\nlives or smoked a cigar have an inordinate desire\\nthat makes narcotics a constant temptation.\\nThousands of otherwise well-born men and\\nwomen are constantly menaced by this inherent\\ndesire and must either fight it continually or yield\\nto its destructive power.\\nOne of America s most widely known temper-\\nA^Struggle with ance lecturers said to me only a few weeks be-\\nfore his untimely death Riddell, if I had one\\ndrop of liquor tonight I could not stop this side\\nof hell. I have not touched the accursed stuff in\\nfifteen years, but the demon still holds a death\\ngrip upon me. No, I will not yield. I\\nwill fight it as long as I live, but I am on the\\nbrink of hell tonight. It was at the close of one\\nof his most inspiring lectures, and for two hours\\nwe walked in the moonlight and I pleaded with\\nhim to give up the use of tobacco, go to the Hot\\nSprings and take treatment and get the nicotine\\nout of his system in order that his brain and\\nnerves might become normal otherwise, at some\\nunguarded moment I feared he might yield. He\\nassured me he would never touch the accursed\\na Demon.", "height": "4248", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0330.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 323\\nstuff, but insisted on continuing the use of\\ntobacco. Two weeks from that time he was in Tobacco Fed\\nOakland, California, where he met some old com-\\nrades of the 6o s. They, not knowing his weak-\\nness, tempted him he yielded. Once started, his\\nown fears were realized. A few days later he\\nwas sent to his home in Washington, D. C, where\\nhe died of delirium tremens.\\nA well-known Methodist preacher, who was\\nrecently silenced from preaching for drinking,\\ntold me a few days after his dismissal that as far\\nback as he could remember he had had an inordi-\\nnate appetite for liquor. My father, said he,\\nwas a habitual drunkard, and I know that the\\nappetite is abnormal in me. I know what it is to A Minister s\\nbattle with the ordinary temptations of life, for I E*P ettence\\nhave fought the battles common to all men; but\\nthis appetite is abnormal. Even when I have not\\ntasted a drop in five years, this miserable demon\\ncontinually craves liquor. Now, after twenty\\nyears of successful ministerial life, it has finally\\nbrought me to shame and made me a disgrace to\\nthe Church and the cause of Christianity.\\nIn the study of some two hundred families in\\nwhich one or both parents used liquor or tobacco Ttic Appetite f 0f\\nI found many cases in which the appetite for Narcotics Inborn,\\nnarcotics was unquestionably inborn.\\nAt T Nebraska, a young lady consulted\\nme about her appetite for tobacco. Her mother\\nhad used the weed habitually prior to her birth. Uses Tobacco. 7\\nThe young lady despised the filthiness of the\\nhabit and was fully cognizant of its injurious\\neffects yet the appetite was so strong that, despite\\nher pride and abhorrence for the unladylike", "height": "4248", "width": "2776", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0331.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "324 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nhabit/ she seemed incapable of restraining her-\\nself from its use.\\nAt W Oregon, an elderly gentleman\\nbrought to me his little three-year-old grand-\\nn-Sti^d daughter, whose appetite for liquor was so strong\\nthat she would cry and fret continually if she did\\nnot have it. When allowed her way she would\\ndrink until stupidly intoxicated and then sleep\\nfor ten or twelve hours, awakening only to call\\nfor more liquor. Both parents were habitual\\ndrunkards.\\nAt S Illinois, a most excellent young lady\\ncalled at the study with her mother requesting\\nadvice that might aid her in overcoming an ab-\\nnormal appetite for stimulants. She said that\\nfrom the time she was a little girl she had been\\ntormented by the constant temptation to use\\nliquor. At times she could scarcely go by a saloon,\\nthe odor of liquor was so tempting to her. She\\nassured me that but for the constant companion-\\nSoc^ U2 Ma sm P an d protecting care of her loving mother,\\nshe must have yielded to temptation and led a life\\nof shame. After the young lady retired the\\nmother informed me that her husband whom\\nthe daughter greatly resembled was a sporting\\nman, a liquor dealer, who fortunately ran away\\nand left her before the daughter was born.\\nThe hereditary effects of alcoholism are not\\nalways manifested in an appetite for strong drink.\\nAs indicated in the preceding quotation, the off-\\nspring of alcoholics are often neurotic, epileptic,\\nfeeble-minded, or criminally disposed. Many thus\\nafflicted have no abnormal appetite for strong\\ndrink. Moreover, owing to other hereditary and", "height": "4264", "width": "2852", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0332.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 325\\nprenatal conditions, some seem to entirely escape\\nall injurious effects. Again, the evil effects are Varied Effects of\\nr Alcoholism*\\noften more pronounced in the second generation\\nthan in the first, so that those born of drunken\\nparents, even though they live temperate lives,\\nnot infrequently parent children who early mani-\\nfest either an abnormal appetite for stimulants or\\nother morbid conditions.\\nA New York family that I had occasion to\\nstudy furnishes a fair illustration of the fore-\\ngoing proposition. The father was a hard drinker\\nand was more or less under the influence of liquor\\nall the time; the mother was a very temperate,\\nsweet and spiritually minded woman. They had\\nseven children, two of whom died in spasms in\\ninfancy. The eldest son was a beautiful charac-\\nter, very much like his mother, clean, chaste and\\ndevout, but was subject to a periodical mania for The Children of\\ndrink that seemed almost irresistible, recurring a Drinker.\\nabout once in three months. The second son\\ndrank but little, had no abnormal appetite for\\nstimulants, but was coarse, worthless, selfish and\\nsensual to an extreme. The third, a daughter,\\nwas silly, emotional, had an ungovernable tem-\\nper and could not be trusted alone. The fourth,\\nalso a daughter, was highly nervous, exception-\\nally bright, pure-minded, well-behaved, and re-\\nsembled in disposition and temperament the\\nfather s mother. The fifth was a son, who at the\\nage of 9 was strong, steady, a good student, and\\nup to that time had manifested no abnormalities.\\nThis boy was said to resemble his mother s father.\\nWhat has just been said relative to chronic\\nalcoholism is equally applicable to the influence", "height": "4248", "width": "2788", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0333.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "326\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nMorphine,\\nOpium and\\nNicotine.\\nDelerium\\nTremens.\\nTobacco\\nRestricts the\\nMind.\\nof other narcotics. Morphine, opium, and nico-\\ntine are not less injurious than alcohol. Tobacco\\nis fast becoming the rival of King Alcohol, both\\nas an expensive luxury and as a demoralizing\\npower. The consumption of tobacco per capita\\nhas more than doubled within a quarter of a cen-\\ntury, while the reports from cigar manufacturers\\nand tobacco dealers indicate the deplorable fact\\nthat its consumption, especially in the form of\\ncigars and cigarettes, has increased faster during\\nthe last five years than in any previous period.\\nMuch of the poverty, physical degeneracy, men-\\ntal inferiority, vice and crime attributed to alcohol\\nis in part due to the effects of tobacco. Delirium\\ntremens rarely if ever occurs in alcoholics who do\\nnot use tobacco; doubtless the same is true of\\nmany other morbid conditions observable among\\nhabitual drinkers.\\nWhen used by the young, tobacco stunts the\\ngrowth, paralyzes the nerve centers, tends to\\nweaken the intellect and blunt the moral senti-\\nments. Seldom, if ever, has a student graduated\\nwith high honor from a reputable college who\\nbegan using it in early life.\\nThe United States Military Academy at West\\nPoint and the Naval Academy at Annapolis pro-\\nhibited the use of tobacco by their students be-\\ncause repeated experiments proved that it weak-\\nened or deadened the mental powers.\\nIn order to maintain the standard of her stand-\\ning army Germany found it necessary to prohibit\\nthe use of tobacco by youths because very few of\\nthose who began its use in early life ever devel-\\noped to where they could pass a military exami-\\nnation.", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0334.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 327\\nOut of one hundred cigarette-smokers exam-\\nined in New York, 82 showed marked symptoms Cigarette\\nof heart trouble and nervous affection. After\\ntwo years of total abstinence all but 14 had out-\\ngrown it.\\nAs a rule tobacco and alcohol tend to destroy\\nthe equilibrium of the nervous system, weaken the Pathological\\ndigestive functions and induce kidney and heart 5? be\\ndisease. So marked are these effects that in the\\nexamination of over 2,000 men I have never\\nfound a normal heart action or regular pulse in a\\nhabitual tobacco user.\\nIt is estimated that fully 60,000 persons die\\nannually in the United States from diseases\\ncaused directly by the use of tobacco.\\nThe hereditary effects of tobacco are not un-\\nlike those of chronic alcoholism. The tendency\\ntoward its use is transmitted from one genera- Hereditary\\ntion to another; moreover, its evil effects are EJk cts\\nfrequently a potent factor in the production of\\nother morbid conditions in offspring. Thousands\\nof men who use the weed immoderately suffer\\nfrom poor memory, lack of concentration, ina-\\nbility to think, nervousness, abnormal passions or\\nmoral apathy. These acquired conditions are,\\nto a greater or less extent, transmitted to off-\\nspring.\\nIt is not too much to say that there are millions\\nwhose physical constitutions, mental and moral ci dxen of\\npowers have been greatly injured by the use of Tobacco Users.\\ntobacco by their parents. It is true that hundreds\\nof strong, able-bodied men and many of the\\nbrainiest men of the country use tobacco in some\\nform, but all such would be better off without", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0335.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "328 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nit. Rarely are the offspring of such men as strong\\nphysically or mentally as the father; in hundreds\\nof observations made I have found not more than\\none in ten.\\nThe bad effects of tobacco are often much more\\napparent in the child than in the father. Even\\nvery strong, robust men who are heavy users of\\nthe weed frequently parent feeble, puny, nervous\\nchildren.\\nWhatever excuse or apology may be offered for\\nthe use of narcotics whether liquors, opiates or\\ntobacco it is plainly apparent to every unbiased\\nmind that they are highly injurious to the user,\\nand that their effects are fully transmitted to the\\nnext generation. It has long been observed that\\nAf 4 in epidemics of cholera, dysentery, smallpox, etc.,\\nAlcoholics in ..ii- 11 1\\nEpidemics. drinkers are attacked in much larger numbers\\nand with greater fatality than non-drinkers. It\\nis also well known that the offspring of alcoholics,\\neven though seemingly perfectly strong and\\nhealthy, are more susceptible to disease and more\\nfrequently die early than the offspring of non-\\ndrinkers. So well established is this fact that\\nlife insurance companies not only refuse to insure\\nalcoholics, but consider inebriate parentage a very\\nstrong point against a risk even where the appli-\\ncant is otherwise eligible.\\nIf the inebriate was the only one who suffered\\nfrom his intemperance, we might be partly justi-\\nThe Disgrace of fled in allowing him to pursue his course of self-\\nIntemperance* destruction unmolested; but he is not. Those\\nwho are compelled to live with him often suffer\\nfar more than he. The wife is disgraced, abused\\nor debased, and the children not infrequently are", "height": "4272", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0336.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 329\\ncompelled to steal or sell themselves to a life of\\nshame, so that not only a miserable inheritance,\\nbut a disgraceful, demoralizing environment is\\ntheir lot.\\nThe man who drinks liquor ought to be pro-\\nhibited by law from marriage and parentage. Liquor Drinking\\nHe who inflames his brain, brutalizes his as- a Crime\\nsions, and then becomes a father is a criminal,\\nupon whom succeeding generations will pass sen-\\ntence.\\nIn the presence of the facts observable on every\\nhand I am amazed that all intelligent persons, as\\nwell as reformers, do not cry out against this\\ncurse. It is base inconsistency to recognize the\\nrespectable liquor-user as a gentleman, then\\nbrand his wayward offspring the product of his inconsistency,\\nindulgences as prostitutes and criminals.\\nAny drinker acquainted with the laws of hered-\\nity, if he have a spark of manhood in him, should\\neither give up his cup or abstain from becoming\\na parent. If he has not the moral courage to do Ma Q s piain\\nthis of his own free will, then the law should\\ncompell him to, for it is no kindness to the inebri-\\nate to allow him to continue, and it is a crime\\nagainst future generations.\\nAmong the visitors at the prison on Blackwell s\\nIsland I met a blear-eyed aristocrat who had been\\na respectable drinker from early manhood. He\\nwas there to visit his daughter, a prostitute and a\\nconvicted criminal. With tears flowing: down Sequel to a\\nFather s\\nhis cheeks he said: She is paying the penalty intemperance.\\nfor my indulgence. There are thousands of like\\ncases. How much kinder it would have been to\\nthat man to have compelled him to live a sober,", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0337.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "33\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\ntemperate life? Are not those who voted to legal-\\nize the sale of intoxicants in part responsible for\\nthat girl s life of shame Let no man plead inno-\\ncence of crime who votes to protect the saloon and\\nthe brothel.\\nI am quite familiar with the doctrine of per-\\nsonal liberty and fully appreciate its importance,\\nbut the rights of every man are circumscribed by\\nPersonal Liberty, the welfare of others. Whenever the individual\\nindulges in that which is harmful to others he\\noversteps the bounds of personal liberty and be-\\ncomes a law-breaker. If there is no statutory law\\nto restrain him there should be. Every man who\\nuses alcoholic liquors indulges in that which is\\nharmful to others, and therefore he should be pro-\\nhibited by law from doing so.\\nEvery man is a part of the social organism.\\nThe health, happiness and moral tone of society is\\ndetermined by the character of its individual mem-\\nbers. No man s influence is limited to himself. It\\nis frequently urged by those who never look be-\\nyond the present generation, or reason above their\\nappetites, that a man has a perfect right to drink\\nliquor or leave it alone. That he should be al-\\nlowed to drink if he chooses and take the conse-\\nquences. That he has a perfect right to kill him-\\nself if he wants to. Nothing could be more ab-\\nsurd.\\nDrink liquor and take the consequences! He\\nwho drinks the liquor usually takes the least and\\nthe best of the consequences. If you would know\\nthe consequences of the social glass and the ef-\\nfects of alcohol, look beyond the shattered nerves,\\nred nose and bleared eyes of the indulger into\\nThe Social\\nOrganism.\\nThe Conse-\\nquences of\\nDrink.", "height": "4268", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0338.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "INTEMPERANCE. 331\\nfuture generations; see the children born of a\\ndrunken father following in his footsteps. See\\nhis daughters in the houses of infamy and his sons\\nin the chains of crime. Watch their descendants\\nas they multiply imbecility, epilepsy, insanity and\\npauperism. See this stream of deformed human-\\nity as it grows wider and wider, trace it for only\\na few generations and it numbers thousands of\\ndependents and delinquent mortals. Watch it as\\nthe centuries come and go; who can conceive of\\nthe final results The finite mind is dazed in the\\npresence of this infinite problem.\\nDrink and take the consequences! Wait until\\nthe evening bells of Time have ceased tolling and\\nthe morning bells of Eternity break the interven-\\ning silence with their clarion notes. Now, mount\\nthe great white throne, stand beside the Recording\\nAngel, and as the unending day of eternity sweeps\\non, observe the consequences. Watch that de- of the Nations*\\nbauched, debased, distorted, deformed, pauper,\\nidiotic, insane and criminal throng as it passes the\\nJudge of the Nations to receive its reward. There\\nwhere the deformed limp, where the feeble-mind-\\ned chuckle in silly mirth, where the epileptics froth\\nin periodic fits, where the insane rave with mad-\\nness, where drunkards stand face to face with\\nheaven s gate, and see those awful words, flash-\\ning from flaming swords, No drunkard shall\\nenter the kingdom of heaven There where\\nprostitutes are cursing the mothers that gave\\nthem birth and hardened criminals stand shud-\\ndering on the crumbling cliff that o erhangs the\\ndark Valley of Death and Despair; there where\\nfamily ties are being severed forever and loved", "height": "4248", "width": "2804", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0339.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "332 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nones are parting to meet no more; there where\\nheart-broken mothers, choking with sobs, plead\\nagainst fate; there where cruel Justice, blinding her\\neyes, closes the Day of Probation and places the\\nSeal of Death upon every impenitent soul; there\\nwhere angels weep and the pitying, pleading\\nChrist begs to drink once more the Cup of Death\\nand endure the passion of Golgotha s cross that\\nerring man may be forgiven there, in scenes like\\nthese, reckon the consequences of the social glass\\nand settle the plea for i( personal liberty!", "height": "4236", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0340.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXII.\\nHEREDITY AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD.\\nNature and law are always consistent. What-\\never is inconsistent is abnormal. The social\\nethics which fosters in man what it condemns in\\nwoman is wholly inconsistent and therefore ab- Abno rmal\\nnormal. The conditions which give rise to the\\ndouble standard are as truly the product of dissi-\\npation as are those that produce drunkenness, vice\\nand crime. The double standard is most demor-\\nalizing. As a factor in obstructing human prog-\\nress, in perverting man s nobler instincts, in de-\\nstroying domestic happiness, in filling the world\\nwith misery and in robbing offspring of a good\\ninheritance, it has no equal.\\nAccording to the evolution theory of man s\\norigin, the double standard simply indicates a\\nlack of development. Man has not yet outgrown\\nthe animal. Chastity, like all the nobler virtues,\\nhad an humble origin. Looking back to the age\\nof savagery, woman was the possession of man DouWeStandard.\\nshe was bought and sold, or swapped like other\\nchattels. The value of a man s daughters de-\\npended largely upon their purity. Later on when\\nthe contracting parties were allowed to make their\\nown matrimonial choice, the same law was ob-\\nserved.\\nBoth sacred and profane history indicate that", "height": "4248", "width": "2780", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0341.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "334\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nWoman s\\nCrowning\\nVirtue.\\nKeep Thyself\\nPure,\\nThe Command\\nof God*\\nchastity was considered from the very dawn of\\ncivilization woman s crowning virtue, and her\\nfall the unpardonable sin. Man, being the pos-\\nsessor, rather than the possessed, was not sub-\\njected to the same law, and therefore his pro-\\npensities and appetites were allowed to remain\\ncontrolling factors in his character. The chasten-\\ning rod that fell heavily upon woman and\\nscourged her for sinning to such an extent as\\nto be a warning to all others, was unfortunately\\nnot applied to man. Thus in due course of time\\nthe basis of our present double standard was es-\\ntablished.\\nWhen man became sufficiently developed in his\\nnobler instincts that the purest and wisest were\\nable to receive the truth, Infinite wisdom and\\neternal justice condemned licentiousness in man,\\nextolled virtue in woman, and demanded a like\\nconduct and chasity of all. Throughout the cen-\\nturies that have come and gone, whoever has been\\nable to silence the murmurings of propensity suffi-\\nciently to catch the voice of God, has heard the\\ncommand, Keep thyself pure!\\nWhen Moses left his people and climbed Mt.\\nSinai above the clouds to talk with God he re-\\nturned with Thou shalt not commit adultery\\nplainly written on the imperishable tablets of his\\nconscience. Whoever has left the Valley of Pro-\\npensities and ascended the Mountain of Justice,\\nto a point above the Clouds of Prejudice, and\\nthere talked with God, has received a like mes-\\nsage.\\nThe Mosaic law was interpreted to mean con-\\nduct only; but when the Son of God, who knew", "height": "4272", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0342.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "THE DOUBLE STANDARD. 335\\nthe will of the Father and the law of the soul,\\ninterpreted this command, it came to mean not\\nmerely conduct, but character. He that looketh\\nupon a woman to lust after her, hath already com- fJP**% Lifc\\nmitted adultery. Out of the law of Moses and\\nits spiritual interpretation by Christ has grown\\nthe true ideal of a single standard, a white life\\nfor two.\\nThe moral integrity required of woman has\\nproved most beneficial to the race. The same\\nshould be demanded of man. He who claims Man s Unjust\\nprivileges of dissipation that he would not grant\\nto his sister, is not only unjust but perverted.\\nThe public sentiment that sustains his position\\nmust be changed if man is to realize his higher\\npossibilities.\\nThe evils of the double standard permeate all\\nsociety. It is impossible to estimate its influence\\nupon morals and conduct. It has become so estab-\\nlished as to bias our thinking. Even the best\\nof men and women hold consciously, or subcon-\\nsciously, two sets of morals. Why should a\\nyoung man be considered a gentleman whose\\nhabits are such that if practiced by a woman Two Codes of\\nthey would make her an outcast Why should it\\nbe thought proper for men of high social and\\npolitical standing to daily enter the bar-room and\\nfraternize with those with whom no lady could\\nassociate without being condemned as a bad\\nwoman? Why should a man who tells smutty\\nstories and is given to vulgarity be considered a\\ngentleman by men and women who would scorn\\nthe woman who would defile her lips with such\\nlanguage? Why condemn an erring girl, but", "height": "4248", "width": "2772", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0343.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": ";36\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nSociety s Biased\\nVerdict.\\nThe Double\\nStandard\\nReversed*\\nAn Untenable\\nProposition*\\nexcuse a man guilty of a greater sin? Why in-\\nvite into our homes, our fraternal societies and\\nour churches the prodigal son who seeks to re-\\nturn, and then close the door against the wayward\\ndaughter? Why should Christian men and\\nwomen give their support, social and political, to\\nmen whose habits of life are such as would com-\\npletely ruin any woman and make it impossible\\nfor her to command the respect of decent people\\nWhy should we, a Christian nation, longer tol-\\nerate this monster of the dark ages?\\nMen would not allow a reversal of the double\\nstandard. No self-respecting man would seek\\nthe company of young ladies who were defiled\\nby narcotics and the associations of the bar-room.\\nWhat man would accept as a wife one who had\\nknown the dissipations common to many men\\nwho deem themselves fit candidates for marriage\\nWho would have as the mother of his children a\\nreformed woman of the world? Men argue that\\npromiscuous associations in early life make them\\nbetter husbands, but where is there a man that\\nwould favor his wife having a similar training?\\nThink of a woman brutalized by rum, steeped in\\nnarcotics, who spends her evenings in places of\\nvice running for office and being elected by the\\nfranchise of respectable citizens How untenable\\nare these propositions Why Solely because of\\nthe double standard in our minds. These intol-\\nerable conditions would be no worse for women\\nthan they are for men. Were they true, what\\nthen would become of the home, society and the\\nstate? But for the temperance and purity of\\nwomanhood, our civilization and all it affords", "height": "4272", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0344.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "THE DOUBLE STANDARD. 337\\nwould be impossible. A like temperance and\\npurity on the part of manhood would give us a\\ncivilization as far superior to the present one as\\nours is superior to the dark ages.\\nA single standard is the crying need of the\\nhour. Its enforcement and its upbuilding in pub-\\nlic sentiment lies at the foundation of all reform.\\nYoung men can never be induced to live pure T Qe Crying\\n1 i-ii Need of the\\nlives, nor young women be protected, until theHoun\\nlaw of chastity is made equally binding upon both.\\nYoung men will not abstain from smoking and\\ndrinking as long as these things are deemed re-\\nspectable when indulged in by a gentleman. The\\nsaloon and the brothel, together with the poverty,\\nthe pauperism, the epilepsy, the feeble-minded-\\nness, the insanity and the crime they cause will\\ncontinue as long as public sentiment is dominated\\nby the double standard.\\nThe double standard will yet be outgrown. No\\nself-respecting man can afford to live beneath the\\nideal he holds for woman. Everywhere I go I\\nfind hundreds of noble men struggling to rise\\nabove the dictates of the propensities that they\\nmay enjoy the larger life and liberty which come Obey More to\\nto a man when he feels that he is master of him- ^\u00c2\u00b0y Morc\\nself. My thought is that the day is not far dis-\\ntant when the mass of men will learn to obey\\nmore, that they may enjoy more. The time is\\nsoon coming when a man guilty of acts for which\\na woman would be condemned, will be ostracized\\nfrom society.\\nIt would seem that woman is to be the principal\\nfactor in establishing the single standard. As\\nGod saw fit to use woman to bear His Son to the", "height": "4240", "width": "2760", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0345.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "33\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nChivalry is not\\nDead.\\nLove, the Great\\nReformer*\\nInspiration of a\\nPure Life*\\nworld, so I believe that the woman of the twen-\\ntieth century will bear to all men the ideal which\\nwas exemplified in the life of Christ, and to in-\\nspire them to become the realization of this ideal.\\nChivalry is not dead. Love is the most potent\\nfactor in determining the character of the sexes.\\nMan s ideal becomes realized in woman, and as\\nisoon as woman becomes firmly pronounced in her\\nideal she will determine the character of the\\ncoming man.\\nConformativeness in woman is a virtue. A girl\\ndoes not like to rebel against the habits of her\\nsweetheart, yet if she did but know it, a kind,\\nfirm stand taken against all vices, including those\\nof her lover, would do much to excite his ad-\\nmiration and call out his better nature. So long\\nas young ladies will greet lips that are tainted\\nwith tobacco or liquor, the dissipated young man\\nwill have no occasion to change his habits. When\\nyoung women are ready to say, The lips that\\ntouch liquor shall never touch mine, then, and\\nnot until then, will young men abstain from the\\nuse of narcotics.\\nWhen he who profers favors that cannot be\\ngranted within the bounds of propriety is branded\\nas a villain, then will young men learn to respect\\npurity in themselves. When young women are\\nready to say, We would rather make the journey\\nof life alone in gladdening the hearts of others\\nthan accept as a husband one who has defiled\\nhimself by promiscuous associations then will\\nyoung men seek to protect their good name, cul-\\ntivate purity of thought and gradually, but surely,\\nbecome the ideal of their loved ones.", "height": "4248", "width": "2820", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0346.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "THE DOUBLE STANDARD. 339\\nThe greatest crime of American womanhood\\nis allowing and even fostering in men habits of\\nlife and conduct that neither she nor her brother Woman s Great\\nwould tolerate in a woman. Men may be actuated\\nby selfish motives in demanding a pure, temper-\\nate life of women; women may be impelled by\\nthe sense of kindness and forebearance in tolerat-\\ning intemperance and vice in men but man s sel-\\nfishness here becomes a blessing; woman s kind-\\nness becomes a curse.\\nMarriage and parentage are both greatly influ-\\nenced by the double standard. It makes possible\\nthe marriage of men who are wholly unfit to be-\\ncome husbands or fathers. The statement some- Reformed Men\\ntimes heard that reformed rakes make the best of as us\\nhusbands is a libel upon manhood. It is abso-\\nlutely false. Every psychologist knows that the\\nbrain centers and nerve paths formed by early\\ndissipation will for a time at least largely control\\nthe conduct of the man and impell him to dese-\\ncrate the sanctity of marriage.\\nIt is true that many perverted men have in\\ncourse of time become good husbands; it is\\nequally true there are many erring women who The Union of\\nwould make excellent wives, yet they are not c cfve\\nsought by respectable men. Such a union would\\nbe no more improper, however, than for the re-\\nspectable woman to marry the perverted man.\\nIf dissipated men and women do sometimes be-\\ncome excellent companions, it is not because of\\ntheir dissipation, but in spite of it.\\nChildren born from reformed men usually in-\\nherit the effects of their father s previous dissi-\\npation. History affords many striking examples", "height": "4248", "width": "2764", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0347.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "340\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nChildren of\\nReformed Men.\\nMartial Ethics\\nDemoralizing*\\nCurse of\\nCivilization*\\nof this fact, and almost every community has its\\nown illustrations. A most excellent Christian\\ngentleman, who had been one of the boys in\\nhis time, on being called upon to pay a bill of\\n$500 for his son, or stand suit by the wronged\\ngirl, quietly paid the bill without complaining,\\nbut remarked to an old-time friend, The young\\nrascal is making me pay for my early experiences.\\nHe is a bad boy, but I guess he came honestly by\\nit. I had hoped that the goodness of his mother\\nwould have counteracted these influences/\\nThe present ethics of marriage which is backed\\nby law, and which compels woman to sub-\\nmit herself to her husband, is in part an out-\\ngrowth of the double standard. No custom is\\nmore demoralizing, no law is more unjust, in-\\nhuman or unworthy of our age. The dictionary\\ndoes not contain words enough to depict the evils\\nthat arise from it or my contempt for it. It robs\\nlove of its freedom, marriage of its sanctity, and\\nparentage of its holy purpose. It produces do-\\nmestic infelicity, destroys the independence of\\nthe wife, takes the bloom of health from her\\ncheek, the sparkle of youth from her eye, and\\nconverts the lover s dream into a nightmare of\\nsuffering.\\nEnslaved motherhood is the curse of civiliza-\\ntion, the monster of Christendom; through its\\nphysiological and psychological influences thou-\\nsands of children are unfortunately bom.\\nThe present ethics of marriage need reforming.\\nThey must be changed if man is ever to become\\nnormal in the procreative instinct. Neither na-\\nture nor nature s God license the abuse of the", "height": "4264", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0348.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "THE DOUBLE STANDARD, 341\\ngenerative function. Only perverted instinct and\\nperverted custom make it a privilege of mar-\\nriage. The law of chastity, so indispensable to TheLicense of\\nhealth and moral purity in single life, is quite as\\napplicable and would prove fully as beneficial to\\nthe married. That which is vice in single life\\ncannot be made virtue by a marriage certificate.\\nAcquired characters are transmitted. Those\\nqualities which parents exercise most, other things\\nbeing equal, determine the hereditary tendencies A Fact for\\nof their offspring. The children of artists learn cJJSifcfw*\\nart more readily than do the children of the in-\\nartistic. The same is true of all acquired ten-\\ndencies, whether normal or abnormal; therefore,\\nit must be apparent to all thoughtful persons that\\nthe habitual excitation of the procreative function\\nin parents must predispose their offspring to\\nsexual dissipation.\\nThe question of marital rights is not to be con-\\nsidered. Custom is not law. Licensing a wrong\\ndoes not make it right. Nature never licenses\\ndissipation, neither will she withhold punishment\\nfrom those who break her laws, even though\\ntheir acts are sanctioned by custom. The evil Custom is not\\neffects of intemperance are fully transmitted, no 1\\nmatter whether the intemperance is practiced\\nunder the license of marriage or out of it. It\\nmatters not how a character is acquired, if it be-\\ncomes an established psycho-physical condition\\nit will be transmitted. Thoughtful parents will\\nabstain from that which they do not care to have\\nmanifest in the character of their children.\\nI am aware that in advocating the law of chas-\\ntity for the married that I will incur the opposi-", "height": "4248", "width": "2812", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0349.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "342\\nTHE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nThe Law of\\nChastity is Right.\\nTemperance\\nIncreases\\nHappiness.\\nPreaching and\\nPractising.\\ntion of many. I have frequently been severely\\ncriticised for taking this position. I have been\\ncalled a dreamer, an idealist, and even a fanatic.\\nNo matter! I am right, and this justifies my\\nposition, even though it were not supported by\\nanother man. One man in the right is a ma-\\njority.\\nI know human nature. I have made a very\\ncareful study of the problem of marital rights. I\\nfully realize that the present population of the\\nearth is made up largely of men and women, and\\nnot angels. I know that in the present perverted\\nstate of the race there are many who are not able\\nto live up to the true ideal, but the nearer the\\nmarried live to the law of chastity and restrict\\ntheir associations to that of lovers, the happier\\nwill be their lives and the better it will be for their\\noffspring.\\nFortunately, I am not alone in advocating the\\nlaw of chastity for the married. There are many\\nstrong, vigorous men and thousands of queenly\\nwomen who take a like position, and out of self-\\nrespect and the love of purity, live in accordance\\nwith their own ideals. No man has a right to\\npreach what he lacks the moral courage to prac-\\ntice. What base inconsistency for parents who\\nhave never learned the lesson of self-control to\\nask their children to live pure, temperate lives.\\nWhat a beautiful thing it is when young people\\ncan look into the face of their parents and see\\nchastity written there! When both father and\\nmother can say to the son and daughter, Live\\nas I live. Follow me!\\nThere are many families who are living on", "height": "4248", "width": "2836", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0350.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "THE DOUBLE STANDARD. 343\\nthe higher plane of their affections, realizing in\\ntheir domestic relations the fond dreams of youth.\\nSelf-restraint has become a pleasure, chastity aT^P\\nCivilization.\\nconscious joy, love a holy bond and parentage a\\nsacred privilege. Children born from parents like\\nthese usually have a good inheritance; the vigor\\nof youth blooms upon their cheek without the\\nblight of vice, and the beauty of unperverted na-\\nture is reflected in their eyes. Families like these\\nare the prophecy of the coming civilization.\\nThe harvest is ripe, but the laborers are few.\\nBefore closing these pages permit me, gentle\\nreader, to extend to you a personal invitation to\\njoin me in my humble efforts to disseminate the^ p\\ntruths contained herein. Whatever may be your Invitation,\\nposition in life, there you have an influence. Will\\nyou use it to make men free? To my mind the\\noutlook is glorious with possibilities. With psy-\\nchology practically applied in prenatal and post-\\nnatal development, how rapid should be the evolu-\\ntion of the race! When every child born is a\\nchild of light, how effectual must be the influ-\\nence of education and religion! When vice has\\nbeen supplanted by virtue, how beautiful must\\nbe the domestic relations and how sacred the\\nprivilege of parentage! Come with me in this\\nlabor of love. Let us go forth as heralds of the\\ntruth, until the saloon and the brothel with all Comc mth\\ntheir defiling influences are a thing of the past.\\nLet us proclaim the truth until the word, Equal-\\nity, is written across our flag, that the stars and\\nstripes may in loyalty wave o er a land that is\\nfree, without a woman enslaved. Let us teach\\nthe better way and struggle for the higher life", "height": "4212", "width": "2768", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0351.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "344 THE ABNORMAL MAN.\\nuntil love rules in every home; honor is written\\non every brow kindness beams from every eye\\nchastity blooms on every cheek; purity bubbles\\nfrom every lip joy springs from every heart, and\\nChrist reigns in every soul.", "height": "4180", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0352.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nPAGE\\nAbnormal Social Ethics 333\\nAbnormal Impressions, Law of. 251\\nFrequency of 254\\nAbnormalities, Prevention of 261\\nOutgrown 264\\nAcquired Characters Trans-\\nmitted 151\\nof Animals 153\\nAcquisitiveness 184, 185, 231\\nAdaptation, Potency of 105\\nLaw of 107\\nBasis of 109\\nLaw of Sex 115\\nTo Improve 167\\nAdaptability, Degrees of 108\\nDiscernment of 116\\nAesthetic Faculties 238\\nAges, the Study of 23\\nAilments Peculiar to Winter. 172\\nAlcohol as King 310\\nand Poverty 311\\nand Race Degeneracy 318\\nand Prostitution 320\\nand Insanity 278\\nvs. Heredity 281\\nAlcoholism, Cause of 310\\nVaried effects of 325\\nAlcoholics, Defective Offspring.. 319\\nChildren of 325\\nin Epidemics 328\\nAllen, Mr. Grant 157\\nAmerican, The Future 300\\nAnarchy and Nihilism 305\\nAnarchist Ling 305\\nAnimal Propensities 230\\nAppetite for Narcotics Inborn. 323\\nAppetites and Longings 230\\nAristotle s Studies 24\\nArt and Music, Training for. 192\\nAspiring Sentiments 241\\nAtavism Defined 143\\nin Natural History 143\\nPathological 144\\nthe Fact of 144\\nPepper s Observations on 144\\nCauses of 145\\nThrough Dual Parentage 146\\nPAGE\\nand Genius 148\\nand Variations 149\\nAuthorities Consulted 7-8\\nBach Family 29\\nBaldwin 53\\nBarker, Dr 215\\nBarnes 265\\nBayer 216, 251\\nBasal Tendencies Inborn 40\\nBesant, Anna 308\\nBeech, Dr. Fletcher 318\\nBicknell, Earnest 273\\nBiological Speculation 84\\nBirth Marks 251\\nFact of 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168\\nDigestive Function, To Strength-\\nen 169\\nDisease Germs 172\\nDivine Justice 45\\nDivinity Is Here 50\\nDomestic Harmony 186\\nDormant Powers Not Trans-\\nmitted 240\\nDouble Standard, Origin of 333\\nReversed 336\\nOutgrown 337\\nDress 175\\nDrink, Consequences of 330\\nand the Labor Problem 316\\nDrummond, Dr 220\\nDual Parentage and Evolution. 135\\nand Variety 140\\nDugdale 283", "height": "4236", "width": "2828", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0354.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n347\\nPAGH\\nDyspeptics 168\\nEdison, Resemblance to 240\\nEducation and Crime 270, 271\\nEloquence, Secret of 126\\nErring Girls, Statistics on 320\\nEsquirol 282\\nEternal Youth, Secret of 125\\nEvolution 84\\nEvolutionary, Heredity 215\\nExercise, Importance of 173\\nExperiences, Mother s 199\\nof a Minister. 323\\nExperimental Psychology 265\\nFact of Supreme Importance 76\\nfor Parents 341\\nFactors Are All Potential 37\\nEach an Unknown Quantity.. 100\\nof Heredity Defined 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D 122\\nHygienic Living 221\\nHypnotic Control 265\\nDemonstrated 76\\nHypnotism Practically Applied.. 266\\nDangers of 266\\nPrenatally Applied 267\\nIdleness, Dangers of 174\\nIdiotic and Epileptic 272\\nIgnorance, Fetters of 69\\nIlliteracy Among Criminals.... 271\\nImmanent God and Evolution.. 83\\nImpressions from Pictures 240\\nVicious 237\\nSusceptibility to 260\\nControl of 262\\nInborn vs. Acquired Traits 38\\nInebriety Transmitted 318, 322\\nInfant Mortality 224\\nInfanticide 292-295\\nInharmony, Effects on Offspring. 106\\nInitial Impressions 205-207\\nPower of 208\\nInception 207\\nInsanity, Origin of 276\\nIncrease of 276\\nHereditary 277\\nand Alcohol 278\\nCriminal 30-31, 277\\nof Families 277\\nIntemperance and Crime 317\\nand Poverty 316\\nIntellectual Tendencies 233\\nInventive Genius 190\\nPower to Increase 190\\nInvitation to the Reader 343\\nIshmael 24\\nIshmael, Family of 282\\nJames, Prof 52, 57\\nJapp, Prof 83\\nJordan, Dr. David Starr... 135, 253\\nJukes, The 30, 321\\nJurke, Frau Ada 282\\nJuvenile Offenders 236, 285\\nKings and Queens of Society 122\\nKindness, Virtue of 200\\nto Cultivate 201\\nA Husband s 186\\nLadd, Prof 52, 55\\nLaughter, Effects of 196\\nLaw of Denial 80\\nof Compliments 112\\nPAGE\\nof Sex Adaptation 115\\nof Family Resemblances 141\\nLiberty, Struggle for 69\\nLife Is a Mystery 82\\nThe Phenomena of 83\\nInheres in the Soul 85\\nHow Reproduced 87\\nThe Creative Principle of 120\\nThe Inception of 209\\nLight, The Power of 17\\nof Science 18\\nLike Excites Like 182\\nLiquor Traffic, Cost of 312\\nDrinking a Crime 329\\nLiterature, Bad 235\\nLiving Protoplasm 82\\nLodging a Suggestion 259\\nLombroso s Studies 29\\nLombroso 181, 218, 277, 285\\nLove, Power of 213\\nLove the Great Reformer 338\\nBegets Its Own 248\\nand Confidence 213\\nDemonstration of 131\\nParental 187\\nvs. Magnetic Attraction 129\\nRules the Life 129\\nof Men and Women Differ 128\\nNature and Duality of 128\\nLove s Mismatches 113\\nLanguage 117\\nLungs, The Development of 172\\nLying, a Family Trait 199\\nMagnetic Relations of Planets.. 104\\nMagnetism Defined 125\\nVoluntary and Involuntary 125\\nand Character 126\\nand Eloquence 126\\nPersonal 127\\nand Matrimony 129\\nMammon Worship 295\\nMan, Study of 19\\na Product of Blind Chance 32\\nthe Product of Centuries 36\\nThe Study of 60\\na Psychic Organism 60\\nan Epitome of the Race 96\\nMan s Ability to Do Right 42\\nUnjust Demand 335\\nManhood and Womanhood, De-\\nvelopment of 122\\nMania for Suicide 282\\nMarital Ethics 340\\nNo Law Applicable to All 110\\na License 341\\nMarcier 30\\nMarried, but Not Mated Ill\\nMarro 30", "height": "4248", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "childoflightorhe00ridd_0356.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n349\\nPAGE\\nMasculine Women and Feminine\\nMen 116\\nMaternal Impressions, Law of. 215\\nOpinions of Authorities 215\\nObjection to 220\\nEffects of Honesty 231\\nExplained 258\\nBad 286\\nMaternity a Queenly Mission 242\\nUndesired 289\\nMaudsley 31, 106\\nMcCulloch 282\\nMclntyre, Dr. Robert 120\\nMechanical Ingenuity 189\\nMemory of Names Exceptional. 161\\nDefined, Recollection 194\\nCulture, Systems of 195\\nRules for Strengthening 195\\nSpecific 196\\nMental Conditions Desirable 214\\nActivity 234\\nMentality in Children 28\\nMetaphysics 53\\nMercier, Views of 27\\nMind, Duality of 58\\nIs Not Soul 66\\na Limited Quantity 300\\nModus Operandi of 67\\nMinds, Objective and Subjective\\n58, 66\\nMinister s Sons 247\\nMirthfulness, Importance of 243\\nMoral Sentiments 245\\nMoney and Matrimony 306\\nMorbid Heredity 30, 31, 273-278\\nConditions, Combining of.... 137\\nMorrison 27\\nMorphine, Opium and Nicotine.. 326\\nMother s Preparation, A 175\\nPurity of 224\\nMotherhood Enslaved 224\\nPossibilities of 268\\nMother-Made Criminal 289\\nMutual Preparation 165\\nNapoleon 218\\nNarcotics 275\\nand Feeble Mindedness 275\\nAnnual Cost of 311, 312\\nNations, Judgment Day of 294\\nBefore the Judge of 331\\nNationalities, Formation of.... 136\\nNature Maintains the Normal 264\\nNatures that Do Not Blend. 119, 140\\nNerve Action Determines Sensa-\\ntion 56\\nNewton, Sir Isaac 177\\nA Descendant of 148\\nNewton, A. 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