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98 HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION OF QUALITIES.
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¦ ' W ¦ 'I ' I Form In The The Qualities...
things ally this generall plan often y happens results . The in si amount gnal failure of drud , because geryunremitting one of
twoapplication and concentration of purpose and of thoug , ht , which goes to raise a young and friendless barrister to the highest
not honours therefore of his often profession marry , in is something earllifebut sim in ply event enorm of ous such . He a thing does
he has no other motive to determine y , his choicethan that of , securing the presence of one who will please his eye , and cheer
his moments of discouragement or despondenc 3 . By a succesof sion mind of severe the wolf strugg at les the , and door at is the just expense kept at of bay terrible ; and anxiet when y
briefs multi , ply , and the golden shower begins to descend , the wiferareh at first selected for her mental endowmentsby that
time , prematurely aged and worn , feels more disposed , to rest and be thankfulthan to trouble her brain and late in the day
begin to plough , up the somewhat barren and ungrateful kind of intellect which has been accorded to her . But more
frequently the judge in embryo has no leisure , and little inclination for marriage ; youth passes him by , and old age
approaches to find him still a childless man , sitting- in his solitary chambersand his titles and honourshowever well
earned , perish with , him for lack of inheritors . , Sometimes a marriage late in life hefals him , position or interest being
themain motive ; but even before that period his profession hasbecome more to him than anything elseand the marriage is
little else than a convenient arrangement , in which each of the contracting parties expect to retain his or her own habits and
freedom of action . But we will suppose that neither of these things happens ; but
that our judge and peer has a son who fairly represents him in intellectual endowments . It is still rarely that the son even in the
most distant degree attains to the eminence of his father , for the simple reason that he does not undergo the same training .
Intellect is one thing , the will and power to concentrate and use it is anotherand the capacity which is prodiious in the
one man remains , entirely undeveloped in the other g , for lack of that discipline which necessity and adversity best enforce . He
therefore who has the gift of brain-power , and in the matter of marriage consults only how he may gratify his fancyor
, punishment administer to in his the selfish fact that ease so or far ambition as his posterit , finds y an is appix concerned _^ riate
his ambition remains unsatisfied , and his hopes rise one by one , onlto be definitelthwarted .
It y is a matter y of common remark that the sons of very unmanageabl zealous and p e ious of young men are scapegraces , as a rule and , the spendthrifts wildest , ; and likewise most
that the children of inveterate drunkards , if they escape the *
98 Hereditary Transmission Of Qualities.
98 HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION OF QUALITIES .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 98, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/26/
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