Mental and physical ease and supremacy; . Figure Figure 30. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EASE AND SUPREMACY Letter XXIII THE MATTER OF HEREDITY The prime predisponent to disease is come into the world with lifes stage set for adrama of a certain sort, and we play that dramaaccording to the lines given us, unless meanwhilewe revise our tastes and tendencies. Those whoobserve us remark on the likeness in figure, move-ment and feature to our parents. We discover inourselves mental traits that are much like those offather or mother, or perhaps of both. Like father,like daughter; like mothe
Mental and physical ease and supremacy; . Figure Figure 30. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EASE AND SUPREMACY Letter XXIII THE MATTER OF HEREDITY The prime predisponent to disease is come into the world with lifes stage set for adrama of a certain sort, and we play that dramaaccording to the lines given us, unless meanwhilewe revise our tastes and tendencies. Those whoobserve us remark on the likeness in figure, move-ment and feature to our parents. We discover inourselves mental traits that are much like those offather or mother, or perhaps of both. Like father,like daughter; like mother, like son; thus do thesexes most frequently cross in the generative course. Heredity Represents Tendency But heredity represents tendencies only; and thosetendencies are not imperative. If a large enoughemotion come into your life to make a certain lineof conduct desirable in your eyes you can inhibitand direct your course accordingly. In the absenceof such an emotional stimulus the drama is verylikely to be played as originally outlined. 223 MENT
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