. Intermarriage; or, The mode in which and the causes why, beauty, health and intellect, result from certain unions, and deformity, disease and insanity from others [electronic resource]: demonstrated by delineation of the structure and forms, and descriptions of the functions and capacities, which each parent, in every pair, bestows on children-in conformity with certain natural laws, and by an account of corresponding effects in the breeding of animals, with eight illustrative drawings. LAW OF SELECTION. 159 correspond. Nor are these correspondences unac-countable, since I have shown, in my
. Intermarriage; or, The mode in which and the causes why, beauty, health and intellect, result from certain unions, and deformity, disease and insanity from others [electronic resource]: demonstrated by delineation of the structure and forms, and descriptions of the functions and capacities, which each parent, in every pair, bestows on children-in conformity with certain natural laws, and by an account of corresponding effects in the breeding of animals, with eight illustrative drawings. LAW OF SELECTION. 159 correspond. Nor are these correspondences unac-countable, since I have shown, in my work on TheNervous System, that the nose and eyes are moreespecially connected with emotion; and the mouthand ears, with passion. As the cerebel thus exerts an influence over themoveable parts of the anterior series of organs, soone of the anterior organs influences the action of themuscles. It is remarkable, that the parent who gives the lo-comotive system does not give the carriage and themanner of walking. These are always given by theother parent, who gives the organs of sense. SensatioDwould appear to be always the regulator of motion ;and it appears to be the eyes in particular, which exe-cute that function. A very simple proof of this is obtained by shuttingthe eyes while we stand erect: the body is immediate-ly, felt to vacillate and to be in perpetual danger oflosing its balance, or rather to require distinct effortsto recover it; whereas, the moment the eyes are againope
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