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very faithful copy of his parents.
 The boy is natural drunkaFd. From his birth l day til hfbEesent moment, he has given all the outward indications 0f being deeply drunk; and yet so far as know, or think it probable he has never swallowed drop of ardent spirits in his hie.-- Though in good sound healihs he bas never been able to walk without staggering. His head is always upon his bseagt; and his speech IS of that peculiar character which marks person in very low stage of intoxication If nevertheless, is the midst of hs mutterings and reeiings, something is said to him, in e way to pass through the thick atmosphere of his intellectual being and penetrate his mind, he at once rouses, like common tppler, aud gives proof enough that he is not wanting Tn native talents, however his mental faculties are enshrouded. His disposition, also, seems te be extremely amiable. He is kind to every one around him; and, may add, he is not only pitied for his misforiune but in spite of his lameptable condition, regarded with uncommon interest He is looked upon as a star of no mean magnitude, obscured and almost plotted out by the mist in which he is doomed to dwell, till he shall pass from the present state of existence to another.
 Now, as Understand the law of hereditary de scent, there is nothing unnatural in this boys case
 Every individual born is goyerned by the same principle, which caused him to be what he is.
 Prior to marriage. his father had been a secret bu; confirmed inebriate; and when the fact became known to the gentle and sweet spirited being who, but a few months before. had become his wife. the revelation was made suddenly and ;n a way the most impressive and appalling. 0ns night, when he was supposed to be the most rnimpeachable Of husbands. he staggered home, lroke through the door of his sleeping apartment, and fell down on rhe floor in state of wretched inebriation.- For weeks he widowed in misery. During the next six or seven months, seeing his domestic repu
 tation had been forfeited, he kept up almost continuous scene of intoxicatior. When, at the end of this period t was told him that he was "the husband of mother," he reeied and staggered on without much abatement. Months passed away; but there occurred no marked change in the ha5- its of the poor inebriate. Ii was at once discov- cred, however, that there was something singular
 in the appearance of the child. When it was three months old there began to be strange speculations respecting it among the people. At the age of six months, these speculatons had settled down into 8 very general opinion, but not word said " tHS NtSSohSVAoAS WhO ueA oASo NS6 Nh " have her own foreboding At last, as she was one evening looking upon her child, and wondering what could be the reason of its strange conduct the terrible idea flashed upon her soul-"M My child is natural drunkard p She shreked aloud; and her husband. who happened to be within hearing. came to her. She fell upon his neck. and exclaim
 ed, tfDear husband. our little George is born -" She could proceed no further, but swooned away in her husbands arms.
 From that hour the father of the boy never last ed of drop of spirits. The sight of his eyes and the heavings of his heart entirely cured him of his habit. He seldom looks upon his unfortunate little George without shedding tear oyer that sin, by which he entailed upon him life of obscurity and of wretchedness. He has lived. rejoice to add, so as to redeem his character and he IS now the father of five children, all of whom are bright and beautiful and lovely, excepting ore whose destiny was thus blasted.
 This principle of inheriting traits and character istics, however. is susceptible of an indefinite number of illustrations. It has become provefb, and it is sustained by all history and observ ation, that the offspring of libdnoas connections are uni formly marked by strong tendency to improper passions, while the subsequent sons and daughters of the same percentage, where thorough repentance has taken place, are in general Sirtnons. }, Whether natural or acquired, every variety of characteristics can be handed down from genera ] ton to generation. When the swarthy inhabitants of the tropics mnxe northxard, and thereby take on lighter color. all their children follow them in complexion, even if some of them are born and bred. as has sometimes happened, in the same eli mate from which the emsgration had taken place. The offspring of the Bedoun Arabs, who changed color in passing from Asia into Africa universally receive and retain the new complexion. though many of them return to those parts of Arabia from which their forefathers moved. It is clear also, that in early life man is apt to be more robust in body; bat in after years, from the influence of the world upon him, more thoughtful and intellectual Is it not equally clear, that the eldest childen of family are generally marked by strength and ac- tigity of limb. while the subsequent ones are as characteriscaily remarkable for their strength and activity of mind The greatest geniuses scholars. refomers. philosophers and personsges ofall times, II as class. have been younger sons.
 | This introductory topic. however. fundamental as 1t Is to proper understanding of the philosophy of education, is topic to be thought of, rather I than to be written out. From the dcspsSt con. sidefaticH that have been ahie to give it. and Ithat fur number of years. have been led to re- gani the position eoaclasively established, that sesarsd as well ss aat1rai characteristics are transmissible from one generation to another. Nor does this principle apply barely to physical char acicristios. but to all the acquired traits of the \ mlnd and of the aeaFk The son of a really reli- ious man is more likely himself become religious, than the same son woald have bsen had his father I remained in an uncpAverted state, and, for the same reason. it is ezser to educate the child of well educated pepoa than il is the child of one not disciplined at all @
 There are things said. know. which. if true. would entirely upset these conclusions 1t is often