New-York tribune., 1905-02-05

environment the conditions are not right for
production. and man cannot discover how to make
them right
Now civilization is mans domestication OF him
self; and Il seems to be law Of nature that when
he brings that domestieation civilization TO
certain point he ceases reproduce his kind under
IT. The phenomenon We are witnessing In the old
American stock to-day is in sense an isolated
one.
Nor is this law Of nature a calamity to the
world Rome never succeeded IN civiIIzing either
Britain Germany when she fell she left both
countries Inhabited by Of barbarians, the
tribes from one OF them having invaded and
whe,med her. Now, supposing Rome had conquered
and civilized Germany and Britain Just thorough
y as she did Italy What would have happened?
The world would have lost two great stocks, the
German and the English. which have made new
and enormous contributions TO its advancement
LITTLE HARD ON BACHELORS
u can hardly agree with that president OF
college Who would have every unmarried man OF
forty subjected to commission to see what is
the matter with him and prescribe q remedy I
think he is little hard the bachelors. St!ll,
there is something in his plea that the who
refuses TO take Up the burdens of parenthood when
ne is able to sustain them is better than the
lbleoodicd man who claims exemption when the
.Parenthcod is the greatest thing in the world.
race but Of the world Even in the body Of the
adult there are $50 rudimentaTy organs. longer
So in this wave of child study which is sweeping
over the world. find strange and curious tn ngs
the child, strange almost weird, reminders OF the
lie OF the race in lis progress up from proto-
The childs brain, growing at first out OF all
proportion to the of his body, never increases
! strange to say that portion of the brain which
considered 10 be nearest the soul. that portion
nay keep on developing cells at least until the
1ge OF sixty.tnree. SO that an old man may ee
| Young and still growing in one section of his
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feet after the periis OF infancy. viii I've and grow
under very hard conditions 1t is amazing at times
ara other hsrdships chiIdren win contnue to i've
ard grow little. The impulse of to growth
But when they raeh the last stage Of srowth
about sixteen nature refuses to push further with
ont help If at that critical point the conditions
/ wrong, growth is stopped suddenly aad forever.
! The child never reaches maturity. physical or
mental Two boys who up to that time have kept
fairly pace though the conditions of their life
hsrply yes' One who hss the right conditohs for
/ growth. goes on and develops into maturity The
| throughout life stunted: perhaps physically, per
maps mentally. perhaps morally, perhaps all three
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Many cases have come to my notice Of young
men who promised well. perhaps brilliantly. until
/ hey got into their teens. Then further growth
ceased and t..ey never fully developed. They have
premature. precocious dementia. 1t is not bad
enough put them inside institutions, but it makes
! hem the dullardS of our schools Many a time
! have had I.tters of agony from parents of boys
5,,Ive or thirteen years of age. They say: My boy
! ras always promised well He has given me no
trouble UP to this time Now do not know what
to do with rim What is the matter? What can
! | do?' They do not realize that the parents have
eaten sour grapes and the childrens teeth are set
/ on edge by a subtle degeneration and arrested
! development
/ we have made some most interesting compare.
tive stud es of white and coored children in this
connection The children developed alike up to
| certain point Then the colored children stopped
The white children went developing years
longer Those of strong and virile heTedity went
! on many years longer. The longer the mind can
keer growing the more powerful win be the ma
turity
I "If YOU ask me how tell in the young child
| which one Is going to keep developing longest
! should that animal spirits is the best test.
almost believe that the boy or girl who has not