Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-14

were over he made no objection to going
with us-1 had a plain clothes man with
me and We soon had him placed in the
psycopathic ward of Bellevue Hospital.
He accepted without protest our efforts
to assist him, but made attempt to
clear UP matters He was as a piece OF
clay-helpless to mold himself. but plas-
tic to the shaping of others. Finally. the
expected change took place and brought
about the normal refinement of features,
the gentle voice, clear skin and the ap-
pearance of self-respect. Once again he
was Prof. Blank and left the ward to re-
sumo his mental labOrS.
We know little or nothing, of the aSso-
cations Of our germ plasm in the dim
past. Certainly these associations have
been all sorts and kinds, the living
remnants show. Just how much is alta
vistic recurrence from remote ancestors,
to what extent Serm-rooted personal lido
SyncraSies remain to assert themselves, is
not movable at present. However. l do
know something of the ancestral history
Of this man; and from my knowledge of
his germ plasm passed down through sew
eral generations it is not surprising that
under brain poisoned from non-eIimi-
mated bodily by-products he should have
reverted to a low type of humanity.
Assertion of Ancestry.
1t is the old story: what lies hidden in
ancestral reproductive cells reappears
certain circumstances. Nature Is
absolute and her laws are irrevocable.
We are all twins in character. There
are momentous periods in every mans
fife when he feels that there are two per-
sons In his makeup Born Of one body
the two individuals exist side by side
separate yet inseparable. In our psychic
life vice and virtue are the twins. War
ring moods seem to be attributes Of in
tellectual man. In him move love and
at nj %
and disgust, kindness and cruelty, truth
and falsehood. The higher the mentality
the stronger these antithetical moods.
For this reason great men have been
pending upon which fellow was in control
when observed by their contemporaries.
The moods of their historians are also
vital factors in the summing up. This is
also the reason why under certain cir
cumstances and conditions we make enc
mics; under others, fast friends and loyal
admirers.
During rational periods every man has
u decided feeling of seif-respect Of nor
NAL egoism. When the other fellow gets
on top he makes us lose this self-respect
and we become his playthingAugly. nag
Sng, untruthful. vicious. A sense of self
may be SO acute as to bring US to the
pinnacle Of greatness. only for the other
fellow to gain control at this time. The
pinnacle is pulled down by the jealous
twin brother and we fall into the muck
and wallow with him.
The Siamese Twins.
That these conditions may exist as a
lesson to us in the grosSer side Of life
the mere physiologic form of man-was
shown by the Siamese twins. These twins
We're joined by band OF flesh stretching
from the end of one breast bone to the
same place in the other twin. Y"' the
men differed widely in appearance, char
acter and strength as we'll as ha bits.
Chang was Incorporate and irritable;
Eng, sober and patient.
AS many good man has died from
of 1.-The other fellow in him. SO did
Changes twin brother. who was physio-
logically and atomically tied to his
drunken mate, die from the vices of