Prometheus, or, biology and the advancement of man / by H.S. Jennings.

  • Herbert Spencer Jennings
Date:
[1925]
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    PROMETHEUS type that is considered better. How is this done ? And can the same method be employed with man ? Men and other organisms begin their independent existence as minute bits of material ; as cells. All those of the same species appear much alike. But they enlarge, transform and develop into individuals that are very diverse. Some are much more desirable than others ; for aU agree that it is more desirable to be normal than deformed or feeble-minded. There is, indeed, a great series of grades, from the fool up to Shakespeare ; though as to the ranking of the intermediate grades, no consensus can be traced. The underlying biological questions are : How does it happen that some of these bits of material develop into one sort of an individual, some into other [10]